Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former San Diego Agent Receives Seven Year Sentence
Jun 21 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced that Ronald Allen Prasky, 31, owner and operator of Border Pacific Insurance Services, was sentenced in San Diego Superior Court today to seven years in state prison....
PA Couple Given 14 Years in Faked Death Insurance Fraud
Jun 20 2001 // Lee Likhit Kongsiri and his wife Phatcha, former Lehigh County residents, were each given 14 year prison terms for defrauding six different life insurers a total of $1.6 million by faking Lee’s death in Thailand in...
NICB Says Insurance Fraud Scams Not Uncommon
Jun 20 2001 // A report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) notes that the most common insurance fraud schemes include anyone from organized criminals, corrupt doctors, lawyers and body shop operators to residents who pad...
Fraud Probe Launched in Independent Collapse
Jun 19 2001 // The U.K.’s Financial Services Authority, which oversees the insurance industry, has asked the country’s serious fraud office to investigate certain aspects surrounding the collapse of Independent Insurance Co.,...
State Bills Highlight Concern About Insurance Fraud, Anti-Fraud Group Says
Jun 18 2001 // Anti-fraud reforms recently passed in Tennessee, Florida and Nevada are a signal that insurance fraud is becoming a top-tier crime around the country, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a national...
House Approves Development of National Antifraud Network
Jun 15 2001 // A computer network that would link together the existing databases of U.S. state and federal banking, securities and insurance regulators in an effort to combat financial fraud could soon be a reality, much to the pleasure...
Insurance Fraud Nets Arrest
Jun 15 2001 // A Riverside, Calif., man was arrested and booked into Riverside County Jail on a pair of felony counts of insurance fraud and one misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident. Investigators from the California...
Auto Accident Fraud Nets Arrests
Jun 13 2001 // Seven felony arrests in the Los Angeles and Riverside County areas were the result of an eight-month joint investigation conducted by investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations...
New York Arrests Result from No-Fault Fraud
Jun 12 2001 // Three New York individuals were recently arrested for their alleged involvement in a no-fault insurance fraud scheme. Igor Perlov, a security guard; Inna Perlova, his wife; and Lidiya Shvarts, their neighbor; both who...
Nevada Legislature Wraps Up 2001 Session on Positive Note
Jun 12 2001 // The Nevada State Legislature adjourned last week following several important victories for the insurance industry, according to lobbying groups. Passage of measures benefiting insurers and the defeat of several trial...
Alleged Bail Bond Fraud Gives Industry Black Eye
Jun 11 2001 // A number of agents and a colleague from Ray’s Bail Bonds in Riverside, Calif., found themselves on the other end of the bailing out process last month when more than 200 felony counts were levied against them for...
Advanced Fraud Detection Service Available
Jun 7 2001 // Harleysville Insurance, a provider of property/casualty insurance, has increased the use of Magnify’s FraudScreen™ service to more efficiently identify suspect and fraudulent workers’ compensation...
Riverside, Calif., Woman Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 5 2001 // Martha Rodriquez of Riverside, Calif. woman was arrested on workers’ compensation fraud and perjury charges June 1. Rodriquez, 37, also known by the name of Graciela Castro, was booked into Riverside County Jail on a...
New York Woman Arrested for Insurance Fraud
May 30 2001 // Dawn Marie Connelly of Pittsford was recently arrested, charged with insurance fraud in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree. Connelly’s arrest was the result of a joint investigation by the...
Fresno, Calif. Couple Charged with Insurance Fraud
May 29 2001 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Investigators have arrested a Fresno resident on auto insurance fraud charges. Kyle Cory Bettencourt, 27, was arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail on May 22, 2001....
Seven Arrests Made for Insurance Fraud
May 29 2001 // Seven New York individuals were arrested for their alleged participation in a variety of insurance scams which amounted to more than $100,000 in fraudulent claims. Superintendent Gregory Serio along with Nassau County...
New York Investigation Leads to Fraud Arrests
May 21 2001 // Sweeps in New York City and upstate New York led to the arrests of 39 individuals for a variety of crimes related to insurance fraud. The auto fraud round-up in the metropolitan area has led to 18 arrests, while 21...
Allstate’s Good Hands Put Death Grip on Fraud Perpetrators
May 21 2001 // “You’re in good hands.” Those words have a profoundly different context if you happen to be part of a group of individuals who submit “creative” claims to Allstate. In that case, those good...
NEVADA TARGETS FRAUD
May 21 2001 // Nevada’s Senate Commerce and Labor Committee approved legislation designed to discourage insurance fraud rings. One of the goals of AB 135 is to make it easier for insurance companies to get money back from...
N.Y. No-Fault Insurance Anti-Fraud Summit Conference Scheduled
May 16 2001 // The New York No-Fault Insurance Anti-Fraud Coalition announced that it will hold a summit conference on May 22, 2001, in Albany, N.Y. According to the organizers, program speakers will address two serious problems: staged...
