Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Va. State Police Launch Advertisements to Battle Insurance Fraud
Feb 16 2006 // “A little fib here…a slight exaggeration there…” starts the recently released insurance fraud television ad. The 30-second spot, produced by the Virginia State Police (VSP) Insurance Fraud Program...
Pair Sentenced in Texas in Unlicensed Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 16 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Special Prosecutor, working in conjunction with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, secured a criminal conviction against David Alton Brabandt and Barbara Del Aguila of...
N.Y. Fraud Bureau Touts Record Year
Feb 16 2006 // New York saw more than 750 insurance fraud-related arrests in 2005 as a result of stepped-up law enforcement alliances with federal, state and local officials, according to the state’s insurance fraud report. New...
Wash. Senate Approves Insurance Fraud Unit, Prosecutor
Feb 15 2006 // The Washington state Senate has passed a bill creating the state’s first insurance fraud bureau and adding a fraud prosecutor. SB 6234 passed by a 35-10 margin, and now heads to the House for debate.The bill had to...
GAO: FEMA’s Weaknesses Exposed Government in Hurricane Responses
Feb 15 2006 // As a result of widespread congressional and public interest in the federal response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted an audit of the Individuals and Households Program...
Ark. AG Releases Identity Theft Stats for 2005
Feb 14 2006 // In recognition of 2006 National Consumer Protection Week, Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe recently provided new statistics from the Federal Trade Commission on fraud-and-identity-theft trends in Arkansas and the...
Ky. Councilman Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Feb 14 2006 // A former Central City, Ky. councilman will spend the next 15 months in prison after being sentenced on federal fraud charges. Danny W. Miller received the sentence on Monday after pleading guilty in U-S District Court last...
Thieves Now Target Men for Bag Theft
Feb 14 2006 // Purse snatching has traditionally been a crime directed against women, but the growing use of small electronic devices by men, has increasingly made them the victims of grab and run thieves. A bulletin on the Lloyd’s...
Sloan Sentenced on W.Va. Workers’ Comp Fraud Charge
Feb 14 2006 // Charles Albert Sloan has been sentenced on one count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits and one count of fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance, both felonies, according to West Virginia...
Fla. Electric Company Owner Charged With Fraud, Grand Theft
Feb 13 2006 // Edward L. Bee, the owner of two Bartow, Fla. electric companies, Bee Corporation Inc. and Harris Electric, has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud by the Florida Department of Financial Services Fraud...
Calif. Man Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Feb 13 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced the arrest of Alejandro Ruiz Lopez, 26, on felony charges of workers’ compensation fraud after an investigation revealed that Lopez allegedly falsified a...
Ill. AG: Home Improvement in Top 10 Consumer Complaints
Feb 13 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan reported that for the first time in the history of the Illinois Attorney General’s Top 10 Consumer Complaint list, complaints related to gasoline pricing topped the list of...
13 Apprehended in N.C. Auto, Motorcycle Fraud Ring
Feb 10 2006 // Thirteen Halifax County, N.C. residents, suspected of masterminding a family auto insurance fraud ring that allegedly swindled insurance companies out of $56,000 in fraudulent motorcycle and auto claims has been...
Houston Brother, Sister Arrested in Multi-Million Dollar Medical Fraud Case
Feb 10 2006 // In a joint operation involving the Orange County (California) District Attorney, California Department of Insurance, California Franchise Tax Board, Harris County (Texas) Sheriff, and Harris County District...
Insurance Ranks Third on Fla. Attorney General’s List of Common Scams
Feb 8 2006 // Insurance scams, especially hurricane-related complaints, ranked third in a list of top categories of fraud complaints received by Attorney General Charlie Crist’s office in 2005. The top categories on the list,...
13 Auto Fraud Ring Members Arrested in Roanoke, N.C.
Feb 7 2006 // The arrests of 13 Halifax County, N.C. residents who allegedly masterminded a family auto insurance fraud ring that swindled insurance companies out of $56,000 in fraudulent motorcycle and auto claims has been announced by...
Wisconsin Insurer Warns Buyers About Post-Hurricane Vehicle Fraud
Feb 7 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis.-based General Casualty Insurance Companies are cautioning customers about the possibility that the shiny pre-owned Honda or Buick being considered for purchase may have been submerged in flood...
H.E.A.T. Auto Theft Notes Reduction in Car Crimes in Michigan
Feb 6 2006 // H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) has responded to statistics released by the Auto Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA) that indicate a decrease in auto theft in metro Detroit and across the state in 2004. “After...
PCI Says N.Y. Credit Freeze Won’t Cool Identity Theft Problem
Feb 6 2006 // While property/casualty insurers share New York legislators’ concerns about the problem of identity theft, one industry trade group believes that so-called “credit freeze” legislation is an ineffective...
Crist, Butterworth Join University Presidents to Unveil Anti-Fraud Website
Feb 6 2006 // A new online national clearinghouse and research center to help fight fraud and other economic crimes has been announced jointly by Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist, former Attorney General Bob Butterworth,...
