Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Roseville Broker Arrested for Grand Theft, Forgery and Insurance Fraud
Sep 12 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrest of insurance broker Mindy Elizabeth Latorre, 34, of Lincoln, Calif., for 58 felony counts of grand theft, forgery and insurance fraud. She was booked at...
La. State Police Book Lafayette Couple on Insurance Fraud Charges
Sep 11 2006 // A Lafayette, La., couple was arrested on charges of felony insurance fraud and theft, state police said. Shaundaniquea Senegal and her husband, Chase, are accused of intentionally defrauding their insurer when Mrs. Senegal...
San Diego Contractor To Pay Calif. State Fund $119,000
Sep 6 2006 // The owner of a San Diego area roofing company has been ordered to pay $119,000 in restitution to California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of the sentencing in a workers’ compensation insurance...
State Patrol Veteran Hired for Washington Anti-Fraud Unit
Sep 6 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has appointed a veteran of the State Patrol to manage the agency’s newly authorized insurance anti-fraud program. Capt. Robert Veliz of Yakima, a 26-year veteran of the...
Texas Regulators Announce July 2006 Enforcement Actions
Sep 5 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July. The actions include 24 license revocations, one license denial and fines and...
Five Seek to Define N.Y. Attorney General Role After Spitzer
Sep 5 2006 // Democrat Eliot Spitzer has tackled illegal trading on Wall Street and fraudulent deals in the insurance industry and sued the federal government to force environmental protections in his nearly eight years as attorney...
Washington appoints assistant attorney general
Sep 4 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said that the State Attorney General’s Office has assigned a full-time assistant attorney general, Susan R. DanPullo, to assist the agency in combating...
Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen
Sep 4 2006 // California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The...
WORKER’S COMP FRAUD $300 BILLION NATIONAL PROBLEM
Sep 4 2006 // The Illinois State Insurance Department receives reports of six alleged cases of workers’ compensation insurance fraud each week, according to Director Michael McRaith. Some reports accuse employers of fraudulently...
Washington appoints assistant attorney general
Sep 4 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said that the State Attorney General’s Office has assigned a full-time assistant attorney general, Susan R. DanPullo, to assist the agency in combating...
Get your motor runnin’ – not stolen
Sep 4 2006 // California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The...
Pursuing Auto Insurance Fraud as Organized Crime Pays Off
Sep 1 2006 // Investigators across the country are trying new tactics to crack down on the old problem of auto insurance fraud, using wiretaps, undercover agents and prosecutors who view the schemes and scams the same way they do...
Pa. Agent Accused of Stealing Premiums to Gamble Online
Aug 31 2006 // Criminal charges have been filed against a Potter County, Pa. insurance agent who is accused of stealing more than $21,000 in insurance premiums from clients for online gambling and other personal uses, according to...
Experts: Gas Prices a Factor in Insurance Fraud Car Fires
Aug 31 2006 // Faced with high gas prices, low trade-in values and other economic pressures, some people are setting fire to their cars and reporting them stolen in hopes of collecting insurance, business and law-enforcement experts...
New Assistant Attorney General To Help Washington Combat Fraud
Aug 29 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said that the State Attorney General’s Office has assigned a full-time assistant attorney general, Susan R. DanPullo, to assist the agency in combating...
Fewer Arsons, Rapes and Thefts Help Lower Illinois Crime Rate in 2005
Aug 28 2006 // Fewer thefts, arsons and rapes here helped bring Illinois’ crime rate down in 2005, but a majority of the state’s communities reported a rise in serious crime, according to Illinois State Police data. Law...
Another Federal Laptop Stolen: Motor Carrier Licenses May Be At Risk
Aug 27 2006 // A laptop that might contain personally identifiable information on 193 people who have commercial driver’s licenses was stolen in Baltimore this week, transportation officials said Friday. The Federal Motor Carrier...
San Francisco Corporate Officer Arrested for 49 Felony Counts
Aug 24 2006 // Martha P. O’Neill, 40, of San Francisco, has been arraigned on 49 felony counts of alleged workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud and employment tax fraud, according to the California Department of...
N.J. Chiropractor Charged with Fraud
Aug 24 2006 // An Essex County, N.J. chiropractor has been charged with conspiracy and health care claims fraud in a $19,000 automobile insurance case, according to state officials. Attorney General Zulima V. Farber and Division of...
Two Plead Guilty in La. Following Workers’ Comp Investigation
Aug 23 2006 // A Lake Charles, La., man pleaded guilty to felony insurance fraud Aug. 21 following a surveillance investigation by Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) and a series of court rulings favorable to the...
