Latest Fraud Headlines

All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Former Northern N.J. Mayor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Charge

Feb 26 2015 // A former northern New Jersey mayor has admitted making false statements to police and an insurance company in a bid to cover up a hit-and-run accident. Former Roselle Mayor Garrett Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to insurance...

As Health Data Goes Electronic, Medical ID Theft Increases

Feb 26 2015 // Medical identity theft jumped 22 percent last year as more U.S. health data becomes electronic and easier for cyber criminals to steal from doctors’ offices, hospitals and insurers. Incidents of medical identity...

Three Arrested in Florida in Unlicensed Clinic PIP Fraud Scam

Feb 25 2015 // Three Central Florida arrests were made by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud for the operation of an unlicensed clinic in Orlando that was used as part of a personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme, according to...

New Jersey’s U.S. Senators Seek Probe of Any Sandy Insurer Fraud

Feb 23 2015 // New Jersey’s U.S. senators want the state attorney general’s office to investigate possible fraud by insurance companies following Superstorm Sandy. Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker asked Acting Attorney...

N.C. Governor Challenged Over Workers’ Comp Fraud Claim

Feb 23 2015 // North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory took some heat after saying in his annual State of the State address earlier this month that nearly half of workers’ compensation claims paid to state employees are the result of abuse...

Declarations

Feb 23 2015 // Anthem Data Breach “The personally identifiable information apparently hacked at Anthem is exactly what tax fraud thieves use to make false refund claims that appear to be legitimate.” —Kevin Sullivan,...

Fraud Adds Up to 17% to Auto Insurance Injury Claims: IRC

Feb 23 2015 // A new study estimates that fraud and claim “build-up” add between $5.6 billion and $7.7 billion in excess payments to auto injury claims paid in the United States. The excess payments represented between 13...

Mutual Insurers Group Names Minnesota’s Sen. Metzen Legislator of Year

Feb 20 2015 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has presented its State Legislator of the Year Award to Minnesota state Sen. James Metzen. NAMIC said it honored Metzen for his support of free-market principles and...

SEC Filing: Duke Energy Expects to Settle Criminal Charges from Spill for $100M

Feb 20 2015 // Duke Energy expects to pay $100 million to settle an ongoing federal criminal investigation that began after a massive coal ash spill at a North Carolina plant. The details are contained in an earnings report filed with...

Problem of Metal Theft Focus of Illinois House Bill

Feb 19 2015 // A bill filed in the Illinois House would form a new task force to address thefts of recyclable metals, including copper. The Belleville News-Democrat reports the panel would review efforts to combat theft and come up with...

Penn. Mansion Fires Spark $20M in Payouts, Suicide, Fraud Case

Feb 17 2015 // She bought draperies flecked with Swarovski crystals. The ceiling mural at her “Gone with the Wind”-inspired mansion in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, featured her family in robes, gazing down from the heavens. And...

Florida Arrests 9 Individuals Suspected of PIP Fraud in Miami

Feb 12 2015 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced nine arrests were made last month for personal injury protection (PIP) fraud in Miami. Charged in eight separate cases involving seven staged accidents, the...

Driver’s Licenses For Immigrants Spur Debate in New Mexico

Feb 12 2015 // Alejandro Altamirano from Durango, Mexico, has called New Mexico home for a dozen years, and it’s where his two U.S.-born daughters are being raised. But the 36-year-old dairy farmworker fears he will be forced into...

Anthem Offers Customers ID Theft Protection for 2 Years

Feb 12 2015 // Anthem Inc. said on Wednesday its millions of customers can sign up for free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection services this week following a massive cyber attack involving stolen U.S. Social Security...

Medical Chain Pleads Guilty to Work Comp Fraud, Repays Texas Mutual $6.5M

Feb 11 2015 // Nova Healthcare Management, headquartered in Houston, Texas, entered a plea of guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud related charges, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Co. and the Travis...

Farmers Settles Suit with Radiological Firms Over Alleged Billing Fraud

Feb 11 2015 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Farmers Insurance Exchange has reached a settlement in a lawsuit involving alleged billing fraud by two radiological companies and their owners. The complaint alleges that two radiological...

Ohio Insurance Department Reveals Top Fraud, Enforcement Cases

Feb 11 2015 // Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced Ohio’s top fraud and enforcement cases for 2014 investigated by the Ohio Department of Insurance. During the calendar year, the department processed...

N.J. Staffing Firm Owners Accused of Underpaying WC Premiums

Feb 10 2015 // New Jersey authorities announced that a married couple who own several temporary staffing companies with offices in northern and central New Jersey were arrested on first-degree charges. According to a Feb. 4 announcement...

Former Arrow Trucking CEO Pleads Guilty in Oklahoma to Fraud Charges

Feb 9 2015 // The former CEO of a now-defunct trucking company that left its employees stranded all over the country when it suddenly shut down in December 2009 has pleaded guilty in federal court in Oklahoma to charges of tax evasion...

North Carolina Governor Faces Backlash Over Workers’ Comp Fraud Claim

Feb 9 2015 // Gov. Pat McCrory is taking heat after saying in his annual State of the State address last week that nearly half of workers’ compensation claims paid to state employees are the result of abuse or fraud. “We all...