Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
State Employee Indicted for Theft at Kentucky Office of Insurance
Mar 18 2008 // A Kentucky state employee involved in charitable work has been indicted on three counts of theft in Franklin County. Authorities say 47-year-old Leela Flowers stole at least $2,000 belonging to the Kentucky Employees...
Firm Estimates $11B in Mortgage Applications Misrepresented Income
Mar 18 2008 // Analysts at a mortgage watchdog firm say they have uncovered more than 42,000 mortgage applications, totaling nearly $11 billion, containing significant misrepresentations of the borrowers’ income. These applications...
Insurance Crime Bureau Names Wehrle Senior Vice President, CEO
Mar 17 2008 // Robert M. Bryant, president and chief executive officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), recently announced the appointment of Joseph H. Wehrle, Jr., as senior vice president and chief operating officer for...
Carpenter Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas
Mar 13 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Donald Miller of Yoakum on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Miller received one year of probation and was ordered to pay $2,132...
Identity Theft, Privacy Addressed in Bill Passed by Okla. Senate
Mar 13 2008 // Legislation aimed at preventing identity theft and protecting the privacy of Oklahoma’s citizens has passed the Oklahoma Senate. Senate Bill 1745, sponsored by Sen. Randy Bass, D-Lawton, won unanimous approval. The...
People
Mar 10 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker reports it has extended the employment agreement with Joseph J. Plumeri, its chairman and chief executive officer. The agreement, which was originally scheduled to expire...
Pa. Judge Wants Insurance Fraud Trial Moved
Mar 10 2008 // Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous...
Five Execs Found Guilty of Fraud in Gen Re-AIG Trial
Mar 10 2008 // A federal court jury in Hartford, Connecticut, has found four former General Re Corp. executives and one former American International Group executive guilty of corporate fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from...
Bossier City, La., Businessman Accused of Insurance Fraud
Mar 5 2008 // A Bossier City, La., businessman recently was booked on two counts of insurance fraud and other charges for allegedly hiding thousands of dollars worth of equipment so he could make an insurance claim. John W. Dilts, 29,...
W. Va. Officials Arrest Ohio Man on Fraud Charges
Mar 4 2008 // West Virginia officials arrested a Crown City, Ohio, man on one felony count of filing a fraudulent claim with an insurance company, according to Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline. Cline said Christopher S. Drummond,...
Artwork Stolen from Mass. Home in 1976 Resurfaces in R.I. Court
Mar 4 2008 // Three paintings stolen more than 30 years ago are now the subject of a court fight after turning up in the home of a prominent Rhode Islander. The paintings, valued at about $1 million, were taken during a violent home...
Fraud Trial Starts for Owner of Truck in Fiery Conn. Crash
Mar 4 2008 // A former business owner whose truck was involved in a fatal chain-reaction crash at the base of Avon Mountain in Connecticut in 2005 went on trial yesterday. David Wilcox, 72, owned a dump truck that lost control and...
Texas’ Jan. Enforcements Result in Nearly $570K in Fines, Restitution
Mar 4 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by The Texas Department of Insurance that became final during January 2008 include nine license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution totaling $569,867. Only final orders are...
California Doctor Arraigned for Fraud
Mar 4 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that due that an alleged fraud perpetrator has been arraigned for committing insurance fraud. Dr. Jon Fields, 53, of West Hills, Calif., filed a long term...
Conn. Woman Pleads No Contest to Attempted Insurance Fraud
Mar 3 2008 // The wife of a former truck owner whose truck was involved in a fatal crash on Connecticut’s Avon Mountain nearly three years ago has pleaded no contest to attempted insurance fraud. Donna Wilcox faced a trial that...
Pa. Judge Wants His Insurance Fraud Trial Moved To Pittsburgh
Feb 27 2008 // Former Pa. Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce wants his federal insurance fraud trial moved out of Erie to U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. Joyce’s attorney says news coverage of the case has generated enormous...
Charges Against Rep. Renzi of Ariz. Include Land Swap, Insurance Fraud
Feb 26 2008 // Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi of Arizona has been indicted on a slew of public corruption charges and for stealing from his insurance company’s clients to fund his first campaign, federal authorities announced. The...
Kentucky Woman Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Case
Feb 26 2008 // A Floyd County, Ky., woman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor insurance fraud charge after lying about her husband’s employment history during a workers’ compensation hearing, according to the Kentucky Office of...
Federal Agencies Still Lacking Identity Theft Protections, Says Report
Feb 25 2008 // Nearly two years after an embarrassing flap in which veterans’ personal information was put at risk of identity theft, federal agencies are still not doing all they can to prevent further lapses, investigators have...
$500K Grant Goes to Assist Maryland ID Theft, Crime Victims
Feb 25 2008 // A crime victim’s assistance group will help those harmed by identity theft and fraud under a $500,000 grant announced Thursday. The Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center plans to use the money to provide direct...
