Latest Fraud Headlines
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Oklahoma House Unanimously Passes Cybercrime Bill
Mar 16 2021 // A bill to address a growing trend of cybercrime unanimously passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 10 with a vote of 92 to 0. House Bill 1759, authored by Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater, updates language in...
Video Surveillance Leads to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against California Woman
Mar 15 2021 // Veronica Catalina Cortes-Ambrosio, 53, of Madera, Calif., was charged on two felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly lying about physical limitations from an injury at work in an attempt to receive undeserved...
Former California Firefighter Faces Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 12 2021 // Daniel Clampitt, 41, of Denair, Calif., was arraigned on four felony counts including insurance fraud, grand theft and perjury for allegedly claiming to be too injured to work and simultaneously collecting $94,788 in...
Big Businesses Back South Carolina Hate Crime Bill
Mar 11 2021 // A bill that would make South Carolina the 48th state in the nation to pass a hate crime law started its journey through the Statehouse on Tuesday. The proposal to allow harsher penalties for killings, assaults, stalking,...
Former Washington Attorney Charged in $1.8M Theft of Settlements
Mar 11 2021 // Former Washington attorney Patrick Kim was charged in King County Superior Court with three counts of first-degree theft and 10 counts of second-degree theft, all felonies, involving clients’ insurance...
California Cites Delivery Companies $6.4M for Wage Theft Violations
Mar 10 2021 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has cited Green Messengers Inc. and Amazon.com Services $6.4 million for wage theft violations affecting 718 workers. The Santa Ana-based contractor delivered packages for...
New Initiative by Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate Targets Contractor Fraud
Mar 9 2021 // In an effort to educate consumers about contractor fraud schemes that are contributing to increased insurance rates, Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate (ICA) Tasha Carter has launched a new educational initiative,...
California Nutrition Assistant Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 8 2021 // Kia Lor, 54, of Merced, Calif., was arraigned on four counts of insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance found that she allegedly lied about the extent of prior injuries in an...
Former Iowa Insurance Agent Faces Fraud Charges
Mar 4 2021 // A former Red Oak, Iowa, insurance agent is facing felony charges related to alleged insurance fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division said Dustin French has been charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting...
Additional Charges Brought Against Two Massachusetts Men in Fraud Scheme
Mar 4 2021 // A federal grand jury in Worcester, Massachusetts, brought additional charges against two men in connection with their involvement in an employment tax and mail fraud scheme. Juliano Fernandes, 39, of Clinton,...
How a Social Media Fad Is Turning into a Cyber, Fraud Risk for Insurers
Mar 3 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Anyone who uses social media has probably come across deepfakes, which refer to media such as videos, photos or audio that have been modified using artificial intelligence. Deepfakes have...
Bookkeeper Sentenced for Stealing $1.5M From Two Employers
Mar 2 2021 // A bookkeeper has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for embezzling more than $1.5 million from two employers, federal prosecutors said. Jessica Greenan, 42, of Barnstable, embezzled more than $1.1 million from a...
3 Vehicles Stolen in Attack on Illinois Luxury Car Delivery Driver
Mar 1 2021 // Four men attacked a luxury car delivery driver in suburban Chicago and took off with three high-end vehicles, authorities said. The attack, which was captured on video, took place early in the morning on Feb. 25 at Jidd...
Court Up’holds’ Insurers’ Denial of $6M Crime Claim for Phishing Loss
Mar 1 2021 // Real estate software maker RealPage has been denied a $6 million computer crime insurance coverage claim because the stolen funds were not in its possession but were instead being held by a payment processing firm at the...
Illinois Bill Would Move Workers’ Comp Fraud Probes to Insurance Department
Feb 26 2021 // A bill filed in the Illinois General Assembly would transfer the responsibilities for investigating workers’ compensation fraud to the state insurance department. Under HB 2947, the pending business of the Illinois...
California School Employee Arraigned for Workers’ Comp Fraud After Virus Diagnosis
Feb 23 2021 // Stephanie Medrano, 33, of West Covina, Calif., was arraigned on Tuesday on multiple counts of grand theft and insurance fraud after allegedly making misrepresentations following a COVID-19 diagnosis in an attempt to...
North Dakota Bill Aimed at Curbing Catalytic Converter Thefts
Feb 23 2021 // North Dakota lawmakers are weighing a bill aimed at cutting down on an epidemic of catalytic converter thefts. The catalytic converters have become a hot item for thieves because of the precious metals inside. The devices,...
U.S. Fraud Crackdown Eroding Private Equity’s Liability Shield
Feb 23 2021 // Insiders said one company pushed unnecessary pain medication to the U.S. military; another promoted an unproven treatment for children with cancer; and a third used unlicensed counselors to treat poor people with mental...
Former Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering
Feb 22 2021 // A former Iowa insurance agent has been charged money laundering and fraud, among other charges, the Iowa Insurance Division reported. Michael J. Heiberger, age 52, of Epworth, has been charged with one count of money...
As Metal Prices Rise, Atlanta Sees Theft of Catalytic Converters
Feb 17 2021 // Soaring prices for precious metals contained in some auto components is driving a rash of thefts in coastal Georgia. The Brunswick News reports 18 catalytic converters have been stolen from three truck rental companies in...
