Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawrence, Mass. Attorney Found Guilty in Staging of Insurance Fraud
Apr 27 2006 // A Massachusetts jury found a Lawrence lawyer guilty of auto insurance fraud in a scheme that prosecutors say involved staged accidents and phony victims. A jury in Salem Superior Court jury deliberated for two days before...
ABI Calls for “Radical Action” to Reduce U.K. Fraud
Apr 26 2006 // In its submission to the U.K. Government Fraud Review the Association of British Insurers notes that fraud is a “fast growing crime, having doubled in the in the last five years. Fraud costs around £16 billion...
40 Arrests Kick Off Fla. ‘Operation Spring Cleaning,’ 40 More Targeted
Apr 26 2006 // A special statewide operation targeting the arrest of nearly 80 suspects from Miami to Pensacola, Fla. for their roles in insurance fraud schemes, dubbed “operation spring cleaning,” has been launched by the...
Former Enron Exec Admits Guilt, Says Complacency Equally Bad as Committing Fraud
Apr 26 2006 // The same week Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay told jurors that he did not intentionally deceive investors and analysts, another former Enron executive told the insurance and risk management community that Enron suffered...
N.Y. City Targets Medical Mills; Insurer Group Encourages Action
Apr 25 2006 // The New York City Council is looking for ways to shut down certain fraudulent medical clinics that critics say take advantage of the state’s no fault insurance system and drive up auto insurance rates. One prominent...
Bigfork Man Faces Federal Fraud, Money Laundering Charges
Apr 24 2006 // Former Bigfork businessman Myron “Mike” Felt faces federal charges of fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding insurance companies through his company, Crop Hail Management Inc. Prosecutors say...
Two Ga. Agents Kept Premiums, Charged With Fraud
Apr 21 2006 // Arrest warrants have been issued for two Gainesville, Ga. insurance agents; both are charged with insurance fraud. Robert Frank Kubitz, 51, allegedly kept premiums paid to his business, RF Kubitz Agency, for coverages...
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
