Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
getGuard™ Insurance Seeks Agents for New Program for Businesses Hit By Identity Fraud
May 23 2007 // Almost every business – from retail to healthcare to professional services – handles personal information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and healthcare records. Many businesses think they...
Two Sentenced in Los Angeles for Capping, Fraud
May 23 2007 // A California medical clinic administrator and law office administator have been sentenced for insurance fraud. According to the California Department of Insurance, Magdalena Zanoletti, 54, a medical clinic administrator,...
Detroit Doctor Found Guilty of 80 Counts of Health Care Fraud
May 23 2007 // A doctor and his biller were convicted Monday on 80 counts of health care fraud and other charges related to an effort to bilk Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan of $775,000, the U.S. attorney’s office said. A...
New Maryland Law Targets Staging Accidents for Insurance Money
May 22 2007 // Maryland became only the second state to make staging an car accident to steal insurance money a specific crime when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law last week. According to the Coalition Against Insurance...
County Indicts West Virginia Woman on Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 22 2007 // The Raleigh County, W. Va. Prosecutor’s Office indicted a Raleigh County resident on one felony count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits. Angel M. Delung, 34, of Shady Springs, allegedly filed...
Medicare Fraud on Rise in Mississippi
May 22 2007 // Insurance agents have sold fraudulent Medicare plans to an estimated 1,000 Mississippians over the past year, forcing them to spend months untangling the mess to regain coverage under a traditional Medicare program. State...
Fla. Workers’ Comp Fraud Results in 14-Year Prison Sentence
May 21 2007 // The former owner and operator of a now-defunct professional employee organization, Miralink Group Inc., left thousands of workers in Florida and several other states without workers’ compensation coverage despite...
Legislators aim to crack down on fraud
May 21 2007 // For years, Al Capone outwitted federal efforts to nail him for murder and other mobster-type crimes. The feds finally took him down with a breathtakingly simple courtroom gambit: tax evasion. California Capones Modern-day...
N.D. Man Found Guilty of Medical Malpractice Insurance Fraud
May 21 2007 // A man who sold bogus medical malpractice insurance to Fargo’s Red River Women’s Clinic and other abortion providers nationwide has been sentenced to serve nearly six years in prison. William Ledee III, 64, of...
Legislators aim to crack down on fraud
May 21 2007 // For years, Al Capone outwitted federal efforts to nail him for murder and other mobster-type crimes. The feds finally took him down with a breathtakingly simple courtroom gambit: tax evasion. California Capones Modern-day...
2 Texans Arrested in La. in Multi-state Identity Theft Scheme
May 18 2007 // A pair of Texas men face a variety of charges after Louisiana authorities say they stole identities and defrauded businesses in three states of more than $1 million. Michael McDowell, 30, and Jason Mark Freeman, 31, both...
La. Bail Bond Agent Accused of Taking Premiums
May 18 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Baton Rouge-area bail bond agent has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of his insurance license for allegedly misappropriating...
Three Calif. Doctors Arrested in Outpatient Surgery Center Scam
May 17 2007 // The California Department of Insurance and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office have arrested three doctors for medical fraud. The doctors are the latest charged defendants in what’s being dubbed the...
Texas Delivery Truck Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 17 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Cecil R. Bryant of DeSoto, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Dallas County court ordered Bryant to serve a five-year probated...
Tyco to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Shareholders’ Lawsuit
May 17 2007 // Tyco International Ltd. has agreed to pay about $3 billion to settle shareholder claims from one of the largest corporate fraud cases ever, ending uncertainty over the outcome of the legal battle as it prepares to split...
Utah Housing Director Faces Fraud Allegations
May 16 2007 // The local director of a federal low-income housing program in Salt Lake City has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of questionable hiring practices and insurance fraud. Rosemary Kappes was placed on...
Texas Secretary, Barrel Racer Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
May 14 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Houston woman pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges in a Travis County district court. The court sentenced Sheryl K. Reynolds to a 10-year...
Former Students Win $9 Million Settlement in Fraud Case
May 14 2007 // Washington students who alleged they were defrauded by the defunct Business Computer Training Institute have won a $9 million settlement and may get tens of millions more. An insurance company for BCTI, once based in Gig...
La. Agent Accused of Pocketing Premiums
May 11 2007 // An Alexandria, La., insurance agent has been arrested and issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of his licenses for allegedly misappropriating premium money from policyholders and failing to remit premiums...
ABI Survey Estimates UK Fraudulent Claims at $8 Million a Day
May 10 2007 // A survey conducted by the Association of British Insurers concludes that fraudulent insurance claims are now costing insurers and honest customers over £4 million ($7.98 million) every day. The annual cost is around £1.6...
