Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rebranded Crime App Aims for ‘People-Powered Public Safety Net’
Jun 14 2019 // One afternoon in late October 2017, hundreds of students from the elite Avenues private school in Manhattan were loaded onto buses, ready to head home. Suddenly, school principal Abby Brody got a disturbing smartphone...
Iowa Woman Gets Probation in $14K Insurance Fraud Case
Jun 14 2019 // A southeastern Iowa woman has been sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution and penalties for insurance fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division said in a news release that...
$200M Settlement Reached in Tribune Leveraged Buyout Fraud Case
Jun 13 2019 // Real estate billionaire Sam Zell and other former officers and directors of Tribune Co. have reached a $200 million settlement resolving allegations of fraudulent transactions related to the media company’s...
Washington Insurance Fraud Cases Result in Guilty Pleas
Jun 13 2019 // Two insurance fraud suspects pleaded guilty and one suspect entered a diversion program after investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. Abdikarin A. Mohamed pleaded guilty...
2 Charged with Insurance Fraud Linked to Alleged Staged Crashes in North Dakota
Jun 12 2019 // In separate cases involving alleged staged accidents, two individuals have been charged in North Dakota with insurance fraud totaling nearly $29,000. The North Dakota Department of Insurance reported that charges were...
Al Specialists omni:us and FRISS Partner to Offer Claims, Fraud Detection Services
Jun 12 2019 // Two artificial intelligence providers — omni:us and FRISS — are teaming up to “supercharge” insurance claims management and fraud detection. omni:us is a provider of AI-based cognitive claims...
Prosecutors Say Bookkeeper in New Jersey Stole $1.7M in Check Fraud Scheme
Jun 10 2019 // Federal prosecutors say a bookkeeper for a northern New Jersey company stole $1.7 million from the firm by writing herself fraudulent company checks. Tammy Martinez was arrested Thursday and charged with bank fraud. She...
Florida Teacher Accused of Staging Accident in $15K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 10 2019 // A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested on multiple felony charges including insurance fraud and organized scheme to defraud for allegedly staging a fake car accident in a local Publix parking lot, according to a...
New Hampshire Government Contractor Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
Jun 7 2019 // A New Hampshire company that contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense to purchase mats to absorb hazardous materials has pleaded guilty to making false statements. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Enco...
Beazley Updates MediaTech Policy with E&O, Cyber Coverage
Jun 6 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has streamlined its MediaTech insurance policy to provide clear and concise wording and combined comprehensive errors and omissions (E&O) and media liability insurance with cyber...
1 Current and 1 Former Iowa Insurance Agent Charged in Fraud Case
Jun 4 2019 // A current insurance agent in Iowa and a former one have been charged in connection with a fraud investigation in which another agent was previously charged. Insurance agent Cursta Lena Williams of Davenport, and former...
Illinois Women Plead Guilty in $1.7M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 3 2019 // Two Chicago, Illinois, women have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) of $1.7 million by falsely billing for services on...
Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Must Pay $26.4K to Texas Mutual
Jun 3 2019 // A man sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud must repay Texas Mutual Insurance Co. more than $26,000, a Travis County district court said. According to Texas Mutual, Ricky Allen Martinez of Sugar Land, Texas,...
Washington Couple Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
Jun 3 2019 // Brittany Jones and Steven Jones, of Marysville, Wash., each were charged with one count of filing a false insurance claim in Snohomish County Superior Court on May 14. The charges stem from an auto insurance claim and...
California Agent Charged With Grand Theft And Forgery
May 31 2019 // Former insurance agent Richard Brian Willand, 54, of Sylmar, Calif., voluntarily surrendered at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in San Fernando on a warrant for his arrest for alleged grand theft of insurance premium...
Iowa Insurance Agent Faces Fraud, Theft Charges
May 31 2019 // Iowa insurance agent Jonathan Adam Schlue, age 35, of Davenport, faces four counts of Fraudulent Sales Practices (Class D Felony), two counts of Fraudulent Submissions (Class D Felony), two counts of Conspiracy to Commit a...
Insurance Paid Out $162K After Fuel Theft from Louisiana School System
May 30 2019 // A state audit says a Louisiana school bus mechanic allegedly stole about $200,000 in fuel by using a school board fuel card to fill log truck tanks. The audit says a phishing scam cost the Union Parish School Board another...
Three Convicted in New York City Fake Accident Fraud Scheme
May 30 2019 // Three men have been convicted in a trip-and-fall scheme that recruited low-income people and the homeless to defraud New York City-area businesses and their insurance companies. Prosecutors say a federal jury in Manhattan...
Keyless Car Crime Drives 20% Hike in UK Motor Theft Claims in 1st Quarter
May 28 2019 // The cost of UK motor theft claims paid by insurers in the first quarter rose by more 20% from the same period last year, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI report revealed that the number of Q1...
Washington Couple Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
May 23 2019 // Brittany Jones and Steven Jones, of Marysville, Wash., each were charged with one count of filing a false insurance claim in Snohomish County Superior Court on May 14. The charges stem from an auto insurance claim and...
