Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
4 Men Face Katrina Fraud Charges in Mississippi
Jun 13 2008 // Mississippi officials arrested four more people in Hurricane Katrina fraud cases. Auditor Stacey Pickering says James Hodge of Wiggins, 45, of Mississippi, is facing a felony charge of home repair fraud. Pickering says...
Kentucky Woman Indicted for Fraud
Jun 13 2008 // A Corbin, Ky. woman is in custody after being indicted on a felony count of insurance fraud, the Kentucky Office of Insurance reported. According to court documents, Christine V. Young filled out an application for...
North Carolina Officials Arrest 2 on Suspicion of Conspiracy
Jun 13 2008 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said state officials arrested two Laurinburg men on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson and insurance fraud. Officials arrested William Angus McGirt, 71, and Franklin Lacy...
North Carolina Woman Arrested for Alleged Insurance Fraud
Jun 13 2008 // North Carolina officials arrested a Kinston woman for embezzlement and obtaining property by false pretense, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. Department of Insurance investigators arrested Terri Lynn Spence,...
Former Judge’s Insurance Fraud Trial Moved to Pittsburgh
Jun 13 2008 // Former Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce’s insurance fraud trial is going to be held in federal court in Pittsburgh, not Erie. Senior U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill has granted a defense request to move the...
Tennessee Man Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud in Virginia
Jun 11 2008 // A Tennessee trucker faces 193 charges for workers’ compensation fraud in Virginia, according to Virginia authorities. Virginia State Police special agents detained William Douglas Pickel on May 21 as Big Sandy...
Oahu Auto Thefts Drop More Than 40 Percent
Jun 11 2008 // Auto thefts on Oahu is down by more than 40 percent over a five-year period. Car thefts dropped from a record high of nearly 8,500 in 2002 — an average of more than 23 vehicles per day — to just under 5,000...
Texas’ April Enforcement Actions Result in $771K in Fines, Restitution
Jun 10 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during April 2008 include nine license revocations, two license denials and fines and restitution totaling $771,165. The today...
California Receives $6.3 Million in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jun 10 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced Cover All, Inc., a 15-year old flooring and carpet installation company headquartered Chatsworth, pled no contest to one count of insurance fraud in Los Angeles...
California Commissioner Announces Arrest in Felony Insurance Fraud
Jun 9 2008 // Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced Olav A. Flores, 35, of Cedar Glen, surrendered himself to San Bernardino Superior Court after learning an arrest warrant was issued charging him with one count of insurance...
Mississippi Attorney General Web Site to Track Fraudulent Contractors
Jun 6 2008 // Mississippi has a new tool to help residents avoid contractors who may take their money and run, especially families still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina. Attorney General Jim Hood said his office’s Web site,...
Connecticut Prosecutors to Seek Retrial in Avon Mountain Crash Case
Jun 6 2008 // A Connecticut prosecutor says he will seek a retrial after a jury deadlocked earlier this week in an insurance fraud case against the owner of a dump truck that caused a fatal wreck in Avon in 2005. Hartford Superior Court...
Utah Developer to Pay $6.3M in Fraud Case
Jun 5 2008 // A company owned by Ogden, Utah, developer Gadi Leshem has agreed to repay $6.3 million in workers’ compensation premiums stemming from a case in California. Los Angeles officials say Cover-All Inc., a carpet and...
Poizner Deploys Fraud Investigators to ‘Summit Fire’ Zones
Jun 2 2008 // Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner dispatched California Department of Insurance fraud investigators and staff to the Summit Fire zones near Santa Cruz, Calif. to provide assistance to survivors as they face the daunting...
Barriers to Prosecution of Fraud Cases Include Finding an Effective Prosecutor
Jun 2 2008 // NICB Fraud Summit examines winning and losing aspects of insurance fraud initiatives The biggest barrier to effectively prosecuting individuals who commit insurance fraud is finding an effective prosecutor, Scott Cassidy,...
Fraud fight up against budget shortfalls
Jun 2 2008 // But Southeast states show some progress, with auto ‘give-ups’ among the targets Budget shortfalls have slowed the progress of fraud bills in many states around the U.S. while lawmakers feverishly work to find...
It Figures
Jun 2 2008 // $94,614,453.59 Arkansas has racked up nearly $95 million in insured losses from four major storm systems that hit the state so far this year. May 10 storms caused $17,150,530.56 in damages, the Arkansas Insurance...
FBI Says Fighting Financial Crimes a Priority; Insurance Cases Top 200
Jun 2 2008 // Feds Focus on Arson, Hurricane Katrina, Corporate Fraud, Premium Diversion and Workers’ Compensation The Federal Bureau of Investigation pursued 529 financial crime cases in its most recent fiscal year, including 209...
California Report Details How to Reduce Fraudulent Insurance Claims
May 30 2008 // Following a meeting with his Advisory Task Force on Insurance Fraud, Blue Ribbon Review Committee, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that he will implement five actions to help reduce fraudulent...
3 Sentenced in Houston for Water Hose Fraud Scheme
May 27 2008 // An insurance fraud scheme in which Houston-area homes were flooded by using water hoses has led to prison for three people. Multiple insurers were defrauded of more than $5 million over a six-year period, according to...
