Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Sacramento Man Allegedly Submits Fraudulent Documents To Support of Auto Claim
Mar 17 2006 // Sacramento, Calif., resident John M. Ford, 33, has been arrested on insurance fraud charges after an investigation by the state Department of Insurance’s (CDI) Fraud Division revealed Ford allegedly submitted altered...
Insurers Hit Mass. Bill Directing Anti-Fraud Savings Refunds
Mar 15 2006 // Some Massachusetts politicians want to make sure that good drivers in communities that crackdown on auto insurance fraud reap the savings. But insurers contend that an overhaul of the entire auto insurance system, rather...
Kile Insurance Agency Head Indicted in W.Va. for Seven Fraud Counts
Mar 15 2006 // Long-time insurance agent Bennie H. Kile Jr. of the Kile Insurance Agency in Sistersville, W.Va. has been indicted on seven insurance fraud felony counts according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. A Fraudulent...
Calif. Law Office Manager Sent to Prison in Large-Scale Auto Fraud
Mar 15 2006 // A California man, who with his brother managed a law office reportedly involved in a large-scale auto insurance fraud ring, was sent to state prison and ordered to make restitution of $1.5 million, the Los Angeles County...
N.J. Supreme Court Lowers Standard for Proving Insured Committed Fraud
Mar 14 2006 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has set an easier standard of proof for an insurance company suing an insured for fraud than a lower court had required. Instead of proving fraud by “clear and convincing evidence,”...
Former S.D. Insurance Agent Sentenced to 21 Years for Theft
Mar 14 2006 // A former insurance agent was sentenced Friday to 21 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from older South Dakotans while acting as their agent. Ryan Wingler, 34, had pleaded guilty earlier to six...
Ill. AG Warns Residents to Guard Against Home Repair Fraud
Mar 14 2006 // As Springfield and central Illinois homeowners and businesses assess the damage from a tornado Sunday evening and the severe storms and wind that struck in a second and third wave, Attorney General Lisa Madigan has warned...
Insurance Crime Bureau Lists Top 10 Cities for Staged Accident Scams
Mar 10 2006 // In a worst-case scenario of greed-driven criminal activity, Waurd Demolaire, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted Feb. 16 by a Queens County jury of killing a 71-year-old grandmother in 2003. Demolaire intentionally...
Los Angeles Clerk Charged in Fraudulent Disability Claim Scam
Mar 10 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi reported the arrest of Linda Carleen Moore, 42, of Palmdale, on felony charges of falsifying an accident disability claim. Moore, an employee of the Los Angeles County...
Wis. Nurses Convicted of Filing Non-Existent Medicaid Claims
Mar 10 2006 // Two La Crosse, Wis. area registered nurses were convicted recently of filing fraudulent Medicaid insurance claims. Janice Corbett, 65, of Ontario, Wis., pleaded guilty in Dane County Circuit Court to one count of...
Ohio Man Accused of Fraud Denied Request for Judges to be Dismissed
Mar 9 2006 // Ohio’s top judge rejected a request by the coin dealer charged in a state investment scandal who requested that all Lucas County judges be disqualified from hearing his case. In a four-page order, Chief Justice...
W.Va. Suspect Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 9 2006 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced today that Paul V. Dixon was indicted this week on one felony count of wrongfully seeking workers’ compensation benefits. Dixon was allegedly injured at...
Four Riverside, Calif. Residents Arrested for Alleged Fradulent Auto Theft Claim
Mar 7 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced the arrests of three Riverside, Calif., residents on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was later found in an orange...
FLA. MAKES FRAUD ARRESTS FOR DOUBLE-BILLING, STEERING
Mar 6 2006 // A Chipley, Fla. woman has been arrested and charged with organized fraud for allegedly steering patients from a hospital physical therapy center and improperly billing insurance companies. Lorrie Ann Laurel, 40, turned...
Alabama Big ‘I’ supports five bills, rejects two
Mar 6 2006 // Alabama HB627 defining insurance fraud and making it easier for the Insurance Commission to join with neighboring states to crack down on fraud has gained the support of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents. During...
COALITION AGAINST INSURANCE FRAUD LISTS 2005’s WORST INSURANCE CON ARTISTS
Mar 6 2006 // Scalpel-wielding surgeons and klutzy grave robbers were among the eight worst insurance swindlers of 2005, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Elected to the Insurance 2005 Fraud Hall of Shame, those scam...
Exposure in securities class actions down slightly, size of settlements up
Mar 6 2006 // The frequency of class action suits seems to be fairly manageable. However, that good news does not carry over to the severity side. Dramatic settlement increases have occurred during the past five years, panelists told...
