Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TDI Pleased with Success of Fraud Fighting Dallas County DA
Jun 30 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that Dallas County Assistant District Attorney, Kyson Johnson has been on the job for only a few months, but has made the most of that time. In just the first quarter of 2005...
La. Husband, Wife Convicted in Fake Cancer Scheme
Jun 29 2005 // A former Shreveport, La., police officer escaped most of the federal charges lodged against him in a scheme to collect donations for a non-existent brain tumor his wife claimed to have. The Associated Press reported that...
Students Find Americans Willing to Pay for ID Theft Insurance
Jun 27 2005 // Americans willing to pay for a personal information protection insurance plan expect to pay $88 annually, according to an online survey by graduate student researchers at Boston University. The researchers link the...
Ohio Auto Thefts Down 2% for 2nd Straight Year
Jun 22 2005 // Auto thefts in Ohio appear to have declined more than 2 percent for the second consecutive year, according to estimates released by the Ohio Insurance Institute. Based on auto theft survey results of 17 major Ohio city...
Texas Truck Driver Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 22 2005 // The Travis County grand jury indicted Jerry Amaya of Cedar Creek, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Amaya filed a workers’ compensation claim...
Mo. DOI Refuses License to Woman With Felony Fraud Conviction
Jun 21 2005 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has refused to issue an insurance producer license to Rochelle K. Whatley of Kansas City due to a felony conviction involving dishonesty and fraudulent conduct. On March 23,2005,...
Former Framers Owners Sentenced
Jun 20 2005 // Investigators announced that Jay Neal Wright, a former Bay Area businessman and owner of Highland Framers of Northern California Inc., was formally sentenced in Alameda County Superior Court to three years in state prison...
Three Suspects Arraigned
Jun 20 2005 // Three suspects were arraigned May 11 in Ventura County Superior Court in connection with a workers’ comp premium fraud investigation conducted by the CDI Fraud Division. Tomer Rotholz, a former licensed contractor,...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS CAR NAMES COMMERCIAL CARRIERS: Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers has advanced its new commercial auto limited servicing carrier program by selecting the six carriers that will service this residual market business...
Suspects Apprehended: Dumped Pickup in River, Claimed it Was Stolen
Jun 16 2005 // Three Warner Robins, Ga. suspects have been apprehended and accused of allegedly driving a truck into the Flint River in Crawford County and then claiming it was stolen. Lindsey James Adams, 24, of Warner Robins, Ga. and...
Roofing Contractor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jun 15 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that a Landers roofing contractor has pled guilty to workers’ compensation premium fraud and other charges. Michael Louis Curran, 50, pled guilty on June 8,...
Jury Selection Completed in Miami Hurricane Frances Fraud Case
Jun 15 2005 // U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga opened testimony Wednesday in a trial in which the defendant, Daniel Bellegarde, a resident of Homestead, Fla., allegedly bilked the Federal Emergency Management Agency of more...
Research & Markets Issues Study on U.K. Car Theft Warning Systems
Jun 14 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of a “UK Car Alarm Fitment Report” to their offering. The report “provides an analysis of the fitment of vehicle security alarms across the 22...
Second General Re Executive Pleads Guilty in AIG Fraud Case
Jun 13 2005 // The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a second senior executive of General Re Corporation, Richard Napier, for his role in aiding and abetting a securities fraud committed by American International Group,...
Sarasota, Fla. Circuit Court Awards $16M Judgment to FCCI in Suspected Fraud Case
Jun 10 2005 // A Sarasota, Fla. Circuit Court awarded FCCI Insurance Company a $16,174,977 judgment last week in a civil action dating back to 2002. The judgment against S&H Drywall of Inverness, Fla. and Premier Enterprises...
28 Suspects Arrested in Fla. Sweep of Workers’ Compensation Cheats
Jun 10 2005 // A three-day statewide sweep has resulted in 28 arrests of suspects arrested for violations of Florida workers’ compensation laws according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. The sweep is the latest move in a campaign to...
N.C. Police Officer Accused of Passing Fake Prescriptions, Insurance Fraud
Jun 9 2005 // Concord, N.C. Police Officer Dana Lynn Beninati has been suspended without pay after allegedly passing fake prescriptions and billing her insurance company. Lynn was arrested at her home and charged with 23 counts of...
Progressive Suit Alleges Fraud by Minn. Chiropractor, Seeks More Than $900,00 in Damages
Jun 9 2005 // Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. and other affiliated companies have filed suit in Minneapolis federal court against Alivio Chiropractic Clinic Inc., located in Robbinsdale, Minn., and individuals associated with it,...
Identity Crisis: Coping With Today’s ID Thievery
Jun 6 2005 // Insurance Coverage, Recovery Services and Preventive Measures Can Help One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to...
Identity Crisis: Coping With Today’s ID Thievery
Jun 6 2005 // Insurance, Recovery Services and Preventive Measures One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity...
