Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kan. Governer Signs Law Giving Immunity to Insurers Reporting Suspected Fraud
Apr 21 2006 // The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud reported that Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a law requiring insurers to report suspected schemes to the state fraud bureau. SB 207 also gives insurers immunity from...
Ind. Pastor Mom Charged with Stealing Soldier’s Life Insurance Money
Apr 21 2006 // A pastor whose soldier son died in Iraq was charged with spending $250,000 in insurance money meant for the soldier’s young daughter. Prosecutors said Janie Lee Espinoza spent all the cash on cars, jewelry, a Florida...
Fugitive N.Y. Insurance Fraud ‘Princess’ Arrested
Apr 19 2006 // A Manhattan woman who posed as a Saudi Arabian princess in an insurance scam plans to return to New York following her arrest at a Florida shopping mall on a fugitive from justice warrant, authorities said. Antoinette...
Crawford Investigation Services Hosts Fraud/Surveillance Seminar, April 19
Apr 18 2006 // Atlanta-based Crawford Investigation Services, Inc., will discuss surveillance techniques during the Claims Association of Greater Chicago’s 2006 Spring Seminar at the DoubleTree Hotel in Oak Brook, Ill., April 19,...
Mich. Fugitive Convicted of Health Care Fraud, Returned to Jail After 17 Years
Apr 18 2006 // Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox recently announced that, after 17 years of being a fugitive from justice, Joel Edward Freedland, D.O., age 57, formerly of Franklin, Mich., voluntarily appeared before Judge...
Mass. Couple Charged in Glass-Eating Insurance Fraud
Apr 17 2006 // A Massachusetts man was arrested on charges that he, along with his wife, submitted false insurance claims that they had ingested glass found in food they had eaten at restaurants and grocery stores in Massachusetts, Rhode...
Hawaii Says Stolen Records Could Lead to Thousands of ID Thefts
Apr 17 2006 // Hawaii revealed that more than 43,000 people, nearly half of them government employees, are at risk of identity theft. The case involves the making of unauthorized copies of insurance company records that list the names...
Sources: Coalition Against Insurance Fraud; Ohio Department of Insurance
Apr 17 2006 // Fraud Roundup Ohio pair indicted for alleged fraud, money laundering tallying $200,000 The Coalition Against Consumer Fraud and the Ohio Department of Insurance reported that two former dental office employees, Alberta Fay...
By Charles J. Grimsley
Apr 17 2006 // The no-fault deadline decision In 2006, Florida legislators will make the biggest decision affecting automobile insurance that any legislature has had to make in 35 years, specifically, whether to re-enact or sunset the...
News Currents
Apr 17 2006 // AG McMaster appeals to S.C. Big ‘I’ members to help fight fraud Law enforcement has its hands full, AG asks agents to help provide evidence An appeal for independent insurance agencies to help law enforcement...
Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO
Apr 17 2006 // Arrests, along with laws passed in 2003 that created tougher penalties for workers’ compensation fraud, have pushed workers’ compensation premiums down for three consecutive years. Florida Fraud Fla. pursues...
Kentucky psychiatrist sentenced
Apr 17 2006 // Fraud Roundup Imposter arrested ‘playing dentist’ A Miami-Dade County man was arrested for practicing dentistry without a license and submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to Florida’s Attorney...
Help fight South Carolina’s fraud
Apr 17 2006 // MCMASTER APPEALS TO BIG ‘I’ Members visit legislators Joint, several liability repealed
Former Calif. life insurance agent convicted for faulty notes
Apr 17 2006 // Fraud Roundup California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the conviction of former life insurance agent Bassem Btadini, 51, also known as Bob Btadini. Btadini entered a no contest plea and was convicted of...
Stolen Fidelity laptop computer held sensitive data on retirement accounts
Apr 17 2006 // A laptop computer belonging to Fidelity Investments and containing sensitive data on about 196,000 retirement-account customers was stolen, the company said. The nation’s largest mutual-fund manager confirmed reports...
•Doron M. Rotman, audit and RAS managing director for Information Risk Management; and
Apr 17 2006 // The participants included: •Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management; •Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management; •Linda...
Professional Football Player Indicted in Texas for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 14 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that the Lubbock County grand jury indicted Shaheed Richardson on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Richardson allegedly collected $1,534 in workers’...
Orlando, Fla. Police Officers, Co-Conspirators Charged with Title Fraud
Apr 14 2006 // Criminal fraud charges have been filed against two Orlando, Fla. police officers, a towing company operator and a car dealer for their roles in a scheme to title Mack trucks so they could be resold at higher prices,...
Ill. Mom, Son Duo Destroy Family Car in Insurance Fraud Scam
Apr 13 2006 // An Orland Park, Ill. mother and her 19-year-old son are accused of destroying a family car then reporting it stolen to collect insurance money. Janet L. Hurta, 50, was charged with felony insurance fraud, police said. Her...
California Resident Arrested for Grand Theft and Forgery
Apr 12 2006 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the arrest of Andrew John Hulit, 33, of Simi Valley. He was arrested last week at his place of employment, Century List Service in Agoura, by the Department of...
