Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Couple Arrested for Fraud Charges
Sep 28 2001 // A husband and wife who were charged with insurance fraud by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office in 1985 were arrested earlier this month after being fugitives for nearly 16 years. Imelda and Eduardo...
‘Fraud Fighter’ Awards For Two Penna. Insurance Investigators
Sep 27 2001 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) honored the work of two veteran insurance investigators, Nationwide’s George K. Butler and Erie’s Richard K. Fritz, with its first ever “Fraud...
CDI Employee Surrenders Related to Fraud Charge
Sep 25 2001 // A California Department of Insurance (CDI) employee has surrendered to Los Angeles Superior Court following being charged with one count of insurance fraud by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Nestor...
With a Little Help from Her Friends
Sep 24 2001 // Arrest warrants were served on five local Fresno residents last week, concluding a six-month investigation that began with a referral by Geico Insurance alleging fraud on a reported theft and arson of a vehicle. The CDI...
FRAUD LURES 10% OF CONSUMERS
Sep 24 2001 // Progressive Insurance recently conducted a telephone survey on more than 31,000 Americans, asking respondents how likely they would be to commit insurance fraud and other indiscretions if they knew they would not be...
Sacramento County Residents Arrested On Fraud Charges
Sep 20 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a pair of Sacramento County residents last week on workers’ compensation fraud. Kathleen Anstead was booked...
Inland Empire Sizzling with Fraud Division Activity
Sep 19 2001 // Two individuals were arraigned on felony grand theft charges stemming from an embezzlement scheme uncovered by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division. If convicted, each...
Michigan’s First Auto Theft Forum Examines Auto Theft Trends in State
Sep 17 2001 // Experts from the insurance industry, law enforcement, automobile manufacturers and dealers, as well as prosecuting attorneys and state legislators gathered Tuesday for Michigan’s first Auto Theft Forum 2001, a...
CDI Criminal Investigations Net Arrests
Sep 11 2001 // A pair of individuals were arraigned on felony grand theft charges as a result of an embezzlement scheme which was uncovered by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division. The...
The Camera Never Lies
Sep 10 2001 // Following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division, Raymond Ellis Wilson, 36, an Orange County resident, pled guilty in Orange County Superior Court to one felony count of insurance...
Ask and You Shall ‘Receipt’
Sep 10 2001 // The CDI announced the arrest of two individuals in unrelated cases, both involving Sacramento residents. Daniel Vikash, 20, surrendered to authorities on two felony counts of insurance fraud. In April 2001, Vikash...
Zero Tolerance for Former Cop
Sep 10 2001 // A former police officer, Brett Leroy Cox, 37, was sentenced to three years probation and 120 hours of community service for one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud, to which Cox pled no contest in Fresno County Superior...
Cashing in on Fraud
Sep 10 2001 // Following a four-and-a-half-year investigation and prosecution by CDI, the Employment Development Department (EDD) and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Laurence Bennett Guy was sentenced in Superior...
Insurance Legislation for Hate-Crime Victims Moves to Gov. Davis
Sep 10 2001 // I think more and more folks are getting comfortable at least to the point of neutrality now.” That is one insurance industry spokesman’s take on AB 1193, a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from...
Progressive Survey: Nearly 1 in 10 Consumers Likely to Commit Insurance Fraud
Sep 7 2001 // With a $120 billion annual price tag, insurance fraud is one of the costliest crimes in America. Progressive Insurance recently conducted a telephone survey on more than 31,000 Americans to better understand how people...
Courts Continue to Reject Diminished Value Concept in Class Actions
Sep 5 2001 // In spite of an ongoing influx of litigation, U.S. courts continue to reject class-action lawsuits involving diminished value, a concept referring to the difference between the value of a vehicle before and after it was...
MetLife Auto Wins $3 Million Fraud Judgment
Sep 4 2001 // A Massachusetts court awarded MetLife Auto & Home $2,989,270 in damages for fraud against the owners and operators of numerous auto body repair shops, several former policyholders and one of its former appraisers. The...
FBI Arrests Priest in Frankel Fraud Case
Sep 4 2001 // Monsignor Emilio Colagiovanni, an 81-year old Catholic Priest, is being held in Bridgeport, Conn. following his arrest by FBI agents in connection with the investigation of the multi-million dollar fraud and embezzlement...
Calif. Bill Could Threaten Investigation of Insurance Fraud
Aug 31 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), California Assembly members are poised to vote on a bill that would “hamstring” insurers’ ability to conduct investigations when they...
Five Fresno Residents Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Aug 31 2001 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division, served arrest warrants on five local Fresno residents last week. The arrests concluded a six-month...
