Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Md. Claims Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Stealing Workers’ Comp Checks
Jun 5 2007 // Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler reports that Natalie L. Mack, a former insurance claims adjustor with CompManagement, Inc., pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to stealing approximately...
W. Va. Woman Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Charges
Jun 5 2007 // Andrea R. Renquest pleaded guilty in Harrison County, W. Va. to one felony count and one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud. Renquest, 23, of Clarksburg, W. Va., admitted May 29 that she obtained a controlled substance...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
Maryland law targets staging accident fraudsters
Jun 4 2007 // Maryland became only the second state to make staging a car accident to steal insurance money a specific crime when Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a bill into law recently. According to the Coalition Against Insurance...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
58 Arrest Warrants Issued in Calif. for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 31 2007 // Law enforcement officers from five Calif. counties have served 58 arrest warrants for insurance fraud and related charges, such as grand theft, receiving stolen property and perjury, following investigations of alleged...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Workers’ Comp Reform Package
May 30 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has unveiled a series of reforms to address what he says are systemic and structural deficiencies in the state’s workers’ compensation system. He also recommended...
Texas Alerts Agents About Investigation Into Nontraditional Product
May 30 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued an alert to agents and consumers concerning a nontraditional insurance product offering it is investigating. The bulletin advised Texas insurance agents to exercise caution with...
Stealing Brings Montana Woman Four-Year Sentence
May 29 2007 // A Helena, Mont., woman who used a check scheme to steal nearly $158,000 from her employer has been sentenced to four years in prison. A federal judge imposed the sentence on 43-year-old Margaret Blixt, and ordered $157,710...
Federal Judge in Fla. Rejects Fraud Plea by Asbestos Attorney
May 23 2007 // A once high-flying asbestos litigation attorney was ready to plead guilty Monday to fraud involving thousands of clients, but a federal judge in Miami has rejected the deal and set a date for trial, saying he was unhappy...
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...
