Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jaw-Dropping Claims Help Bust Alleged Scam
Aug 27 2001 // An eight-month joint investigation conducted by investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, the California Highway Patrol and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) resulted in the...
So. Cal Woman Arrested for Alleged Fraud
Aug 24 2001 // A Southern California woman was arrested in her home in Palmdale, Calif. and booked at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. Ruth...
NAII Seeks Corrections in NY Insurance Fraud Bill
Aug 23 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers warned that several loopholes in recently passed legislation by the New York State Assembly (AB 8654-D), aimed at correcting abuses in the State’s no-fault auto...
Convicted in Healthcare Fraud
Aug 20 2001 // Eight people, including six chiropractors and a physical therapist, have been convicted and sentenced for allegedly participating in a massive healthcare fraud scheme against the Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Lawsuit Given Class Action Status
Aug 20 2001 // Houston-based U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued a ruling Aug. 8 conferring class action status on a lawsuit involving claims of overcharging for workers’ compensation coverage by Reliance National Indemnity...
New York Investigation Nets Fraud Charges
Aug 17 2001 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory Serio, along with host of other agencies, announced the filing of charges against 67 individuals allegedly involved in a major insurance fraud ring. Criminal...
Illinois Governor Signs ‘Whistle Blower’ Anti-Fraud Bill
Aug 16 2001 // Blowing the whistle on insurance fraud will be easier for Illinois companies and private citizens thanks to legislation sponsored by Senator Patrick O’Malley (R-Palos Park) and signed recently by Gov. George...
NAIC DEBATES FRAUD PROVISION
Aug 13 2001 // On behalf of the nation’s insurance commissioners, NAIC President and Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius is urging Congress to remove a provision from HR 1408, the Financial Services Antifraud Network...
‘Operation Backlash’ Cracks the Whip on Fraud
Aug 13 2001 // The CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the conclusion of a 10-month operation, which resulted in a multi-agency task force serving search warrants on Whiplash Performance Center Inc. and...
CDI Continues Probe of Alleged Taxicab Fraud
Aug 13 2001 // In the current commercial auto arena, one of the toughest risks to place is taxicabs. Given that, it is not surprising that certain entities might be attracted to the prospect of luring the gullible or less vigilant by...
NAII Says Legislative Inaction Threatens Insurance Market; No-Fault Fraud Still Rampant August 10,
Aug 10 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), rather than address the rampant no-fault fraud that costs New York consumers over a billion dollars each year, the legislature yesterday allowed several...
Gunmakers Can’t Be Sued for Criminal Acts of Gun Buyers
Aug 9 2001 // Victims cannot sue gunmakers when criminals use their products illegally, the California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 6. According to AP Online, the 5-1 decision, which rejects a suit based on the 1993 massacre of eight people...
Orange County Resident Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Aug 8 2001 // As a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division, an Orange County resident plead guilty in Orange County Superior Court to one felony count of insurance fraud. Raymond Ellis...
New Funds Enable Insurance Department to Expand Prevention, Reporting Efforts
Aug 1 2001 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced expanded fraud-combating efforts supported by a recently received grant award. Commissioner Koken said the department recently received a two-year Pennsylvania...
Attorney General Indicts Baltimore Man on Insurance Fraud Charges
Jul 31 2001 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr., announced the filing of criminal insurance fraud charges against Lewis Mulitz, president of PICO Industries of Baltimore. In a three count criminal indictment filed in the...
CDI Investigators Make Fraud Arrest
Jul 31 2001 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigators arrested a San Bernardino man on July 26 and charged him with two felony counts of insurance fraud. Tom Davido, 56, was booked into Riverside County Jail and...
