Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Is No-Fault Auto Insurance to Blame for High Rates, Fraud?
Sep 13 2016 // A dozen states still use no-fault auto insurance to cover the medical expenses of crash victims. Michigan House members returned to work last week to decide whether they’ll give the state’s motorists a break on...
Berkshire Accused of Stealing Workers’ Comp Premiums in Manhattan Lawsuit
Sep 12 2016 // New York City-based Breakaway Courier Corp. has filed a lawsuit against Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for an alleged illegal scheme to steal workers’ compensation premiums. A complaint against Berkshire...
Suspects in Multiple Break-Ins, Theft of 26 Guns, Arrested in North Carolina
Sep 12 2016 // Deputies in Pamlico County, N.C., say three men have been arrested in connection with multiple break-ins and the theft of more than two dozen guns. Pamlico County Sheriff Chris Davis told local media outlets on Friday that...
Ex-Insurance Salesman Jailed for Stealing Nearly $1M from Friend’s Account
Sep 9 2016 // A former insurance salesman who stole almost $1 million from an elderly friend’s accounts has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Kevin Collins will also have to pay $926,455 in restitution under the sentence...
Attorneys for Washington Deny Fraud Committed in Landslide Trial Prep
Sep 6 2016 // Attorneys for the state of Washington have denied allegations of fraud in the deletion of emails by their expert witnesses in preparing for a trial over a deadly 2014 landslide. But they acknowledge emails were deleted and...
California Saw $600M in Workers’ Comp Liens Filed by Convicted Providers
Sep 6 2016 // The California Department of Industrial Relations announced in late August that $600 million in liens were filed against injured employees’ claims for workers’ compensation benefits by convicted or criminally...
Lawyers for Washington Landslide Victims Accuse State of Fraud
Sep 6 2016 // Attorneys for victims and family members in the deadly 2014 landslide in Washington state have accused state lawyers of orchestrating a fraud to hide the truth by deleting emails between defense expert witnesses. In a...
Brazil’s Prosecutor Expected to Seek Criminal Charges over Samarco Mine Disaster
Sep 2 2016 // Brazilian prosecutors are finalizing a criminal investigation into the Samarco mine disaster and expect to ask a judge by the end of September to charge employees, one of the prosecutors heading the case said. The...
Judge Denies Another Trump Bid to Block Fraud Lawsuit Against University
Aug 31 2016 // Donald J. Trump and his now-defunct real-estate university lost another legal attempt to block former students from suing as a group in a California case accusing the Republican presidential candidate of fraud. Trump...
More Than 1K Bee Hives Stolen From Florida Bee Farmers
Aug 30 2016 // Southwest Florida bee farmers are having a difficult summer because thieves have been stealing their hives, lots of them, to the tune of $150,000 or more. So far, none of the hundreds of stolen hives have been recovered,...
California Insurance Agent Nabbed for Fraud Scheme Involving 100-plus Policies
Aug 29 2016 // Vicki Lee McGinley, 58, a licensed insurance agent in California, was arrested by the Kern County Sheriff’s department on seven counts of identity theft and seven counts of insurance fraud after allegedly...
Lawyers for Washington Landslide Victims Accuse State of Fraud
Aug 29 2016 // Attorneys for victims and family members in the deadly 2014 landslide in Washington state have accused state lawyers of orchestrating a fraud to hide the truth by deleting emails between defense expert witnesses. In a...
Metal Theft Remains an Expensive Problem for Insurance Industry
Aug 26 2016 // Metal theft became a growing concern post financial crisis due to rising global demand for scrap metal, and although economic conditions have slowed demand recently, this expensive crime is still causing headaches for the...
3 Charged with Workers’ Comp, Insurance Fraud in Oklahoma
Aug 24 2016 // Three individuals in Oklahoma have been charged by the state’s attorney general with insurance fraud related to workers’ compensation, auto insurance and certificates of insurance. The office of Oklahoma...
North Carolina Agent Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Auto Policies to Allstate
Aug 22 2016 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and accused of creating false auto policies, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Eddie Ray Butler, 29, formerly of...
Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1.4M from Pennsylvania Employer
Aug 22 2016 // A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh, Penn., area companies whose funds he controlled,...
California Saw $600M in Workers’ Comp Liens Filed by Convicted Providers
Aug 22 2016 // The California Department of Industrial Relations announced that $600 million in liens were filed against injured employees’ claims for workers’ compensation benefits by convicted or criminally indicted parties...
Texas Lawyer Accused of Fraud in BP Oil Spill Case Acquitted in Mississippi
Aug 19 2016 // A prominent Texas lawyer was acquitted on Thursday of charges he made up thousands of fake clients to sue BP Plc for damages that the oil company caused in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, court records show. Mikal Watts was...
Crop Insurance Fraud Leads to 2 Years in Prison for Missouri Farmer
Aug 19 2016 // A southeast Missouri farmer has been ordered to spend two years in prison for crop insurance fraud of more than $200,000. The Southeast Missourian reports that 48-year-old Bobby David Lowrey, of Parma, was sentenced for...
Massachusetts Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Four Years for Insurance Fraud
Aug 19 2016 // A Leominster, Mass., man who set fire to his own restaurant to collect the insurance money has been sentenced to four years in prison. Jeffrey Cordio, who owned the West End Diner, was also sentenced in federal court to...
