Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Two Plead Guilty in Big Virginia Insurance Fraud Case Involving Former Malpractice Reciprocal
Feb 11 2005 // Two former top officers of collapsed Reciprocal of America are scheduled for sentencing in June for their roles in what a federal prosecutor called one of Virginia’s biggest insurance fraud cases. Kenneth R....
N.J. Man ‘Falls’ Into Fraud Scam; Charged Newspaper Delivery Person Responsible for Injury
Feb 9 2005 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that an Ocean County man has pleaded guilty to charges of perjury and falsifying records as part of a phony “slip and fall” bodily injury...
“Operation Scorpion” Nets Nine in Fraud Scheme
Feb 9 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 the California Department of...
Ind. Fraud Bill May Get Facelift
Feb 9 2005 // Strengthening Indiana’s weak insurance-fraud law will raise Indiana’s fraud statute to a par with other states, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud told key legislators in testimony recently. “This bill...
Johnson Joins Special Texas Insurance Fraud Post
Feb 8 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance has hired Kyson Johnson as a special insurance fraud prosecutor in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. The new position, part of the Special Crimes Unit, represents the...
Neb. DOI Says 30,000 Covered by Possibly Fraudulent Health Plans
Feb 7 2005 // Citing a report from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Nebraska Department of Insurance stated that an estimated 30,145 Nebraskans were found to be covered by self-insured Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements. As a...
Ohio Man Commits Misdemeanor Fraud
Feb 7 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Springfield man has been sentenced for a misdemeanor charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Jeff Hamm was sentenced to three months incarceration, a $300...
Mo. Agent Charged for Securities Fraud
Feb 7 2005 // Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed criminal charges alleging securities fraud against Springfield insurance agent George William “Bill” Hull. The felony complaint, filed in Greene County Associate...
Fla. Arrests Unlicensed Adjusters
Feb 7 2005 // Florida insurance fraud investigators arrested two unlicensed public adjusters, one in Broward County and one in Orange County. These arrests bring the total to seven unlicensed public adjusters arrested in the aftermath...
Leave the Fraud on ‘Law and Order’
Feb 7 2005 // Okay, I admit it: I’m a “Law and Order” junkie. The long-running television show’s reruns are in heavy rotation on the TNT network and I think I’ve seen every ripped-from-the-headlines episode...
Crossing the Border: Mexico Travel Offers Opportunities for Agents
Feb 7 2005 // Mexico is a country rich in cultural heritage and scenic landscapes. From colonial villages to majestic desert panoramas to pristine beaches, our bordering neighbor to the south offers something for everyone. Steeped in...
Mother Arrested in “Stuffed Passenger” Accident Case
Feb 7 2005 // Ebony Kirk, of Sacramento, was arrested for falsely reporting herself as a passenger in an auto accident that occurred on Aug. 19, 2003. She was charged with four felony counts of insurance fraud and could face up to five...
Four Arrested for Workers' Comp Fraud
Feb 7 2005 // Joint investigations by the CDI’s Fraud Division and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office have resulted in the felony arrests of four suspects for multiple counts of workers’ comp insurance...
Crossing the Border: Mexico Travel Offers Opportunities for Agents
Feb 7 2005 // Mexico is a country rich in cultural heritage and scenic landscapes. From colonial villages to majestic desert panoramas to pristine beaches, our bordering neighbor to the south offers something for everyone. Steeped in...
Five Northern Californians Arrested on Charges of Insurance Fraud
Feb 4 2005 // On Jan. 13, 2005, Victor Morales Delgado and his brother-in-law, Jose Guerrero, both of Sacramento, self-surrendered to investigators with the California Department of Insurance Organized Auto Insurance Task Force (Task...
Man Blinded Four Times in Same Eye Sees Way to Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Feb 4 2005 // A man who claimed he had been blinded in the right eye in four different accidents pleaded guilty in New York to attempted insurance fraud. The plea by Brian Calen, 48, stemmed from a 2002 claim that he had been blinded by...
2 Ill. Agents’ Licenses Revoked for Fraud
Feb 3 2005 // The Illinois Division of Insurance revoked the insurance producer license two agents recently for fraudulent activities. Lynette J. Perkins of LaSalle, Ill., had been licensed to sell accident and health insurance since...
Okla. Gov. Henry Unveils Workers’ Comp Plan
Feb 3 2005 // Saying he wants to cut costs for business and boost benefits for injured workers, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry announced his comprehensive reform plan for the state’s workers’ compensation system. Based on the...
LAPD Cop Nabbed in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Feb 3 2005 // A Los Angeles Police Department officer who worked as an armed security guard at Staples Center and Dodger Stadium while collecting disability benefits for on-duty injuries was convicted this week of workers’...
La. Man Burned in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 3 2005 // Dennis Ingles, 51, of Haughton, Louisiana, was sentenced by United States District Judge Donald Walter to spend 78 months in prison for his involvement in an insurance fraud scheme, United States Attorney Donald W....
