Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Calif. Legislation Becomes Law on Jan. 1
Dec 21 2004 // A number of new insurance-related bills will go into law in California on Jan. 1, 2005. They include: Auto Insurance AB 2677 (Ridley-Thomas – Auto Insurance: Cost Estimates) requires insurers to provide personal auto...
Negligent Criminal Acts Excluded from Yacht Policy, Court Rules in Case of N.H. Boating Death
Dec 21 2004 // A New Hampshire boater sued for wrongful death by the wife of a victim in an accident he caused was not covered under his yacht policy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled. The insured, Daniel...
More than a Dozen Arrested in Los Angeles Auto Collision Fraud Ring
Dec 21 2004 // Warning drivers that anyone can become a victim of insurance fraud, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Highway Patrol announced the bust of an alleged auto insurance fraud ring that cost insurers...
Setting Yourself on Fire and Other Incredible Things People Do
Dec 20 2004 // … while committing insurance fraud! 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...
Nev. Man Sentenced in Fraud Case
Dec 20 2004 // Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Alex John Elias, of Reno, was sentenced after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud in the Second Judicial District Courthouse. He was sentenced to 48 months in...
LA. PRODUCER CHARGED WITH FRAUD:
Dec 20 2004 // A Lake Charles, La., insurance producer was issued a cease and desist order and a summary suspension of his insurance license for allegedly engaging in fraudulent and dishonest insurance practices, according to the...
Looking Back on ’04: The Most Talked-About Stories in the Western Region
Dec 20 2004 // The year 2004 saw a little bit of everything across the Western Region. Workers’ comp, homeowners, med-mal, and even insurance fraud topped the list of the most talked about stories. We compiled these recaps based on...
Idaho Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Dec 20 2004 // Chad Croner, of Meridian, Idaho was sentenced to one to five years in prison for insurance fraud, according to Attorney General Lawrence Wasden. Fourth District Judge Joel Horton suspended the sentence and ordered Croner...
From Maine to Virginia … What Happened in 2004
Dec 20 2004 // Leaving aside the insurance brokerage compensation investigations, the World Trade Center trial, the St. Paul-Travelers merger and the UnumProvident settlement, all of which have their roots in this region but grew to...
Carriers Eyed As Source of Funds to Fight S.C. Fraud
Dec 17 2004 // South Carolina legislators want insurance carriers to foot the bill to add investigators and prosecutors to the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office to fight insurance fraud. A bill suggested by Rep. Daniel L....
Appeals Court Denies New Trial for Ex-La. Senate President Convicted of Stealing from Insurer
Dec 17 2004 // A federal appeals court rejected a request for a new trial from ex-Louisiana Senate President Michael O’Keefe, convicted in 1996 of stealing millions of dollars from a failed medical malpractice insurance...
Food Service Assistant Arrested for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 17 2004 // Sandra Canas, 44, of Daly City, Calif., was arrested on Nov. 10, 2004 and charged with two felony counts of receiving income while receiving workers’ compensation benefits and one felony count of misrepresenting her...
New Orleans Firefighter Convicted of Comp Fraud
Dec 17 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Labor announced that a New Orleans firefighter has been convicted of trying to cheat the state out of $25,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Richard Lloyd, 64, of 3226 Pittari Place,...
Authorities Nab Correctional Officer in Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Dec 16 2004 // A former Folsom Prison Correctional Officer was arrested Dec. 15 after an investigation into alleged workers’ compensation fraud in which investigators video-taped her using a jet ski, a water slide, and performing...
ELAN Files Calif. Public Records Act Request with Commissioner to Release $4B in Policyholder Losses
Dec 16 2004 // The Executive Life Action Network (ELAN), an activist group of former Executive Life Insurance Co. policyholders, has filed a California Public Records Act (CPRA) request with Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi urging...
N.J. Residents Pulled Over in Accident Scam
Dec 16 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor obtained a State Grand Jury indictment charging five North Jersey residents with...
Ohio Chiropractor Gets 1 Year of Probation for Comp Fraud, Pays Back $216,000
Dec 13 2004 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced a Greenville, Ohio, man has pled guilty to a felony charge of workers’ compensation fraud. Dr. Robert Fantasia was sentenced to one year of probation, basic...
State Fund Collects $550,000 in Restitution from Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Dec 10 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund collected $550,000 as the first installment of a total $677,693.00 owed to the Fund from a Los Angeles business owner who pleaded no contest to felony workers’ compensation insurance...
Former N.C. DoT Employee Sentenced for Disability Claims Fraud
Dec 10 2004 // Denise Hargrove of Raleigh, N.C. has been sentenced to from four to five-and-a-half years in prison and one year of probation for insurance fraud. Hargrove, a former Department of Transportation employee, admitted she...
Ark. Commissioner Warns of Alleged Fraudulent Activity by Unlicensed Company
Dec 8 2004 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently issued a warning for consumers to be on alert for potentially fraudulent insurance activity from a company called Nations Hazard Insurance and an individual using...
