Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Washington Man Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Dec 17 2010 // A Lynnwood, Wash., man who claimed that thieves had repeatedly made off with his collection of more than 200 silk neckties has paid back more than $33,000 and pleaded guilty to two counts of making a false insurance...
Georgia Insurers, Incoming Commissioner Plan Fraud Crackdown
Dec 17 2010 // Georgia’s insurance industry is teaming up with state authorities to launch an ambitious effort to crack down on the rising number of insurance fraud cases. Incoming Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, who takes...
Suspicious Claims Rose 12% in Q3, Insurers Report
Dec 16 2010 // Questionable property/casualty insurance claims rose 12 percent in the third quarter over last year, according to the latest reports from insurance companies. Through the third quarter of 2010, the National Insurance Crime...
Former Ohio Clinical Counselor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Dec 15 2010 // A former clinical counselor in the Finlay, Ohio-area has pled guilty to insurance fraud. Authorities say John Blain Frankenburg, also known as Blain J. Frankenburg, fraudulently billed two insurance companies more than...
Federal Tax Case Leads to Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges in New York
Dec 15 2010 // A federal tax fraud case against a Bronx tax preparer touched off a workers’ comp fraud case against the woman who is now charged with wrongly collecting over $135,000 in benefits, officials said. Rosa Rivera has...
Insurance Receivers, Asset Recovery Groups Partner on Credentials
Dec 14 2010 // Two insurance groups are joining to improve the skills of those helping troubled insurers recover assets and those going after people who defraud insurance companies. Members of the International Association of Insurance...
Louisiana Inmate Charged with Insurance Fraud, Felony Theft
Dec 10 2010 // A man already convicted for a previous criminal offense in Louisiana has additionally been charged with insurance fraud and felony theft. Louisiana State Police detectives with the Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit say...
Two Charged in 6-Year Fraud Scheme Against Insurance Agent Group, MDRT
Dec 6 2010 // Bond has been set at $1 million for two Illinois men charged with bilking an insurance industry association out of more than $1 million in a scheme that spanned six years, officials said. The allegations involve an...
Four Plead Not Guilty in High Profile Insurance Fraud Case in R.I.
Dec 5 2010 // Four people pleaded not guilty last month in U.S. District Court in an alleged scheme to rip off an insurance company of nearly $50,000, including a former North Providence town councilman facing corruption charges in a...
Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions Create Concerns, Coverage Issues
Dec 5 2010 // Coverage Gaps Possible With Rise in Whistleblower Claim Among the many innovations introduced in the massive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted this past July are the new whistleblower...
Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits
Dec 5 2010 // Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance...
Memphis Car Impoundment Lot Battles Theft, Damage Claims
Dec 1 2010 // The city of Memphis is upgrading security at the city’s car impound lot after paying out more than $72,000 to settle a variety of theft and damage claims. Mayor A C Wharton told The Memphis Commercial Appeal that the...
Insurer Wants Ex-Judge Off Mississippi Lawyer Case
Nov 30 2010 // An insurance company wants former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz kicked off a lawsuit involving imprisoned former attorney Paul Minor. Minor, meanwhile, also thinks the federal judge in the case should step...
Feds Say Loren-Maltese Insurance Fraud Conviction Should Stand
Nov 29 2010 // Federal prosecutors say the fraud conviction of former Cicero, Ill., president Betty Loren-Maltese should stand, even after a U.S. Supreme Court decision on “honest services” laws. Loren-Maltese served 6 1/2...
Hate Crime Victim’s Estate Sues New York Authorities
Nov 24 2010 // The estate of an Ecuadorean immigrant has filed a $40 million civil rights lawsuit that blames police inaction over prior violence for the man’s stabbing death during a confrontation with a mob of teens who had made...
ICT Kicks Off Crime Prevention Program in El Paso
Nov 24 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has joined with State Farm Insurance Co. in introducing the state’s Hide, Lock and Take program to law enforcement officials in El Paso. Both the El Paso Sheriff’s...
Rhode Island Charges Ex-Providence Politician with Fraud
Nov 22 2010 // A former North Providence councilman already accused of corruption was indicted Thursday along with three others, including an on-air radio personality, of trying to rip off an insurance company by intentionally damaging a...
Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits
Nov 22 2010 // Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance...
Forfeiture Hearing Set in Ex-Pennsylvania Judge’s Fraud Conviction
Nov 19 2010 // A federal court forfeiture hearing is set in the case of a former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge convicted of insurance fraud. Michael Joyce, of Millcreek Township, is serving a 46-month prison sentence for collecting...
Florida’s BankAtlantic Executives Found Guilty of Securities Fraud
Nov 19 2010 // Executives at Florida-based lender BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. failed to alert investors about risks in its real estate loan portfolio as the U.S. housing market collapsed, a Miami federal jury ruled Thursday in a rare...
