Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Employee Charged with Stealing $900K from New Jersey Insurance Broker
May 22 2019 // A former accounting specialist in the Ridgefield Park, N.J., office of an insurance broker was arrested and charged with allegedly defrauding her employer of approximately $900,000, Acting U.S. Attorney William E....
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: April
May 22 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of April 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
Maryland Businessman Pleads Guilty to Stealing Up to $1.5M in Wine
May 16 2019 // A Maryland man pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling up to $1.5 million in upscale wine from customers who paid him to store the bottles, which he sold without their knowledge. A plea agreement calls for William Lamont...
Georgia Gov. Calls On Beck to Resign as Insurance Commissioner After Indictment
May 15 2019 // Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has asked embattled Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck to resign from his post, effective immediately, saying his recent indictment “severely undermines your ability to fulfill your...
Whistleblowers Trigger French Probe into Potential Nuclear Safety Fraud
May 15 2019 // French nuclear regulator ASN said it had launched an investigation into elements of fraud and falsification regarding nuclear safety, after receiving several warnings from whistleblowers. Last November, the ASN launched a...
2 Wanted for Auto Insurance Fraud in Louisiana; Public’s Help Sought
May 15 2019 // Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit – Houma Field Office are asking for the public’s help in locating three people wanted for felony fraud in a case involving an alleged...
Georgia Insurance Regulator Faces 38 Count Indictment for Defrauding Insurer; Claims Innocence
May 14 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck on 38 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and mail fraud in an alleged $2 million scheme to defraud the Georgia Underwriting Association (GUA),...
Unlicensed Insurance Agent in California Gets Jail Time for Theft
May 13 2019 // An unlicensed insurance agent in California has been sentenced in Fresno County Superior Court to 95 days in jail and five years of probation after pleading no contest to grand theft, the state insurance department...
New York Man Arrested for More Than $33K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
May 9 2019 // Investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office have charged a 56- year-old New York man with grand larceny in the third degree, a class D felony, and penalties for fraudulent practices, a class E...
California Psychologist And Doctor Charged With Fraudulent Workers’ Comp Evaluations
May 7 2019 // A California psychologist and doctor have been charged for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance claims for workers’ compensation medical legal evaluations in an attempt to steal tens of thousands of dollars from...
New York Man Arrested for Arson, Insurance Fraud in Vehicle Fire Scheme
May 7 2019 // New York State Police have arrested Jonathan A Schuyler, 23, of Fort Plain, N.Y., for the felonies of arson in the third degree and insurance fraud in the third degree, according to a press release issued by The New York...
9 Guilty So Far in Massive Washington Fraud Case
May 3 2019 // Nine people have pleaded guilty in a massive case of fraud in Washington in which the participants smashed cars into each other and committed other staged accidents in four western states to collect more than $6 million...
‘Operation Rubicon’ Nets 9 Arrests in $600K Florida Insurance Fraud Scheme
May 2 2019 // Nine individuals and business owners have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a large-scale organized scheme to defraud insurance companies out of more than $600,000 in fraudulent insurance claims, according to...
Losses from Cryptocurrency Thefts, Fraud Surged to $1.2 Billion in Q1: Report
May 1 2019 // Losses from the theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges and fraud-related activities surged in the first quarter of the year to $1.2 billion, or 70 percent of the level for all of 2018, cyber-security firm CipherTrace...
Eyewear Website Operator Sentenced in Manhattan to Two More Years in Prison
Apr 26 2019 // An eyewear website operator who has already served over five years in prison for threatening customers across the country with rape and murder was sentenced to an additional two years in prison Wednesday for resuming the...
Former Washington Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Theft
Apr 26 2019 // Former Washington insurance agent Abu Ameena Ward has pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to pay $18,666 in restitution to Farmers Insurance and $700 in court...
