Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pomona Woman Arrested After Tracking Device Leads to Stolen Car
Mar 5 2007 // A Pomona, Calif., woman has been arrested after authorities followed a signal from an electronic tracking device installed in a car she reported stolen, officials said. Elva Padilla surrendered to authorities after...
Ohio Legislators Challenge Governor’s Veto on Limits for Fraud Damages
Mar 2 2007 // Republican lawmakers had no legal authority to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out a veto Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland carried out on his first day in office, the state’s top lawyer said this week. Attorney...
Picasso Paintings Stolen in Paris
Mar 2 2007 // At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of €50 million ($66 million), have been stolen from the artist’s granddaughter’s home in Paris, police said Wednesday. The paintings, “Maya and the...
Calif. Commissioner Appoints Executive Team
Mar 1 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has named his 14-member executive team at the Department of Insurance. Earlier in February, Poizner was criticized for naming insurance industry representative, Bill...
Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
Feb 26 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...
Suspected Ark. insurance fraud ringleader turns self in
Feb 26 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007. Watson is alleged to have masterminded...
Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
Feb 25 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...
Suspected Ark. insurance fraud ringleader turns self in
Feb 25 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007. Watson is alleged to have masterminded...
FBI Says Stock Options Fraud Cases Aim for Level Playing Field
Feb 23 2007 // You’re at the track and the pony you bet on came up a winner. Your homework paid off—you knew the horse likes the mud and the inside post and has a family tree full of Triple Crown winners. You go to collect your...
Kan. Insurance Department Staff Appointed to Key Positions at NAIC
Feb 21 2007 // Three members of the Kansas Insurance Department, Ted Clark, Anti-Fraud director, Larry Bruning, chief actuary, and Neil Woerman, director of Information Technology, have been appointed to various leadership positions...
Ohio Schedules 2007 Insurance Fraud Seminar
Feb 20 2007 // The 2007 Ohio Insurance Fraud Seminar will be conducted Thursday, March 15 at Quest Conference Centers, located at 8405 Pulsar Place in Columbus. The hosts are the Ohio Department of Insurance, the Ohio Chapter of the...
Marsh UK Launches New “Fraud & Crime” Coverage
Feb 16 2007 // Marsh UK announced that it has “developed a pioneering new product addressing the fraud and crime risks faced by financial institutions.” Describing the coverage as “the only product of its kind,”...
Suspected Ark. Insurance Fraud Ringleader Turns Himself In
Feb 15 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced suspected insurance fraud ringleader, Frederick Watson, turned himself in to Little Rock Police on Feb. 13, 2007. Watson is alleged to have masterminded a...
W.Va. Man Indicted on Felony Count of Insurance Fraud
Feb 13 2007 // West Virginbia’s Marion County Prosecutor’s Office and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s Fraud Unit indicted Foster Glen Carnes of Marion County earlier this month on one felony count of filing a...
Auto fraud crackdown benefits Mass. urban insureds
Feb 12 2007 // High-profile crackdowns on auto insurance fraud have resulted in dramatic savings for drivers in some Massachusetts communities. The statewide average premium is scheduled to drop by nearly 12 percent on April 1, but...
Declarations
Feb 12 2007 // Government secrecy “It’s another nail in the coffin of open government.” Rep. Marc Feinstein, D-Sioux Falls, reacting to a measure that passed the South Dakota House that would close the driving records...
Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues
Feb 12 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major disaster —...
Auto fraud crackdown benefits Mass. urban insureds
Feb 11 2007 // High-profile crackdowns on auto insurance fraud have resulted in dramatic savings for drivers in some Massachusetts communities. The statewide average premium is scheduled to drop by nearly 12 percent on April 1, but...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight...
Fla. Charges 2 Insurance Brokers, 1 Other in Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // Three Floridians including two insurance brokers have been charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly providing hundreds of workers with falsified workers’ compensation insurance certificates to more than 300...
