Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Court Orders Injunction Against Insurance Fraud Ring
Sep 9 2011 // Insurance regulators in Louisiana say a court has ordered a permanent injunction against members of an insurance fraud ring, banning them from further involvement in the insurance business in that state. Louisiana...
Mississippi Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Hate Crime
Sep 8 2011 // The family of a black man who authorities say was run over by a white teenager in a truck in Jackson, Mississippi has filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the alleged hate crime. The lawsuit accuses seven white teenagers of...
California Self-Insured Restaurant Group Wins Fraud Conviction
Sep 8 2011 // The California Restaurant Mutual Benefit Corp. (CRMBC) is holding up a new conviction as success story in its ‘intensified campaign’ against workers’ compensation fraud. Jeanette Gallo pleaded no contest...
Ohio Chiropractor Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Sep 6 2011 // A Fairfield, Ohio, chiropractor who pled guilty in July to felony workers’ compensation fraud has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $200,000. Bruce E. Holaday, owner...
Florida ‘Fraud Dog’ Bringing Insurance Cases to TV
Sep 5 2011 // Insurance fraud is so big it could be getting its own reality television show. The show, called the “Fraud Dog,” is in pilot production, and will star Linda Webb, a former AIG insurance claim executive and...
Boston Bodybuilding Firefighter Acquitted of Disability Fraud
Sep 5 2011 // A Boston firefighter who claimed disability benefits due to a back injury but still competed as bodybuilder has been found not guilty of fraud by a federal jury. Albert Arroyo was acquitted by a jury in U.S. District Court...
South Carolina Targets Copper Theft
Sep 5 2011 // South Carolina law enforcement officers and insurers hope a new state law will cut down on thieves destroying air-conditioning units, farm equipment and other property to sell the copper inner parts for scrap. No law can...
Ex-workers Sue San Diego for Pension Fraud
Sep 2 2011 // A lawsuit filed Friday seeks millions of dollars in damages for more than 300 current and former city workers accusing the city of San Diego of pension fraud. It stems from demands that the workers, including retirees, pay...
Former Oklahoma Attorney Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Embezzlement
Sep 2 2011 // A former Tulsa, Okla., attorney has been sentenced in Tulsa County District Court to 10 years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million in clients’ benefits, Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced. William...
Insurance Firm Owner Sentenced for Wire Fraud in Minnesota
Sep 1 2011 // A federal judge in Minneapolis has sentenced an insurance company’s owner to more than three years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from two associations his firm served. Judge Joan Ericksen sentenced...
Former Nebraska Insurance Claims Examiner Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
Aug 31 2011 // An Omaha man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud while he was working as a claims examiner for an insurance company. The U.S. attorney’s office says that William Bouda faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s...
Florida Targets Check Cashing Firms for Aiding Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 30 2011 // Florida officials, law enforcement officers and trade groups are lining up in an effort to stop checking cashing companies from facilitating workers’ compensation fraud in the construction industry. Headed up by...
North Dakota Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Aug 29 2011 // A former insurance agent in North Dakota on Aug. 24 pled guilty to wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for North Dakota. U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Alan R. Henning, 58, of...
Two Defendants Spared Prison in Rhode Island Insurance Scheme
Aug 29 2011 // A federal judge on Thursday spared an ex-Rhode Island radio host and a former North Providence politician prison time for their roles in a $40,000 home insurance fraud scheme. Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi sentenced former...
Some Fraud Counts Dismissed Against Pennsylvania Fire Chief and Wife
Aug 29 2011 // A judge has dismissed insurance fraud charges against a southwestern Pennsylvania fire chief and his wife accused of stealing about $20,000 in unemployment compensation but says authorities can proceed on conspiracy and...
Top 10 Most, Least Stolen Vehicles and Loss Payments
Aug 26 2011 // The Cadillac Escalade luxury SUV is the vehicle most likely to be targeted by thieves, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute, an insurance-funded group. Here are the vehicles most and least likely to be targets, and...
Pittsburgh Officer Put on Leave over Fraud Charges
Aug 26 2011 // A Pittsburgh police officer, already disciplined for his conduct during an off-duty vehicle crash, has been put on paid leave after county prosecutors charged him with insurance fraud in the same incident. The Associated...
Allstate Files $5 Million Insurance Fraud Case in New York
Aug 24 2011 // Allstate Insurance Company is seeking to recover $5 million against 10 New York area defendants in its fourth insurance fraud lawsuit of 2011. Since 2003, Allstate has filed 31 fraud lawsuits in New York State, seeking...
Two Brothers Face Trial for Murder-for-hire Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 24 2011 // Opening statements are expected this week in the trial in Baltimore of two brothers accused of carrying out the killing of a blind and mentally disabled man as part of an insurance scam. Jury selection began on Monday in...
Allstate Launches Identity Theft Coverage in Calif.
Aug 23 2011 // Approximately 9 million Americans annually are victims of identity theft, spending millions of hours resolving problems associated with having their identity stolen. Allstate Insurance Co. has launched identity theft...
