Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
8 Convicted of Stealing $5.2M from South Florida Casino
Feb 11 2020 // Four former South Florida casino employees and their wives have been convicted of stealing $5.2 million from the business over several years. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami announced Tuesday that Michel Aleu,...
Another Federal Circuit Finds Phishing Loss Covered Under Crime Policy
Feb 11 2020 // Companies of all sizes have fallen victim to attacks whereby fraudsters will use deceptive communications, such as spoofed emails, to trick an employee into transferring money into the fraudsters’ control. While...
Kansas AG: Insurance Agent Sentenced to 30 Months Probation for Fraud
Feb 7 2020 // A Smith Center, Kansas, insurance agent has been convicted of insurance fraud and related charges, and ordered to serve 36 months of probation, the Kansas Attorney General’s office reported. Trisha A. Wiehl, 40, was...
Florida Business Owner Accused of Evading $200K in Workers’ Comp Premium
Feb 7 2020 // A Florida business owner is accused of evading paying nearly $200,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums over the course of a year, according to a statement from the Florida Department of Financial...
TDI: Former NFL Player Indicted in Texas for Fraudulent Claims
Feb 6 2020 // Former NFL player Willie Montae Reagor was arrested January 30 for submitting fraudulent health reimbursement claims after an investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Fraud Unit. The TDI investigation found...
Phantom Auto Theft Claim Results in Charges Against Washington Man
Feb 6 2020 // Dale Maki, of Usk, Wash., was charged in Pend Oreille Superior Court with one count of false claims or proof in connection with a phantom auto theft claim. Maki was charged after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner...
Minnesota Attorney Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 5 2020 // A personal injury attorney in Minnesota’s Twin Cities has pleaded guilty to defrauding auto insurance companies by making false health care claims. On Feb. 3, William Sutor III entered the plea to one count of...
Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Hurricane Irma Disaster Assistance Fraud
Jan 31 2020 // A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma. Deannajo White, 39, pleaded guilty in Jacksonville federal court Friday to one count of disaster assistance fraud, according to court...
Texas Security Company Convicted of $51K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 29 2020 // HHDP Security, a Houston-based security company, has been convicted of premium fraud and ordered by a Travis County District Court judge to pay $51,131 in restitution, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
Embattled Tennessee Insurance Agent Fined $23K by State Regulator
Jan 29 2020 // A former Tennessee insurance agent facing more than 70 counts of insurance fraud has reached a settlement with the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) barring her from practicing insurance activities in...
2 Arrested in $20M Workers’ Comp Fraud And Kickback Scheme
Jan 28 2020 // A pair of California men have been charged with multiple felonies in a reported $20 million kickback scheme involving worker’s compensation. Bradley Dean Groscost, 59, of Westminster, and Felix Koltsov, 57, of...
Georgia Insurance Dept. Touts 2019 Work for Consumers, Agents
Jan 28 2020 // The Georgia Department of Insurance’s multiple enforcement divisions worked on behalf of insurance consumers to combat fraud, return insurance premiums, and approve insurance licenses in 2019, according to a...
Florida Man Accused of Making Fraudulent Hurricane Irma Claims
Jan 27 2020 // A Florida man has been accused of lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma, federal prosecutors announced this week. An indictment was returned charging Deontre Javan Taylor, 26, of Jacksonville, with disaster...
Rhode Island Construction Manager Pleads Guilty to Stealing $200K
Jan 27 2020 // A former construction project manager for a real estate development company has pleaded guilty to defrauding banks, construction companies and his employer out of more than $200,000, federal prosecutors say. Gregory...
Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Charges Insurance Adjuster in $722K Theft
Jan 24 2020 // The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) has charged insurance adjuster Michael R. Shelly with insurance fraud, forgery, theft by deception and theft by failure to make required disposition of funds for...
California Man Arrested for Insurance Fraud on Top of an Apparently Legit $1M Claim
Jan 22 2020 // A California man is being charged with attempting to defraud his insurer of $43,000 while his $1 million property claim from one of the massive wildfires that struck the state in 2018 appears to be legitimate. Stephen...
Former Iowa Agent Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraud
Jan 22 2020 // A Muscatine, Iowa, insurance agent has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for wire and mail fraud. Federal prosecutors for Iowa said that Ashley Erin Murphy Schneider, 37, was sentenced Thursday in...
Feds Charge 2 Florida Women with Hurricane Irma Disaster Assistance Fraud
Jan 21 2020 // Two Florida women have been accused of lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma in separate cases, federal prosecutors announced last week. Indictments were returned charging Bernita Willette Carswell, 36, of...
Texas Mutual: Massachusetts Firm Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 21 2020 // A Massachusetts company has pleaded guilty in a Travis County, Texas, district court to workers’ compensation fraud, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Co. Texas Mutual says EME International Inc. (EME) of...
Ex-Church Administrator in Pennsylvania Gets 10 to 20 Years in Theft Case
Jan 21 2020 // A former western Pennsylvania church administrator has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the theft of $1.2 million that prosecutors said he and his wife used for vacations, sports tickets and other personal expenses. An...
