Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s ‘Most Wanted’ Insurance Fraudster Arrested
Apr 13 2011 // One of Florida’s first “Most Wanted” insurance criminals was arrest based on a tip provided through the state’s new fraud Web site. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced that Erline...
California Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty for Grand Theft
Apr 11 2011 // The California Department of Insurance announced that insurance broker Christopher Luna has pleaded guilty at the West Covina, Calif., Courthouse to two felony counts of Grand Theft. Luna was ordered to serve three years...
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 7 2011 // A North Baltimore, Ohio, man has pleaded guilty to one count to workers’ compensation fraud. An investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Division (SID) found that...
Long Island Agent Accused of Stealing Premiums
Apr 7 2011 // A Long Island insurance agent is being accused of stealing almost $8,000 in premiums. Police say complaints by several clients led to the arrest of Robert P. Manigaulte, of Medford, for collecting homeowners’...
New York Fraud Investigators Arrested 668 People Last Year
Apr 4 2011 // New York investigators arrested 668 people accused of insurance fraud last year, including a Brooklyn woman arrested after a fist-fight, a surgeon who made $3.5 million by billing for working more than 24 hours a day and a...
Massachusetts Ex-Prison Worker Gets Probation for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 1 2011 // A former Massachusetts prisons worker has been sentenced to five years of probation for defrauding the state by running long-distance races while collecting worker’s compensation for an on-the-job injury. John...
New York Sting Nets 13 Arrests for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 30 2011 // New York police arrested 13 people in a series of investigations targeting workers’ compensation fraud around the Empire State. In several cases, the arrests targeted individuals accused of improperly collecting...
Texas Business Owner Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Tax Evasion
Mar 29 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Gary C. Quintinsky of Houston to a two-year prison term for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Upon completion of his state...
New Mexico Wrecking Companies Alerted to Potential Fraud
Mar 28 2011 // Tbe New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Transportation Division has put wrecker/towing companies on notice that it will strictly enforce the provisions of the New Mexico Motor Carrier Act, in light of recent...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Finds Fraud at 6 Postal Contractors
Mar 25 2011 // Six postal contractors in Ohio have been sanctioned for workers’ compensation fraud, state regulators say. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) said a task force created by its Special Investigations...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Receives Nearly $2M from Jailed Doctor
Mar 24 2011 // Ohio workers’ compensation system regulators have received nearly $2 million from an Akron area anesthesiologist who was convicted in 2006 on 56 criminal counts of health care and insurance fraud. Dr. Jorge Martinez...
Louisiana Agent Fined $100K for Alleged Misappropriation of Premiums
Mar 23 2011 // A Deville, La., insurance agent has been accused of attempting to defraud insurers by submitting false business and receiving more than $127,000 in unearned commissions. Robert Lee Daniel III, 29, was served on March 18 by...
New York Ex-Lawmaker Gets Prison in Insurance Fraud Case
Mar 23 2011 // A former New York lawmaker will spend at least four years in prison following his conviction in a Hamptons insurance fraud case. George Guldi was sentenced in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead to three to nine years for...
Florida Lawmakers Take Two-Pronged Approach to Insurance Reform
Mar 23 2011 // Tort reform and fraud have become the two big targets as Florida lawmakers are finally gearing up to tackle the state’s no-fault auto insurance law. Taking a divide and conquer approach, the House Insurance and...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Says Fraud Referrals Are Up
Mar 21 2011 // The North Dakota Insurance Department says fraud referrals have been doubling since 2008. The Jamestown Sun reports that the 94 referrals in 2010 totaled more than $1 million in suspicious claims. North Dakota Insurance...
Former New York Lawmaker Faces Prison for Insurance Fraud
Mar 21 2011 // A former Long Island lawmaker faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced today in a Hamptons fraud case. George Guldi was convicted last month of grand larceny and insurance fraud involving the reconstruction of...
Florida Interests Unite to Battle PIP Fraud
Mar 21 2011 // Florida insurers, government agencies and consumer advocate groups have established a statewide alliance to push for legislative reforms aimed at cracking-down on staged-accidents that the industry says are costing Florida...
Declarations
Mar 21 2011 // Many Insurers, Inadequate Prices “The urgings of Wall Street, pressures from the agency force and brokers, or simply a refusal by a testosterone-driven CEO to accept shrinking volumes has led too many insurers to...
Ohio Doctor’s Office Raided in Crackdown on Drug Abuse in Comp System
Mar 18 2011 // As part of an investigation into prescription drug abuse in the state, Ohio law enforcement officials and workers’ compensation bureau investigators have conducted a raid on the offices of a doctor in the...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for Role in Fraud Scheme
Mar 18 2011 // A former Hicksville, Ohio, insurance agent has been sentenced to three years’ probation for his role in an auto insurance fraud scheme, state insurance regulators announced. Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of...
