Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Lawmakers Tackle Check Cashing Ties to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 1 2012 // Florida lawmakers are looking to give regulators and law enforcement officials more flexibility to investigate check cashing companies that may be facilitating fraud in the construction industry. The House Subcommittee on...
Contractor Charged With Wage Theft, Other Charges
Jan 31 2012 // A painting contractor who had a number of contracts to work on San Francisco city and school projects is facing charges that she cheated her employees out of more than $600,000 in wages. Frances Ann Doherty was charged...
Top Ohio Insurance Fraud and Enforcement Cases for 2011
Jan 31 2012 // Ohio insurance regulators opened 233 insurance fraud cases last year, handled 1,678 agent misconduct cases, took administrative action against 240 individuals and entities and referred 72 individuals for prosecution, the...
Businesses Oppose Proposed Ohio Fraud Legislation
Jan 30 2012 // Some Ohio businesses are opposing a bill backed by the attorney general that would create tougher penalties on fraud and give whistle-blowers a slice of the damages or repayments. The proposed legislation, known as the...
San Francisco City Worker Charged With Data Theft
Jan 26 2012 // A former San Francisco city employee is facing charges that she stole Social Security and other confidential information from more than 3,000 people who applied for Medi-Cal benefits. Shawn Williams pleaded not guilty on...
Florida Gov. Scott Leads a PIP Rally for Reform
Jan 25 2012 // Standing in the rotunda of Florida’s capitol in Tallahassee on Wednesday, Florida officials and business leaders called on state lawmakers to reform the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) auto...
The Politics of Florida PIP: Industry Looks on While Pols Seek Answers
Jan 25 2012 // Most agree that Florida’s automobile no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) system needs to be reformed. But in the halls of the state Capitol the struggle over just how to reform the law has exposed how...
N.J. to Use Face-Recognition Technology, Scan License Photos for Fraud
Jan 24 2012 // New Jersey is preparing to use facial-recognition technology to scan 18 million photographs for signs of driver’s license fraud. Photos that are flagged as suspicious will be reviewed before that person can renew...
Pennsylvania Whistleblower Claims Hospital Medicare Fraud
Jan 24 2012 // A former northwestern Pennsylvania cardiologist says in a lawsuit a hospital improperly paid doctors who performed unnecessary procedures on patients, including two who died. The suit filed this month by Dr. Tullio...
Philly Dentist, Daughter Charged With $5M Medical Billing Fraud
Jan 20 2012 // Authorities in Philadelphia say a city dentist and his daughter have been charged with submitting almost $5 million in fraudulent medical bills to insurance companies over the past decade. Prosecutors said Wednesday that...
South Dakota Deputy Who Pleaded Guilty to Insurance Fraud Resigns
Jan 19 2012 // A South Dakota deputy sheriff who pleaded guilty in an insurance fraud case has resigned. The Press & Dakotan newspaper reports that Douglas County Deputy Rob Hotchkiss stepped down on Jan. 14, and county commissioners...
N.J. Siblings Indicted for Auto Insurance Claims Fraud
Jan 19 2012 // Authorities in New Jersey announced last week that a Union City woman and her Jersey City brother were indicted for their alleged roles in a scheme to submit false auto insurance claims. According to Acting Insurance Fraud...
Police in Colorado Warn Of Automobile Converter Thefts
Jan 18 2012 // Boulder, Colo. police are warning car owners that thieves are targeting catalytic converters. Police say the small boxes attached to the underside of most vehicles have precious metals that can fetch hundreds of...
Murderer, Fake FBI Agent, Amateur Arsonist Enter Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame
Jan 17 2012 // A cash-strapped businessman torches his home then massacres five people to keep witnesses from testifying. A cop shoots himself to steal workers’ comp money. Two scammers stuff a coffin with a mannequin and cow parts...
Accounting Firms Cleared of Blame in Japan’s Olympus Scandal
Jan 17 2012 // An unofficial panel of experts cleared global accounting groups KPMG and Ernst & Young of any responsibility for a $1.7 billion accounting fraud at Japan’s Olympus Corp, though the role of the firms remained...
Former North Dakota Insurance Agent Sentenced for Fraud
Jan 16 2012 // A former Minot, N.D. insurance agent has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay nearly $1.2 million in restitution for wire fraud. Alan Henning, 58, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2011, to charges that he diverted...
South Dakota Deputy Pleads Guilty to Theft in Insurance Fraud Case
Jan 13 2012 // A Douglas County, South Dakota sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to one count of grand theft by deception for submitting fraudulent applications to an insurer. The Mitchell Daily Republic reports that Rob Hotchkiss...
Florida Gov. Scott Supports Bill Forcing Accident Victims to Emergency Rooms
Jan 13 2012 // A bill that would force all accident victims to go to emergency rooms instead of their family doctor, even for minor injuries, cleared a Florida House subcommittee on Wednesday. The bill (HB 119) was approved 10-5 by the...
Florida Lawmakers File Bills to Address Auto Insurance PIP Fraud
Jan 11 2012 // State Sen. Joe Negron this week filed legislation designed to crack down on the fraud that leads to more expensive personal injury protection insurance required of all Florida drivers. Negron’s bill (SB 1860) targets...
Florida Gov. Scott Talks Insurance Fraud in State of State Speech
Jan 11 2012 // In the annual State of the State address opening Florida legislative session, Gov. Rick Scott highlighted automobile insurance while remaining mum on the future of the state’s property insurance underwriter, Citizens...
