Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UC Irvine to Settle Federal Fraud Claims For $1.2M
Mar 29 2013 // UC Irvine has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that the Southern California university allowed residents at its medical center to give patients anesthesia without supervision, then billed Medicare as if...
Top 10 Consumer Complaint Categories
Mar 29 2013 // The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its top 10 consumer complaint categories for 2012. For the first time ever, the agency received more than two million complaints. Of the two million complaints, 18 percent...
Ohio Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Owes $88K
Mar 28 2013 // An Ohio woman was sentenced on multiple counts after agents with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) captured video of her running her own clothing store while receiving workers’ comp benefits for a...
Florida Regulators Allege Fraud by Allianz in Case of Failed Insurer
Mar 27 2013 // Florida regulators are alleging that insurer Allianz and its companies contributed to the collapse of a Florida domestic property insurer by taking out more than $20 million in assets and rendering it unable to meet its...
Ohio Chiropractor Sentenced for $33K Attempted Insurance Fraud
Mar 26 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Boardman, Ohio, chiropractor David Esarco has been sentenced for attempted insurance fraud and attempted theft. Esarco was sentenced in the...
Florida Debates Wage Theft Legislation
Mar 25 2013 // Businesses and workers-rights advocates are fighting over a bill that would set uniform state standards for employees who say they haven’t been paid their full wages to seek compensation. The bill would require...
Massachusetts Sees Dramatic Dip in Car Thefts
Mar 24 2013 // Car thefts in Massachusetts have dropped by 88 percent since the mid-1970s, when the state had the dubious distinction of being the country’s car theft capital. Insurance experts and law enforcement officials credit...
Florida Gov. Scott, Insurers Vow Fight to Save PIP Law After Injunction
Mar 22 2013 // A Florida circuit court judge has issued a temporary injunction against certain provisions of the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) law, ruling that it is no longer a “reasonable...
Missouri Judge Blocks Public Records Request in Insurance Fraud Case
Mar 20 2013 // A judge has issued an order blocking a newspaper’s request for documents about the resignation of the police chief in southeast Missouri. Perryville Police Chief Keith Tarrillion submitted his resignation last week...
Insurance Claim-Padding OK with 24% of Americans: Survey
Mar 20 2013 // Twenty-four percent of Americans believe it is acceptable to increase an insurance claim by a small amount to make up for deductibles they are required to pay. That is lower than the 33 percent found in 2002, according to...
Threats Posted on Facebook Are Crimes, Florida Court Rules
Mar 20 2013 // In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court ruled this week that posting threats on one’s personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law. The 1st District Court of Appeal decided in a...
Ohio Investigations Result in 9 Work Comp Fraud Convictions in February
Mar 18 2013 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced nine individuals were convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system in February. The court...
Court Throws Out Class Action Against JP Morgan Over Clearing Broker
Mar 18 2013 // A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday threw out a class action lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co., making it easier for companies that clear trades to avoid being accountable to investors who are defrauded by their...
Report Warns of Rise in Maritime Crime in South East Asia
Mar 18 2013 // UK’-based marine intelligence provider, Dryad Maritime, is releasing a special report – “Special Advisory Southeast Asia. Disorganized theft to organized crime” – which will focus on the rise...
Credit Suisse to Pay $400 Million to Settle U.S. Bond Lawsuits
Mar 15 2013 // Credit Suisse Group AG has agreed to pay at least $400 million to settle lawsuits by investors over the Swiss bank’s role in raising money for a healthcare financing company that collapsed in a $2.9 billion fraud...
Feds Bust $100M North Carolina Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 13 2013 // Federal investigators have unraveled a massive scheme among dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers in eastern North Carolina to steal at least $100 million from the government-backed program that...
N.J. Authorities Form Clearinghouse for Investigating, Prosecuting Sandy Fraud
Mar 12 2013 // New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced the creation of a “Statewide Sandy Fraud Working Group” to serve as New Jersey’s clearinghouse for investigations and prosecution of criminal and civil...
Ohio Physician Ordered to Repay $16K-Plus for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 12 2013 // A Dayton, Ohio, physician who was banned from treating injured workers in 2009 pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after he was caught using the information of another physician in order to receive...
Survey: Most Texas Voters Support Licensing Roofers
Mar 11 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state. According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed...
FBI in New Jersey Watching for Sandy Fraud
Mar 8 2013 // The FBI in New Jersey is watching to ensure that federal money meant to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy doesn’t find its way into the pockets of corrupt politicians or scam artists. The Federal Emergency Management...
