Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Will Absorb Some Costs in Home Depot’s Giant Privacy Breach
Sep 19 2014 // Home Depot Inc. Thursday said some 56 million payment cards were likely compromised in a cyberattack at its stores, suggesting the hacking attack at the home improvement chain was larger than last year’s...
Fraud Costs Michigan Drivers $220M a Year
Sep 18 2014 // Auto insurance fraud costs Michigan drivers more than $220 million a year, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced while unveiling a set of 17 legislative and regulatory anti-fraud recommendations offered by the Fighting...
Texas Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 18 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Rodney Williams of Seabrook, Texas, for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Williams to deferred...
North Carolina Claims Rep, Wife Accused of Insurance Fraud
Sep 18 2014 // North Carolina insurance officials have accused a Charlotte man of issuing what is described as unauthorized claim checks and funneling the money into his wife’s bank account. The N.C. Department of Insurance says...
Nightclub Insurer Owner in Maryland Charged in $100M Policyholder Fraud
Sep 18 2014 // The owner of a Maryland-based insurer faces fraud charges for inflating the ratings of his company to win business, according to an indictment which seeks to recover more than $100 million in premiums his clients...
$3M Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme in Texas Leads to Prison Time
Sep 17 2014 // Two Bryan, Texas, men have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme that authorities say defrauded insurance companies of more than $3 million. Earlie Dickerson, a former office manager, was sentenced in Houston federal...
Texas Pickup Trucks Stolen the Most: NICB Report
Sep 16 2014 // Pickup trucks have become a favorite target by vehicle thieves according to a new report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). Between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2013, 9,441 pickup trucks were reported...
Attorney for Former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Accused of Fraud
Sep 15 2014 // An attorney has filed a lawsuit against an Enid, Okla., lawyer, accusing him of fraudulent activities in a case over unpaid legal fees involving former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher. Enid attorney Stephen...
How Cybercriminals Attack Small Businesses – and 10 Ways to Stop Them
Sep 15 2014 // At a recent “Hacker Lab” event, “white hat” hackers revealed how cybercriminals work — and what businesses can do to protect themselves. The multimedia presentation used a simulated small business...
Accountants to Face Malpractice Claims in Alabama’s Colonial Bancorp Failure
Sep 11 2014 // Accounting firms PricewaterhouseCoopers and Crowe Horwath must face a lawsuit accusing them of professional malpractice and breach of contract for not catching a fraud that led to the 2009 collapse of Colonial Bank, a...
Ex-Penn. Justice’s Daughter Enters Court Program on Insurance Fraud Charge
Sep 8 2014 // The daughter of convicted former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin on Sept. 5 entered a program designed for first-time offenders on an insurance fraud charge. Casey Melvin, 26, of Wexford, entered the...
California Chiropractor Charged In Insurance Fraud Scheme
Sep 8 2014 // A Riverside County, Calif. chiropractor is accused of masterminding an elaborate fraud scheme that bilked insurance companies out of millions of dollars. The Press-Enterprise reports Peyman Heidary is charged with heading...
Texas Woman Pleads Guilty in Crash Staging Case
Sep 8 2014 // A 32-year-old Port Arthur, Texas, woman entered a guilty plea in a case involving staged auto crashes and fraudulent insurance claims, according to U.S. Attorney John M. Bales for the Eastern District of Texas. Shawnta...
Texas Bugatti Owner Destroys Vehicle in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Sep 8 2014 // A Lufkin, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. According to information presented in court, in October 2009,...
Hackers Get to HealthCare.gov But U.S. Says No Personal Data Stolen
Sep 5 2014 // The HealthCare.gov website that had an error-plagued debut last year was hacked in July, although no personal data appear to have been taken, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The attack,...
Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Filed Against Oklahoma Woman
Sep 4 2014 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says his office has filed charges against a Midwest City woman, accusing of her allegedly attempting to defraud the state’s workers’ compensation system. Pruitt announced...
Two Plead Guilty in Iowa to Defrauding AIG, Face Decades in Prison
Sep 4 2014 // Former Iowa resident Christina M. Pender and California resident Robert K. Taylor have pled guilty to defrauding insurance company AIG out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...
Stolen Statues Now Returned to Little Rock Park
Sep 3 2014 // Little Rock, Ark., authorities say three stolen sculptures worth nearly $30,000 have been returned. The city’s Parks and Recreation director says a couple found the artwork in the morning on Aug. 31 at the Riverfront...
Metal Sculptures Worth $30K Stolen from Little Rock Park
Sep 2 2014 // Little Rock, Ark., authorities say three sculptures worth $30,000 have been stolen from Riverfront Park. The city’s Parks and Recreation director says he believes the statues were taken at night on Aug. 28....
Florida Judge Sentences Mastermind of $800M Fraud Scheme to 20 Years
Sep 2 2014 // The man who masterminded an $800 million insurance scam that fleeced tens of thousands of investors in one of Florida’s all-time largest fraud schemes was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. U.S. District Judge...
