Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud
Feb 6 2006 // Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud When thinking of satellite images most think of in terms of space exploration, but not as showing up in courtrooms to help prosecutors prove crop insurance fraud. Now the...
COALITION AGAINST INSURANCE FRAUD LISTS 2005’S WORST INSURANCE CON ARTISTS
Feb 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, these scam...
Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud
Feb 6 2006 // Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud Associated Press account. Wingler was scheduled to go to trial but he decided in court to change his plea to guilty to six of the 13 charges against him. The...
Organized crime targets cargo containers
Feb 6 2006 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation conservatively estimates that cargo theft costs about $18 billion a year, while the General Accounting Office pegs the number between $20 billion and $60 billion a year. This figure...
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud
Feb 5 2006 // Fraud Roundup When thinking of satellite images most think of in terms of space exploration, but not as showing up in courtrooms to help prosecutors prove crop insurance fraud. Now the Agriculture Department’s Risk...
News Currents
Feb 5 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...
LA doctor pleads not guilty in alleged health care scam
Feb 5 2006 // A doctor has pleaded not guilty to charges of bilking insurance companies by arranging unneeded surgeries with the cooperation of patients. Dr. Mamdouh Bahna, 58, who entered his plea in federal court, was taken into...
Organized crime targets cargo containers
Feb 5 2006 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation conservatively estimates that cargo theft costs about $18 billion a year, while the General Accounting Office pegs the number between $20 billion and $60 billion a year. This figure...
Fla. Doctor Arrested for Prescripton, Medicaid Fraud
Feb 3 2006 // A physician in Pasco County, Fla. has been charged with perscription fraud for illegally dispensing controlled substances and in two cases of billing Medicaid for the purchases. Attorney General Charlie Crist said...
‘Seniors vs. Crime’ Storefront Opens in Coral Springs, Fla.
Feb 3 2006 // A “Seniors Against Crime” storefront operation in Coral Springs, Fla. offers a “one-stop shopping” facility for elders who believe they have been victimized by fraud, including insurance fraud and...
