Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Company Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud Charges
Mar 28 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that RBH Enterprises Inc. of Keller, Texas, recently pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony offense for workers’ compensation insurance fraud-related charges. Judge Julie...
ABI Says Authorities Expose $6.55 Million a Week in U.K. Insurance Fraud
Mar 24 2005 // According to figures recently issued Association of British Insurers (ABI), the “net is tightening” on the U.K.’s insurance cheats. The figures show a “dramatic rise in the value of fraudulent...
Former San Mateo Nordstrom Employee Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 23 2005 // Levi Scott Adams, of San Mateo, California, was arrested March 22 by investigators from the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office on three...
Calif. Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 22 2005 // Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, has been sentenced by the Kern County Superior Court for workers’ compensation insurance fraud after a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance...
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required on Brokers
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Workers’ Compensation: In-Between the Good, the Bad, and the Injuries
Mar 21 2005 // With overall claims frequency still on the decline and loss costs and rates relatively stable, the state of the workers’ compensation line nationwide continues to show positive signs of improvement. Nevertheless, the...
San Antonio Agents Subject of Fraud Alert
Mar 21 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued a fraud alert pertaining to two San Antonio insurance agencies, The Insurance Center and The Insurance Connection, operating at 539 South General McMullen, 924 S. Zarzamora, and 710...
Nev. Man Charged for Work Comp Fraud
Mar 21 2005 // Following a guilty plea, Nevada District Judge Steven Kosach sentenced Dennis Dean Hogue to 12 to 34 months in the Nevada State Prison for one count of workers’ comp claimant fraud. Hogue was also ordered to make...
Man with Multiple Identities Indicted in International Scam
Mar 21 2005 // Matthew Wallace Schachter, aka Robert Lewis Brown, aka Matthew C. Rollins, was indicted in February on federal charges relating to an insurance fraud scheme that allegedly netted more than $20 million over the last four...
From the Fraud Wire … Outrageous Stories Hit the Headlines
Mar 21 2005 // A California Department of Insurance Fraud Division investigation allegedly caught a former Folsom, Calif., prison correctional officer on surveillance video riding a jet ski, using a water slide, and doing back-flips off...
Operation Scorpion Nets Nine Suspects
Mar 21 2005 // Authorities arrested nine auto body shop owners and employees, charging them with various felony counts of insurance fraud following “Operation Scorpion,” a joint investigation by California Department of...
Agents Beware: Due Diligence is Now Required
Mar 21 2005 // Transactions between retail agents and brokers they place business through just became more labor intensive. I recently testified as an expert in a federal case involving a reputable agency’s failure to conduct...
Calif. Trio Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Mar 18 2005 // On March 16, investigators from the Fresno County Urban Organized Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force and officers from the Stockton Police Department arrested Amberjeet Kaur Gill (aka Amber Gill, Amber Jeet Kaur Gill,...
AIIA Conferees Honor Rep. Mike Hill; Attend BBQ at State Legislature
Mar 18 2005 // State Representative Mike Hill, R-Shelby County, was honored by the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents on March 17th as AIIA’s “Lawmaker of the Year” in an award presentation in Montgomery, Ala. to kick...
Oklahoman Sentenced for Fraud
Mar 15 2005 // The owner of a Tulsa, Okla., medical equipment company was recently ordered to pay more than $348,000 in restitution for fraud charges, according to state Attorney General Drew Edmondson. Janet K. Merrifield, 54, will...
Texas AG Warns Businesses About Security Breaches and Consumer Identity Theft
Mar 15 2005 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on March 14 sent an urgent message to all Texas businesses that manage databases with sensitive personal information on citizens to immediately undertake measures to ensure the security...
S.C. $400,000 Budget Proposal Would Pay to Hire Six Insurance Fraud Prosecutors
Mar 14 2005 // A one-time infusion of $400,000 to permit the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office to hire six new prosecutors to fight insurance fraud has been approved by the Senate Finance Subcommittee to aid in the fight...
St. Petersburg Family Arrested for Faking $85,000 Auto Accident Claim
Mar 14 2005 // A St. Petersburg, Fla. couple and a relative are facing felony insurance fraud charges after state investigators determined they fraudulently collected $39,000 from their insurance coverage stemming from a staged...
Committee Supports Texas Insurance Fraud Legislation
Mar 14 2005 // Six bills strengthening the fight against insurance fraud were filed in the Texas House of Representatives. The legislation includes everything from reporting fraud to enhancing penalties for insurance fraud where someone...
Jury Finds County Employee Not Guilty of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 14 2005 // After a two-day trial, an Indian River County. Fla. jury found a former county employee not guilty this week on charges of workers’ compensation fraud, perjury in an official proceeding and third-degree grand...
