Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Dakota Alleges Agent Fraud in Farm, Homeowners Insurance Sales
Dec 28 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order against Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center insurance agent, who is alleged to have engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices against her...
Settlement for Countrywide Financial ID Theft Victims Advanced
Dec 28 2009 // A federal judge in Kentucky has given preliminary approval to a settlement between Countrywide Financial Corp., and millions of customers whose detailed financial information was exposed in a security breach. Under the...
Washington Auto Glass Installer Pleads to Insurance Fraud
Dec 21 2009 // A Battle Ground, Washington, auto glass installer who overbilled an insurance company for years has pleaded guilty to first-degree theft. Robert T. Wooster, 51, doing business as Dr. Bob’s Auto Glass and DRB...
Former Agent in S. California Arrested for Identity Theft
Dec 21 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced that James Alfred Morris, 66, of Covina, has been arrested and charged with eight felony counts of identity theft and six felony counts of grand theft after...
Truth or Lore? Insurance ‘Factorama’ Explores the Known and Little-Known
Dec 20 2009 // It’s the end of the decade that apparently has no name as yet, but that doesn’t stop those of us at Insurance Journal from looking back at the past 10 years and beyond for known and little-known insurance...
Arizona Mulls Shutting Insurance Fraud Unit
Dec 18 2009 // With a $2 billion state budget deficit looming, Arizona may become the first state in the country to abolish the anti-fraud unit of its Department of Insurance. Should Arizona do that, insurance rates in the state could...
Judge Sets Stanford Trial for 2011; Again Asked to Compel Insurance
Dec 18 2009 // Alleged swindler Allen Stanford will spend more than a year in custody after a U.S. judge Thursday set his criminal trial for January 2011. “This criminal case is going to get under way and it is going to go on...
Los Angeles-Area Agent Convicted of Identity Theft
Dec 17 2009 // California State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced that Janet Gail Wroe, 49, of Canyon Country has been convicted of felony identity theft and sentenced to two years in prison after she stole the...
Delaware Sub Shop Owner Faces Fraud Charges in New York
Dec 17 2009 // A former New York State Corrections officer who reportedly owned two Delaware sandwich shops surrendered to authorities in New York last week to face workers’ compensation fraud charges initiated by the New York...
New York Insurance Anti-Fraud Group Honors YouTube Contest Winners
Dec 16 2009 // The New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud honored its YouTube video contest winners at the its recent annual meeting. A group of SUNY Cortland students took the top honor. John Passmore of Horseheads, N.Y.; Teresa...
Charges Against Arrested Kentucky Mayor Include Insurance Fraud
Dec 14 2009 // The mayor of Mount Vernon, Kentucy was arrested after a grand jury indicted her on charges of abuse of public trust, bribery of a public servant, insurance fraud and official misconduct. Clarice Kirby has been under...
New Requirements Drive Need for Surety Bonds in Texas and Arkansas
Dec 14 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide. Brokers in both states are working to stay on top of the new mandates....
New York Officials Sue Workers’ Compensation Trust Manager CRM
Dec 11 2009 // Insurance administrator CRM Holdings is being sued for $405 million by New York’s workers compensation board and faces a separate $150 million lawsuit by the state attorney general over its alleged fraud in the...
Louisiana Agent Accused of Pocketing Premiums, Forgery
Dec 10 2009 // A St. Bernard Parish, La., agent has been arrested by the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit and served by Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators with a cease and desist order, summary...
Mississippi Attorney General to Target Intellectual Property Theft
Dec 10 2009 // Those behind the sophisticated computer software in Mississippi and elsewhere that tracks down child predators on the Internet are now targeting people who illegally download music and movies. “The good guys are...
S. California Agent Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Theft Case
Dec 8 2009 // Randy Jay Barrett, 41, of Canoga Park was sentenced to 240 days in jail and five years probation after pleading guilty to one count of felony grand theft. Barrett was also ordered to make restitution to his victim and a...
Fraudulent Claims from Hailstorm on the Rise in El Paso
Dec 7 2009 // That fraudulent insurance claims related to a severe hailstorm that hit the city of El Paso, Texas, on Sept. 16 are on the rise comes as no surprise to Ray Niblett. Niblett, an investigator for the National Insurance Crime...
California Agent Guilty of $48,207 Theft from Clients
Dec 7 2009 // Insurance agency owner Craig Randall, 52, of Porter Ranch has been found guilty of 13 counts of theft of funds by a broker or agent, two counts of forgery, one count of attempted theft of funds and one count of attempting...
Southern-California Man Sentenced for Pet Insurance Theft
Dec 7 2009 // A Southern California accountant has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing more than $2 million from a pet insurance company. Stephen Anthony Frlekin of El Segundo pleaded guilty in a Santa Ana courtroom Friday...
New York Regulator Proposes Changes to No-Fault Insurance Coverage
Dec 6 2009 // The New York State Insurance Department is proposing new regulations for no-fault auto insurance coverage in the Empire State, in a move aimed at reducing fraud. “We have to be vigilant in protecting the pocketbooks...
