Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
Calif. Man Arrested on Workers’ Comp Fraud, Embezzlement Charges
Feb 1 2005 // On Jan. 31, Gregg Leo Curwick, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., surrendered himself in Bakersfield to investigators from the California Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division and the Kern County District...
Three-year Sentence Imposed for Selling Fake Vehicle Insurance Cards
Feb 1 2005 // A Riviera Beach, Fla. man who sold fake motor vehicle insurance cards to nearly 200 South Florida drivers has been sentenced to three years in prison and more than a dozen of his customers are facing charges that they...
NAIC Launches Online Insurance Fraud Reporting
Jan 28 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is now featuring an online insurance fraud reporting system on the association’s Web site, http://www.naic.org/. The online fraud reporting system –...
Southeastern Mass. Payroll Scam Busted
Jan 27 2005 // Five individuals have been charged in federal court with participating in a massive tax and insurance fraud scheme in connection with their operation of temporary employment agencies in Southeastern Massachusetts. They are...
Fla. Auto Shop Owners Charged with Fraud
Jan 26 2005 // The owners of a Florida auto repair shop were arrested this week on insurance fraud charges stemming from an investigation that reportedly showed they underreported payroll to avoid paying thousands of dollars in...
Federal Class Action Against Marsh, 4 Insurers Alleging Consumer Fraud to be Filed Today in Boston
Jan 25 2005 // Massachusetts trial lawyer Robert Bonsignore is prepared to file a class action suit in U.S. District Court today in Boston accusing insurance broker Marsh and several insurers of price-fixing and consumer...
League of Cities Notes Efforts of Fla. DFS, Lt. Bosworth
Jan 25 2005 // A resolution, acknowledging the Florida Department of Financial Services efforts to fight insurance fraud has been presented to Tom Gallagher, Chief Financial Officer by the Florida League of Cities. The resolution...
Suspects in Insurance Fraud at Large
Jan 24 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced several arrests in a large, “paper collision” insurance fraud ring. He also asked the community to assist in locating three members who remain at...
Man Arrested for Work Comp Fraud
Jan 24 2005 // Luis Roberto Diaz, of Corona, Calif., surrendered to the San Bernardino Superior Court on Nov. 22 after being charged with two counts of grand theft, three counts of insurance premium fraud, one count of insurance fraud...
Coalition Names Top 10 Insurance Swindlers of 2004
Jan 24 2005 // The nation’s top insurance swindlers of 2004 were inducted into the Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame reported the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. All of the new inductees were convicted or their cases closed out in...
Judge Says Criminal Trial in Deadly Nightclub Fire Case Still a Year or More Away
Jan 24 2005 // Owners of a Warwick, Rhode Island nightclub where 100 people died in a fire and the former manager of the band whose pyrotechnics sparked the blaze won’t stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges for at least a...
Ring Member Awaits Extradition From Calif. to Face Slip-and-fall Fraud Charges
Jan 24 2005 // A 30-year-old man wanted in Florida since 1995 on numerous felony charges for his alleged role in his family’s nationwide “slip-and-fall” insurance fraud scheme is in custody in California awaiting...
Setting Yourself on Fire is not a Good Idea
Jan 24 2005 // People may think they’re being clever when they try to cheat insurance companies, but often they end up making mistakes that get them caught, injured and sometimes even killed. The Progressive group of insurance...
STEALING PREMIUMS NOT ALLOWED:
Jan 24 2005 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley said Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served a former insurance agency employee with a cease and desist order barring her from working in the insurance...
PREMIUM THEFT, PART TWO:
Jan 24 2005 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud shuttered the business of a New Orleans producer on felony theft violations in the amount of $250,000. Department fraud investigators served Claire H. Garin, 42, former business...
COMP FRAUD LEADS TO FINES:
Jan 24 2005 // Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Henry Prince of Houston has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and must pay restitution to the insurer. The Travis County 147th...
Neb. DOI Says 30,000 Covered by Possibly Fraudulent Health Plans
Jan 21 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...
