Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Baton Rouge, La., Woman Pleads Guilty in CE Credit Scam
Feb 1 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. reported that Marsha Lavernia Scott, aka Marsha L. Dillon, 3120 Lambert Drive, Baton Rouge, La., pled guilty on Jan. 23, 2006, to one count of filing false public records in...
California Creates Web Site To Combat Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 1 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has launched a new Web site to fight against workers’ compensation fraud and spotlight the convictions of those who cheat the system. The site, accessible on the California...
Calif. Chiropracter Arrested for Fraud
Feb 1 2006 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has announced that Michael Keklikian, 38, was arrested by investigators from the Department of Insurance Fraud Division. Keklikian was arrested on a $30,000 felony warrant...
Husband and Wife Arrested in $745,000 Fla. Medicaid Fraud Scam
Feb 1 2006 // A Broward County, Fla. husband and wife have been arrested for their involvement in a scam that defrauded the Florida Medicaid Program out of more than $745,000, according to Attorney General Charlie Crist. Karl Alderman...
Missouri Agent Found Guilty of Selling Fraudulent Investments
Jan 31 2006 // A Springfield, Mo. insurance agent was found guilty this month of illegally selling unregistered investments, a crime that contributed to dozens of Ozark area residents losing millions of dollars. Former insurance agent...
San Diego Roofing Contractor Sentenced for State Fund Fraud
Jan 31 2006 // San Diego County Superior Court Judge David Danielsen has sentenced a roofing contractor to a six month jail term, three years formal probation and ordered him to pay $272,000 in restitution to State Compensation Insurance...
Insurer Sues Former Media Executive to Recover Theft Claim Payments
Jan 30 2006 // An insurance company has sued a former executive of the New York Daily News and U.S. News and World Report to recover nearly $600,000 the carrier paid to reimburse the publications for his alleged thefts. Federal Insurance...
Credit Card Numbers Reported Stolen from R.I. Government Web Site
Jan 29 2006 // Thousands of credit card numbers were stolen from a state government Web site that allows residents to register their cars and buy state permits, authorities said Friday. The private company that runs RI.gov told the state...
Black Boxes in Cars Monitor How You Drive, Assist Fraud Investigations
Jan 27 2006 // Most people don’t know it, but there is a little black box in your car that tracks the way you drive. According to a recent account in the Kansas City Star, the metal box, about the size of a carpenter’s tape...
Two Suspects Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Jan 27 2006 // Two Elk Grove, Calif., residents were arrested on insurance fraud charges related to the alleged staged theft, arson, and subsequent insurance claim for a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects. According to the...
Four Arrested in La. for Medicaid Fraud
Jan 27 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced that the following individuals have been arrested and each charged with two counts of Criminal Conspiracy to commit Medicaid Fraud and two counts of Medicaid...
N.Y. Church Sues Insurer Over $1.2 Million Thefts Blamed on Priest
Jan 26 2006 // A Roman Catholic church in Manhattan has sued the Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. charging breach of contract, claiming the insurance carrier has improperly refused to pay $1.22 million stolen by a priest. The Church of...
La. Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Theft of Clients’ Insurance Money
Jan 26 2006 // A Thibodaux, La., lawyer recently pleaded guilty to more than 40 criminal charges stemming from an investigation into his misuse of clients’ insurance money. Keith Labat pleaded guilty to seven counts of felony...
Former Insurance Executive Sentenced for Mail Fraud
Jan 25 2006 // A former vice president of a suburban St. Louis title insurance agency pleaded guilty to mail fraud in November and now has been sentenced to six years in prison, according to the Associated Press. Thomas Kurzenberger Jr.,...
CAIF Dishonors 2005’s Worst Insurance Con Artists
Jan 25 2006 // Scalpel-wielding surgeons, klutzy grave robbers, a pretend princess and murderous arsonist were among the eight worst insurance swindlers of 2005, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (CAIF) reported. They were elected to...
Okla. Warns of Scam Artists Targeting Seniors Enrolling in Medicare Part D
Jan 25 2006 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland and Attorney General Drew Edmondson are concerned that Oklahoma seniors will fall victim to scam artists taking advantage of the confusion created by Medicare Part D enrollment...
TDI Posts December Enforcements
Jan 25 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December 2005. The actions include two license revocations, one license denial and fines and...
S.C. Attorney General’s Investigators Launch Insurance Fraud Crackdown
Jan 24 2006 // South Carolinians are seeing a larger portion of their paychecks go to rising insurance costs, according to Trey Walker, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office, where the budget has been boosted to chase...
FBI Uncovers Fraud in Miss., Creates Hurricane Task Force on Corruption
Jan 24 2006 // The FBI has uncovered fraud by public officials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and has created a task force to investigate corruption as federal money pours into the Gulf Coast region, Mississippi’s top agent told...
Mass. Man Sentenced to Jail for Perjury, Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 24 2006 // A Gloucester, Massachusetts man has been sentenced to jail for committing perjury in relation to a workers’ compensation scheme, Attorney General Tom Reilly announced. Timothy Hayes, 39, pleaded guilty this month to...
