Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Two Riverside Residents Arrested for Grand Theft, Perjury
Aug 23 2006 // Following a 10-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) Investigation Division, two Riverside, Calif., residents have been arrested. Kent Morgan, 43, of Murrieta, and owner of Rancho Bail...
Declarations
Aug 21 2006 // ‘Dumb driving’ fines “You crash, you pay … your insurance premium is probably going to go up, but what about the penalty being paid by 25,000 drivers who are sitting in traffic waiting for you to...
Insurer’s injured workers’ data stolen; sold on Internet
Aug 21 2006 // Personal information on 72 workers’ compensation claimants was stolen from Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance and later sold over the Internet, the company said. The data sold included names and Social Security numbers...
Ga. Commissioner Revokes License of Stockbridge Agent
Aug 18 2006 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine has issued an order revoking the license of a Stockbridge insurance agent who was allegedly allowing his father to sell policies, though the father had surrendered his...
Ex-adjuster Sentenced for Fraudulent Claims in San Antonio
Aug 18 2006 // A former insurance adjuster has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to collect claims for shoddy home repairs or work that was never done. Chandler S. Bruton, 39, pleaded guilty in December 2005...
Ill. Director Says Worker’s Comp Fraud Is $300 Billion National Problem
Aug 14 2006 // The Illinois State Insurance Department receives reports of six alleged cases of workers’ compensation insurance fraud each week, according to insurance Director Michael McRaith. McRaith commented recently on a stop...
Jacksonville, Fla. Tree Service Business Owner Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 11 2006 // A Jacksonville, Fla. tree service business owner has been arrested after the electrocution of one of his employees and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, first degree, for failure to provide workers’...
Mass. Auto Insurers Seek 3.7% Rate Cut for 2007
Aug 11 2006 // For the second year in a row, Massachusetts auto insurers have filed for rate reduction. For 2007, the industry’s rating bureau is recommending rates be cut an average 3.7 percent. If approved, that would mean about...
California State Fund Receives $566,000 in Restitution for Fraud
Aug 10 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has received $566,480 in restitution from a Marin County roofing company owner convicted of workers’ compensation fraud. Kenneth Scott Cooper, 51, of San Rafael,...
Private Tipster Trips Up Slip-and-Fall, Says Pa. Fraud Unit
Aug 9 2006 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has initiated criminal charges against a Lancaster County man in connection with an apparent “slip and fall” insurance fraud scheme. Corbett said agents with the...
Iowa Doctor Convicted of Health Care Fraud
Aug 9 2006 // A Des Moines, Iowa doctor was convicted Monday of seeking reimbursement on medical procedures that were unnecessary or not performed. Dr. Peter Boesen is awaiting sentencing on 82 counts of health care fraud relating to...
California Couple Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud
Aug 8 2006 // Robert and Rosemary Bunch, both 56, have been sentenced in California on workers’ compensation insurance fraud convictions. The couple from Roasamond pled guilty prior to a jury trial. The Bunches were sentenced on...
Three Arrested for Staging Florida PIP Fraud Accidents
Aug 8 2006 // Three individuals, including a father and daughter have been arrested and face felony charges stemming from staged accidents and $40,000 in fraudulent auto insurance billings according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s...
Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen
Aug 7 2006 // Most motorcycles taken in California, Ohio comes in fifth, Indiana in top 10 at number nine California was tops in the nation for motorcycle thefts in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, but Ohio had...
Ill. Attorney General holds identity theft summit, state ranks 10th
Aug 7 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan recently convened the first-ever Illinois Identity Theft Summit. The goal of the summit was to bring representatives from law enforcement, the court system, government, business and...
Get your motor runnin’ — not stolen
Aug 7 2006 // Most motorcycles taken in California, Texas comes in third; Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana in the middle of the pack for thefts California topped the nation in motorcycle thefts in 2005, according to the National...
Get your motor runnin’ – not stolen
Aug 7 2006 // California topped the nation in motorcycle thefts in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, but Texas had the dubious honor of coming in third place, with Florida falling in between the two as the state...
Tyler County, W. Va. Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Aug 4 2006 // West Virginia officials say a longtime Tyler County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to fraud. Sistersville resident Bennie H. Kile Jr. of the Kile Insurance Agency admitted he took money and promised customers insurance...
TDI Announces June 2006 Enforcement Actions
Aug 3 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during June. The actions include eight license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
San Jose Resident Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Aug 3 2006 // A San Jose woman has been arrested for insurance fraud after she allegedly falsified information while submitting a claim to an insurance company, according to California Commissioner John Garamendi. Suzanne Aguilar, 34,...
