Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Crash and Buy’ Insurance Fraud Schemes Seen Growing in Maryland: MIA
Mar 24 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) said “crash and buy” auto insurance schemes are a growing trend in the state. When an uninsured driver crashes, buys insurance, then claims the accident happened...
7 Arrested in Georgia for Insurance Fraud in Staged Car Crash
Mar 24 2015 // Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says seven central Georgia residents accused of staging a car crash have been charged with insurance fraud. Hudgens said in a statement that the crash on Sept. 5, 2013 involved a 1998...
Fireman’s Fund to Pay $44M to Settle Crop Insurance Fraud Charges
Mar 23 2015 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly issued insurance policies that were ineligible under the U.S. Department of...
Florida Residents Arrested for PIP Fraud Following Staged Accident
Mar 23 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud announced the arrests of Fort Lauderdale residents Kendrick Callins and Lashaunda Gibbs for staging an auto accident, patient brokering and...
N.J. Senate OKs Electronic Proof of Insurance, Reverse Rate Evasion Bills
Mar 19 2015 // New Jersey’s state Senate on March 16 passed a bill (A-3905) that would allow motorists to display proof of auto insurance in either physical or electronic format. The bill was previously approved by the state...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Over Damage Done to Car
Mar 18 2015 // A New Jersey man has admitted that he sought more than $15,000 from his insurance company for damage done to his car before his policy took effect and for personal items he claimed were stolen. Derrick Smith of Newark, New...
Authorities Find 5 Barrels of Stolen Kentucky Bourbon in Thieves Backyard
Mar 18 2015 // Another iconic bourbon brand in Kentucky has been targeted in a heist, but this time authorities say they have arrested a suspect caught with the stash of pricey whiskey in his backyard. Franklin County sheriff’s...
Former Miss Montana Gets 5 Years’ Probation For Insurance Fraud
Mar 17 2015 // A former Miss Montana USA who was convicted of defrauding her insurance company while her historic mansion was undergoing repairs has been sentenced to five years on federal probation. The Missoulian reported U.S. District...
Investigation Solutions, Inc. Promoted Tim Cloney to Vice President of Investigations
Mar 17 2015 // San Diego, CA, March 17, 2015 – Investigation Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a national multi-line field adjusting and investigation company specializing in uncovering fraudulent insurance claims, has promoted Tim Cloney from...
Idaho Man Sentenced For Insurance Fraud Against Progressive
Mar 16 2015 // An Idaho Falls, Idaho man has been sentenced for filing false car insurance claims. The Idaho Attorney General’s Office says Robert C. MacNeilage was sentenced last week to an intensive treatment and education...
Man Accused of Stealing Injured Indiana Child’s Insurance Settlement
Mar 13 2015 // A northern Indiana man faces theft charges for allegedly stealing more than $612,000 from an insurance settlement awarded to an injured child. Fifty-three-year-old Clark W. Holesinger pleaded not guilty to two felony theft...
FEMA Sets Up Review Process for Sandy Flood Claims
Mar 12 2015 // In light of recent allegations that some insurers in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) may have denied or rejected Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims based on falsified reports, the Federal Emergency Management...
Insurance Fraud Leads to Prison Sentence for North Dakota Farmers
Mar 11 2015 // Two North Dakota brothers have been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally destroying potatoes to collect federal farm insurance payments. In separate hearings, U.S. District...
Indiana Doctors’ Group Reports Patient Data Stolen
Mar 11 2015 // Two Indiana State Medical Association computer hard drives that have been stolen contain insurance information on 39,000 people, the doctors group said. One of its employees was transporting two archive backup hard drives...
Anti-Insurance Fraud Measures Needed in Minnesota and Michigan
Mar 10 2015 // Minnesota and Michigan both are confronting significant problems with scammers defrauding auto insurance systems they perceive have relatively soft defenses. Minnesota faces a surge in organized fraud rings that fleece...
Senator: FEMA Will Re-examine More Cases, Reform NFIP Claims Process
Mar 5 2015 // A top Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official has committed to taking aggressive steps to make sure victims of Superstorm Sandy get “every penny to which they’re entitled” from their national...
5 Members of Alleged Ohio Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Indicted
Mar 5 2015 // Five Cincinnati-area residents have been indicted on multiple counts of alleged insurance fraud for filing a significant number of false insurance claims in 2014 totaling approximately $85,000, the Ohio Department of...
N.J. Congressman Calls for FEMA Chief’s Resignation
Mar 3 2015 // A New Jersey congressman is asking for the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator W. Craig Fugate and an immediate investigation into FEMA after reports that FEMA was aware of allegedly...
Internal Corporate Whistleblowers Swayed by Protections, Not Pay: Study
Mar 3 2015 // Offering monetary incentives does not necessarily influence whistleblowing behavior and might even discourage internal reporting, according to new research. Researchers at North Carolina State University and Bucknell...
It’s Easy to Get Hacked: Just Connect to Fraudulent Wireless Hotspots
Mar 3 2015 // If anyone attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week doubts how easy it is to hack smartphones and tablets, Filip Chytry and his team plan to set them straight. By hacking into their devices. Chytry’s...
