Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Woman Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Dec 13 2006 // Deborah K. Wildberger of Morgan County was convicted earlier this month on three felony counts of insurance fraud. According to the West Virginia Insurance Commission, Wildberger was found guilty of soliciting a tenant,...
La. Insurance Agent Arrested and Issued C&D Order
Dec 12 2006 // An Albany, La., insurance agent was recently arrested and issued a cease and desist order on charges of fraud, forgery and misappropriation of funds, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported. Roberta Ann...
Motor vehicle theft declines in California, but violent crime increases
Dec 11 2006 // California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has released the Department of Justice’s “Crime in 2006, January Through June” preliminary report showing property crime decreased by 2.8 percent compared to the...
Farm Insurer Must Pay $512,000 in Restitution for Fraud Scheme
Dec 11 2006 // The former president of Crop Hail Management Inc. in Bigfork, Mont., has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay $512,000 in restitution for money laundering and fraud. Myron “Mike”...
Homeowners want insurance carriers to offer identity theft coverage
Dec 11 2006 // More than 40 percent of consumers would like their homeowners insurance carrier to offer coverage for identity theft, according to a study released by J.D. Power and Associates. The “2006 Homeowners Insurance...
P/C market takes hold of rapidly developing identity theft solutions
Dec 10 2006 // Identity-related fraud is a virulent crime, with 3.5 times the aggregate losses of all property crimes, such as burglary, larceny and vehicle theft, reported last year. In today’s technology/information-driven...
Motor vehicle theft declines in California, but violent crime increases
Dec 10 2006 // California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has released the Department of Justice’s “Crime in 2006, January Through June” preliminary report showing property crime decreased by 2.8 percent compared to the...
TDI Announces October Enforcement Actions
Dec 8 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during October 2006. The actions include three license revocations, two license denials and fines and...
Typical Auto Insurance Premium to Fall in 2007 Due to Anti-Fraud Efforts, Fewer Claims
Dec 6 2006 // The typical U.S. driver will pay less for auto insurance in 2007 than in 2006, with the average premium expenditure expected to drop by 0.5 percent, reported the industry-backed Insurance Information Institute. The average...
Two-County Sweep in N.C. Yields 10 Arrests for Insurance Fraud
Dec 5 2006 // In what officials describe as the largest auto insurance fraud ring in North Carolina history, 10 residents of Cleveland and Rutherford Counties are accused of defrauding insurance companies of an estimated $1...
Floridians Receive Fraud Fighter Rewards
Dec 1 2006 // Three Floridians who provided key information that led to the arrests of four individuals for insurance fraud totaling more than $35,000 earned $2,500 in rewards. The Department of Financial Services has awarded $94,000 as...
N.Y. Man Sentenced for Fraud in Dairy Barn Fire
Dec 1 2006 // Peter Mravlja of Decatur, N.Y., was officially sentenced subsequent to his plea of guilty to felony insurance fraud following a joint investigation into a suspicious fire at his dairy barn on April 20, 2003, according to...
Lawrence, Mass. Man Pleads Guilty to Auto Insurance Fraud
Nov 30 2006 // A Lawrence, Mass. man pleaded guilty this week to an indictment charging that he participated in an auto insurance fraud scheme to bilk insurance companies out of thousands of dollars in false claims, according to state...
Motor Vehicle Theft Declines in California
Nov 29 2006 // California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has released the Department of Justice’s “Crime in 2006, January Through June” preliminary report showing property crime decreased by 2.8 percent compared to the...
Identity Theft Concerns Rise: Chicago Workers’ Data Mailed to Wrong People
Nov 28 2006 // Names, Social Security numbers and home addresses of nearly 1,740 former Chicago school employees were mistakenly mailed to other members of the group, prompting concerns the information could be used for identity...
Ark. Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Nov 27 2006 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman reported that Carolyn Dixon, the owner of Dixon Insurance in Pocahontas, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to two counts of Insurance Fraud (Class D felony) and one...
Mo. Man Sentenced to Prison in Medicare Fraud Scam
Nov 22 2006 // The owner of two Kansas City-area medical supply businesses was sentenced Monday to three years in prison without parole for his part in a scheme that bilked Medicare out of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Gary A....
Mich. Flagstar to Appeal Ruling in Coverage Dispute with Chubb
Nov 22 2006 // Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. has announced that a federal judge dismissed its lawsuit against an insurance company in a coverage dispute. As a result, Flagstar will record a one-time charge in the fourth quarter of 2006 of...
Idaho Resident Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Nov 22 2006 // A Pocatello, Idaho, man received a one to seven year prison sentence for insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Joshua K. Smith, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and was sentenced in...
Ameriplan Settles Fraud Allegations for $200,000
Nov 22 2006 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison announced he has reached a settlement agreement with AmeriPlan to resolve allegations of insurance and securities fraud. In July, Morrison issued a cease and desist order after charging...
