Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lafayette Cardiologist Accused of Health Care Fraud
Mar 27 2006 // A Lafayette, La., cardiologist has been indicted on 94 counts of health care fraud for allegedly performing unnecessary procedures on patients then billing their health insurance providers, U.S. Attorney Donald Washington...
Okla. AG, AARP Warn of Jury Duty Identity Theft Scam
Mar 27 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and AARP Oklahoma are warning Oklahomans of an identity theft scam that uses the threat of arrest to steal personal information from its victims. “The scam is initiated by a...
Florida Imposter Arrested ‘Playing Dentist,’ Medicaid Fraud
Mar 27 2006 // A Miami-Dade County man has been arrested for practicing dentistry without a license and submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims according to Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist. Orlando Sotolongo Guarton...
N.Y. Woman Charged for Fraud for Receiving Katrina Aid
Mar 24 2006 // A New York woman who was living in Brooklyn when Hurricane Katrina struck has been charged with grand larceny for allegedly claiming she lived in Mississippi and was a victim of the storm, prosecutors said...
S.C. Attorney General Asks Big ‘I’ Members: ‘Help Fight Fraud’
Mar 23 2006 // An appeal for independent insurance agencies to assist South Carolina’s law enforcement agencies to document and report information on insurance fraud was voiced by Attorney General Henry McMaster during the March...
Former ’49er Wersching Indicted on $8M Insurance Fraud and Tax Evasion
Mar 23 2006 // Ray Wersching, once the kicker with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League, and a former Farmers Insurance agent, has been charged with insurance fraud, tax evasion, and the hiring of a convicted felon to...
Ind. Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison on Fraud Charges
Mar 21 2006 // An insurance broker who took money from elderly investors to cover his gambling addiction was sentenced to nearly three years in prison, a federal prosecutor said. Majid Aziz, 41, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was...
Miss. Dealt Setback in Bid to Link Vatican to Frankel Fraud
Mar 21 2006 // A federal appeals court in Jackson has tossed out one of the state of Mississippi’s theories that the Vatican was connected to the fraud scheme of financier Martin Frankel. State Insurance Commissioner George Dale...
Ohio Funeral Director Charged with Stealing from Clients Who Paid Ahead
Mar 21 2006 // A former Ohio funeral home director has been charged with 43 counts accusing him of stealing up to $200,000 from clients who paid ahead for their funerals, Logan County officials said. Mark Van Horn, 55, of Bellefontaine,...
Gov. Baldacci Signs Bill to Assist Maine Identity Theft Victims
Mar 20 2006 // Mainers who become victims of identity theft are getting some help from the Legislature, which enacted a bill that follows up on State House action taken last year. A bill signed by Gov. John Baldacci clarifies the process...
COALITION AGAINST INSURANCE FRAUD LISTS 2005’s WORST INSURANCE CON ARTISTS
Mar 20 2006 // Coalition Against Insurance Fraud lists 2005’s worst insurance con artists Scalpel-wielding surgeons and klutzy grave robbers were among the eight worst insurance swindlers of 2005, according to the Coalition Against...
Hawaii leads nation in motorcycle theft
Mar 20 2006 // Honolulu motorcycle riders are most likely to have their bikes stolen, although the city is the 53rd largest metropolitan area, according to a recent study by Progressive Group of Insurance Companies. A motorcyclist in...
Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting insurance fraud
Mar 20 2006 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been accumulating insurance fraud information since Hurricane Katrina and has filed charges in five cases, R. Allyson Delaney, an FBI analyst in Clarksburg, W.Va., told the National...
S.C. Big “I” topics: Legislation, fraud
Mar 20 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
Legislation, fraud
Mar 19 2006 // S.C. Big ‘I’ topics: Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman...
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Mar 19 2006 // The Antifraud Task Force cited the need for a uniform database that would allow state authorities to track vehicles damaged by floods. Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting insurance fraud Agent reports to insurance...
W.Va. Commissioner Cline Tells Big ‘I’ about Fraud Unit’s status; group hears catastrophe tips
Mar 19 2006 // David Daniel gives tips about how independent agents can prepare for disasters. The Insurance Commission’s status was discussed by Commissioner Jane Cline, and J. David Daniel, a member of the Big “I”...
Kan. and Mo. Legislatures Consider Proposals Targeting Insurance Fraud
Mar 17 2006 // The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is reporting that the Kansas and Missouri legislatures are considering proposals that would require insurers to report suspected frauds and allow the insurance department to issue...
Regulators Adopt Model Criminal History Record Check
Mar 17 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Market Regulation & Consumer Affairs (D) Committee recently adopted the Authorization for Criminal History Record Check Model Act during the NAIC...
Calif. Man Arrested for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Mar 17 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that Sacramento resident Wayne Allen Sorenson, 35, has been arrested on workers’ compensation insurance fraud charges after an investigation by the...
