Latest Fraud Headlines
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Connecticut Warns 11,000 of Potential Information Theft
Mar 24 2010 // Connecticut officials are notifying 11,000 residents who applied for state rebates after purchasing energy efficient furnaces that their personal information may have been stolen. Robert Genuario, secretary of the...
Insurance Frauds Spike in New York
Mar 23 2010 // What do a pizza maker, insurance underwriter and a podiatrist have in common? In New York, at least, they were among the 499 people convicted of insurance fraud last year, according to the state’s insurance...
Ex-Louisiana Citizens Exec Pleads Guilty to Theft
Mar 23 2010 // Facing trial on March 22, the former head of Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort pled guilty to theft of around $30,000 from Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and two related insurance...
Police: Mass. Temp Agency Paid Cash to Avoid Taxes, Insurance
Mar 22 2010 // Two former owners of a temporary employment agency in Massachusetts have been charged with paying more than $24 million in unreported cash to employees as part of a conspiracy to avoid paying more than $7 million dollars...
Criminal Negligence Charges Weighed in Deadly 2007 South Carolina Fire
Mar 17 2010 // The father of a firefighter who died in a 2007 furniture store blaze that killed nine firefighters says families will meet with state fire investigators next week to discuss whether criminal negligence was involved in the...
New York Man Charged with Insurance Fraud for Mobile Home Fire
Mar 16 2010 // An upstate New York man who claimed he was thrown 35 feet out of his mobile home by the force of a propane explosion has been charged with insurance fraud, New York insurance officials said. State police arrested James E....
Top 10 Internet Frauds and Top 10 States for Fraud Complaints
Mar 15 2010 // Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, with the number of fraud complaints jumping 22.3 percent and total losses linked to online fraud reaching almost $560 million. That’s according to...
Florida Sweep Nabs 19 Suspects in Staged Accident Fraud
Mar 15 2010 // Florida officials say a statewide sweep of staged accident scammers last week resulted in the arrest of 19 suspects, including arrests in Ft. Myers, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Tampa and West Palm Beach Florida CFO Alex...
3 Face Federal Charges in Chicago Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Mar 12 2010 // Federal law enforcement officials in Chicago report that a chiropractor, a medical doctor and a billing employee at a clinic in Maywood, Ill., have been indicted on federal charges related to workers’ compensation...
The Worst Is Yet to Come
Mar 8 2010 // Deepening State Budget Deficits in 2010 and 2011 Could Harm the Insurance Industry While 2009 was a tough year to do business, state and city leaders say 2010 and 2011 will be even tougher — the outcome of which could...
New York Agent Charged with Stealing Premiums
Mar 5 2010 // A New York state insurance agent has been charged for allegedly stealing $15,400 in premiums. State police arrested Emil Feduniec, of Tuckahoe, after an investigation by the New York State Insurance Department’s...
Tractor-Trailer Cargo Thefts on the Rise in Pennsylvania
Mar 4 2010 // Authorities say thieves are increasingly targeting tractor-trailers in Pennsylvania to steal their loads of electronics, food or drink, later abandoning the trailers at the side of the road. Sometimes the culprits steal...
Tennessee Arrests 4 in Alleged Multi-Million, Multi-State Insurance Fraud
Mar 1 2010 // Tennessee officials have charged the two owners of a former nonprofit company that was seized by the state in 2007, along with two others affiliated with the now-defunct firm, in what they say is a multi-million dollar,...
Insurance Fraud Reportedly Increasing in Virginia
Feb 26 2010 // The number of suspected insurance fraud notifications received by the Virginia State Police are continuing to increase, according to the Insurance Fraud Program’s 2009 Annual Report Last year, the Insurance Fraud...
Ohio Medical Consultant Sentenced to Prison for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 25 2010 // The owner of a business that compiled medical reports for law firms representing injured workers has been sentenced to four years in prison for workers’ compensation fraud in Ohio, according to the Ohio Bureau of...
Maryland Claims Adjuster Convicted of Theft
Feb 24 2010 // A former claims adjuster for Progressive in Maryland has been sentenced for stealing more than $39,000 from the insurer, according to the state’s attorney general. Chae Hyong Chu, has been sentenced on a single count...
New Jersey Insurance Agent Indicted for Stealing $300K in Premiums
Feb 24 2010 // The former CEO of a now-defunct insurance agency in New Jersey has been indicted for stealing over $300,000 in commercial insurance premiums. Richard Pisacane, former head of Bayonne-based Northern Financial Group, has...
Arkansas: Company Marketing Fraudulent Insurance Products Must Stop
Feb 24 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has suspended the non-resident business entity producer’s license of Cinergy Health Inc. pending the outcome of an administrative hearing scheduled for March 11, 2010, at...
New York State Insurance Fund Anti-Fraud Program Netted 154 Arrests
Feb 23 2010 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) says its program targeting workers’ compensation insurance fraud resulted in 154 arrests and $16.6 million in recoveries and estimated savings last year. NYSIF is the Empire...
Connecticut Insurance Agent Faces Sentencing for Fraud
Feb 22 2010 // A Waterbury businessman faces sentencing for ripping off clients of more than $1.3 million, which he used to gamble at Connecticut’s casinos. Thomas Cipriano has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering. The...
