Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
First Female Fraud Investigator Joins Kentucky Office of Insurance
Jan 24 2006 // Sheryl E. Gordon of Louisville, Ky. has become the first female fraud investigator in Kentucky Office of Insurance history. “We are extremely proud of Gordon’s accomplishments and look forward to the...
Despite Rising “Cyber Crime” Threat Available Coverage Often Ignored
Jan 23 2006 // While most companies are well aware of the threats “cyber crime” poses to their computer systemsand data bases, many of them remain unaware of the availability of coverage to help deal with the damages caused...
San Diego Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 23 2006 // A former employee of a San Diego custom kitchen cabinet company was sentenced in San Diego County Superior Court on one count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh ordered...
Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud
Jan 23 2006 // A former South Dakota insurance agent has changed his plea in a fraud case. Ryan Wingler, 33, of Sioux Falls, is accused of taking more than $170,000 from elderly South Dakota customers between 2004 and 2005 while acting...
Louisville surgeon sentenced for Medicaid fraud
Jan 23 2006 // Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced that oral surgeon Robert Michael Clear was sentenced to three years in prison on felony Medicaid fraud charges. The Jefferson Circuit Court sentence was probated for five...
W.Va. claimant pleads guilty of workers’ compensation fraud
Jan 23 2006 // Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has been sentenced to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. Villers was sentenced Dec. 16 in the Circuit Court of...
Wash. anti-fraud auto insurance bill wins committee approval
Jan 23 2006 // In Olympia, Wash., a legislative committee amended and passed legislation that is designed to assist consumers injured in intentional “road rage” collisions — and protect insurers against auto insurance...
WASH. COMMISSIONER KREIDLER WANTS FRAUD UNIT TO INVESTIGATE STAGED ACCIDENTS
Jan 23 2006 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants to create a new fraud unit to investigate staged traffic accidents. Those can involve a network of lawyers, doctors, chiropractors and physical...
IRC: Insurance Fraud, Buildup Add Some $400M to Calif. Auto Injury
Jan 23 2006 // A recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) study of auto injury insurance claims puts a hefty price tag on the cost of claim abuse in California. In 2002, between $319 million and $432 million in bodily injury liability...
Mass. Man Pleads Innocent in Alleged Fraud That Killed Grandmother
Jan 22 2006 // Two brothers from Lawrence, one charged with murder and the other with manslaughter in unrelated cases, were ordered held without bail after pleading innocent at their arraignments in Salem Superior Court on...
Fraud Alert
Jan 22 2006 // A Florida corporation and its owner selling fraudulent contracts for home health care services to senior Floridians has been sued by Attorney General Charlie Crist. Clearwater-based Intrust Home Care and its president, Roy...
People
Jan 22 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas elected James Langford as chairman of its Board of Directors effective Jan. 1, 2006. Langford is the assistant vice president of compliance, regulatory and governmental affairs, and training...
