Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
GAO Blasts RMA in Crop Insurance Fraud Study
Nov 3 2005 // Inspections conducted by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) are not being used for maximum effect, according to a study released yesterday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). In “Crop Insurance: Actions...
Utah Pharmacy Owner Arrested on Suspicion of Fraudulent Billing
Nov 1 2005 // The owner of the Park City Pharmacy at The Clinic in Utah has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently billing an insurance company for drugs that never were prescribed. Thomas Evan Strebel, 60, was arrested for...
Insurers Investigate Fires at Flood-Damaged Homes in La.
Oct 31 2005 // Some of the New Orleans homes drowned by the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina have been damaged by a second calamity – fire, according to the Associated Press. Louisiana investigators and insurance companies...
Denham Springs Man Indicted in Insurance Fraud
Oct 28 2005 // A Denham Springs, La., lawyer accused of submitting doctored records to get money from an insurance company now faces an insurance fraud charge. An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted 31-year-old Douglas C....
Los Angeles Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 27 2005 // A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus driver has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation insurance fraud after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. Renee Terri...
Calif. Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Lands Three Suspects in Jail
Oct 25 2005 // Three suspects have been arrested following an 11-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance of an auto insurance fraud ring that targeted car rental and insurance companies for fraudulent automobile...
Specialty Risk Services Adds Director of Fraud Management
Oct 25 2005 // Specialty Risk Services LLC, a third-party property-casualty third administrator for workers’ compensation and general liability claims, has appointed Timothy Barry to director of Special Investigative Unit and Fraud...
Florida Dispatching Search-and-Rescue Officers to Areas Hit by Hurricane Wilma
Oct 24 2005 // More than 300 search-and-rescue officers are now fanning out over southwest Florida and are heading toward southeast Florida to assist in search and rescue efforts, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s State Fire...
IIM Planning Fraud Summit
Oct 24 2005 // The Insurance Institute of Michigan (IIM) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) are sponsoring a statewide summit on insurance fraud in Lansing on Dec. 1, 2005. The event will bring together representatives from...
Online Database Identifies Vehicles Damaged by Hurricanes
Oct 21 2005 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has created an online database consisting of motor vehicles or boats affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for the public to search in an effort to protect them from fraudulent...
Tip Helps Texas Mutual Bust Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Oct 20 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Thomas Whited of Bastrop pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The Travis County 167th District Court sentenced Whited to a one-year suspended...
W. Va. Woman Charged With Fraud, Sold Fake Insurance Cards for $400
Oct 20 2005 // Martinsburg, W. Va. police have charged Barbara Lynn Gonzalez with making fake insurance cards and selling them to Hispanic residents, according to court records. Gonzalez has been charged with two felony counts of false...
California Insurance Commissioner Announces Anti-Fraud Guidelines
Oct 20 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced a new Special Investigative Unit (SIU) regulations for insurance carriers licensed to conduct business in California. The new regulations are a result of a...
Paint an Advertisement on Your Van to Avoid Theft? It May Work
Oct 19 2005 // The U.K. Company QuoteAVan specializes in offering cheap online van insurance quotes. “Vans” in the U.K. include all sorts of delivery and other light trucks, and QuoteAVan has come up with a novel way of...
Integrity Insurance Adds Identity Theft Education Program
Oct 18 2005 // Integrity Insurance of Appleton, Wis., is introducing a victim resolution and education program to aid its policyholders. The program, Integrity Identity Theft Services, is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft...
Summit in Houston to Address Heavy Equipment Theft
Oct 18 2005 // FBI-LEEDA and the National Equipment Register announced a free one-day regional summit in Houston designed to help equipment owners, insurers and law enforcement better combat heavy equipment theft. The Dec. 13 event will...
N.Y. Supt. Mills Calls for Tougher No-Fault Auto Fraud Laws
Oct 18 2005 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills joined with Assemblyman Jeff Brown (R-Manlius) to call on the New York State Assembly to pass tougher no-fault auto insurance fraud legislation. The two called for...
Gubernatorial Hopefuls in New York: Spitzer vs. Weld
Oct 17 2005 // Part 2: Spitzer Stresses Enforcement as Key to Fair Competition New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has made a name for himself exposing fraudulent and anti-competitive business practices in the securities, mutual fund...
Identity Theft Protection
Oct 17 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Travelers personal lines, a member of St. Paul Travelers, has enhanced its identity theft protection program, including a new resolution service and expanded expense reimbursement coverage. A consumer...
California Insurance Commissioner Campaigns Against Fraud
Oct 17 2005 // California State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has launched a statewide campaign to warn consumers about scams involving fake insurance policies. The Department of Insurance has cracked several fraud cases in the...
