Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Fraud Charges Dropped in North Dakota Cow Starvation Case
Aug 30 2013 // Prosecutors in North Dakota have dropped insurance fraud charges against a McIntosh County man who pleaded guilty to animal abuse charges, after authorities say he submitted a claim saying more than 100 of his cattle died...
North Carolina Couple Charged with Insurance Fraud Over Camper Rental
Aug 28 2013 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin recently announced the arrests of Johnny Ball, 49, and Joni Ball, 49, of Pink Hill on charges of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense. Department of...
Mississippi Medical Students Get Free ID Theft Insurance
Aug 26 2013 // The University of Mississippi Medical Center said it will give students free insurance against identity theft after an accidental privacy breach. Last week, UMMC mistakenly sent about 190 people an email that had a...
Former Virginia Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Aug 22 2013 // A former Virginia insurance agent, who also owned her own insurance agency in Cumberland County, Va., will spend the next five years on supervised probation after pleading guilty to felony charges. She will also pay more...
Feds: Nearly 6,900 Firearms Stolen in Ohio in 2012
Aug 21 2013 // Nearly 6,900 firearms were reported stolen or lost in Ohio last year, ranking it sixth among states with the most missing guns, federal data shows. The lion’s share of those were listed as stolen; 78 were reported...
Illinois Governor Signs Gun Law on Background Checks, Thefts
Aug 20 2013 // Illinois gun owners who fail to report the theft or loss of a weapon will face tougher restrictions under a new law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn. The law closes a background check loophole for the sale or transfer of a firearm...
Government Wins Bid to Apply FIRREA Fraud Law in Banks’ Mortgage Cases
Aug 20 2013 // A federal judge has endorsed a broad interpretation of a savings-and-loan era law that the U.S. Justice Department is trying to use in cases against Wall Street banks. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said...
Ohio Woman Sentenced for Fraud Involving $60K Insurance Claim
Aug 16 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Patricia Young, of Piqua, was sentenced to three years of community control and 17 months incarceration (suspended) in Miami County...
Trade Group Applauds 2 N.Y. Laws That Target Counterfeit Airbags, VIN Forgeries
Aug 13 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed two pieces of legislation that seek to put greater fraud protections in place and increase safety for the state’s drivers and passengers. The New York Insurance Association...
Data Shows Decline in Boat Thefts in Ohio
Aug 12 2013 // Authorities say recently released statistics show boat thefts in Ohio continued to decline last year. Data compiled by the nonprofit National Insurance Crime Bureau shows that about 95 boats and other watercraft were...
Ex-Construction Firm Worker Admits Role in N.J. Insurance Fraud
Aug 7 2013 // A Florida man who worked for a now-defunct southern New Jersey construction company has admitted his role in a scheme in which he purposely damaged homes he claimed had been hit by hail. New Jersey authorities announced...
Judge: Fraud Convict’s Wife Can’t Get Policy Money
Aug 7 2013 // The wife of a man convicted of bilking millions of dollars out of people in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and elsewhere in an investment fraud scheme cannot collect proceeds from his insurance policy, a federal...
Washington Nationals Sue Crime Insurer Over Player’s Lie About Age
Aug 7 2013 // Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals sued an insurance company for $1 million for declining to provide crime insurance coverage for an alleged fraud scheme involving a team executive linked to the signing of...
Yamaha WaveRunner Leads in Boat Thefts
Aug 5 2013 // Yamaha Motor Co.’s WaveRunner was the most sought-after watercraft among U.S. thieves in 2012 as Florida had the highest number of stolen boats, an insurance- industry group said. A total of 538 WaveRunners were...
One-Third Fail to Activate Theft Prevention Measures on Their Homes
Aug 5 2013 // Almost of a third of American homeowners who have anti-theft devices on their homes don’t use them – even during the summer when burglars are at their busiest. A survey commissioned by Nationwide Insurance found...
Md. Regulators Issue First-Ever Civil Fraud Orders
Aug 5 2013 // The Maryland Insurance Administration issued on July 23 its first administrative orders under newly granted authority to pursue civil cases of insurance fraud. The authority took effect last October following passage of...
Auto Insurance Fraud: Is There a Solution?
Aug 5 2013 // Industry estimates put personal auto insurance fraud at about 10 percent of paid losses and loss adjustment expenses a year. That equates to roughly $13.3 billion in 2011 alone. And the overall trends don’t appear...
Texas Business Indicted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Aug 2 2013 // A Travis County, Texas grand jury has indicted Mark Edward Helm and McClanahan Drywall Inc., of Emory, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Helm was an officer of McClanahan Drywall Inc. and...
Northwestern Settles Cancer Research Whistleblower Fraud Claim
Aug 1 2013 // Federal prosecutors in Chicago have announced Northwestern University has agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle a whistleblower’s lawsuit involving alleged cancer research fraud. The lawsuit claimed the...
Ex-Insurance Agent From Iowa Indicted On Mail Fraud Counts
Aug 1 2013 // A former Marshalltown, Iowa insurance agent has been indicted on federal mail fraud charges after being accused of defrauding customers for nearly a decade. The Marshalltown Times-Republican reported that 65-year-old...
