Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Q1 FY 2005: TWCC Issues Close to $1.56 Million in Penalties for Fraud, Administrative Violations
Dec 31 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission issued penalties totaling nearly $1.56 million between Sept. 1, 2004 and Nov. 30, 2004 for administrative violations and fraud committed by system participants. A total of...
N.Y. No-Fault Insurance Fraud Ring Busted
Dec 30 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio on Wednesday announced the arrest of 31 members of a Bronx based no-fault insurance fraud ring that reportedly submitted phony...
Sacramento Day Care Worker Gets 90 Days in Jail in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Dec 30 2004 // Sacramento resident Thomas Jordan was sentenced on Dec. 28 to 90 days in jail on a felony workers’ compensation fraud charge. Jordan was employed by K.C. Family Care Inc. of Sacramento. K.C Family Care operates a...
Insurer Donates Anti-Fraud Tools to N.Y. City Police
Dec 29 2004 // The latest tools in surveillance technology — “Joey and “Whisper” – have joined the fight against no-fault insurance fraud in New York City, reports the National Insurance Crime Bureau. AutoOne...
Met Life Agrees to Cut N.Y. Auto Rates 6%
Dec 23 2004 // Another auto insurer has agreed to reduce its rates in New York State in response to Superintendent of Insurance Greg Serio’s call for rate reviews. MetLife Auto & Home is reducing its auto insurance rates by an...
Court Reconsidering Miss. Crop Insurance Fraud Case
Dec 22 2004 // A two-and-a-half year old federal crop insurance fraud case has resurfaced in Mississippi, with questions arising about if a 1998 cotton crop was insurable. In 2002, Judge Neal Biggers, dismissed four federal crop...
Calif. Mother Arrested in “Stuffed Passenger” Auto Insurance Accident Case
Dec 22 2004 // Ebony Kirk, 25, of Sacramento, was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail for falsely reporting herself as a passenger in an auto accident occurring on Aug. 19, 2003. She was charged with four felony counts of...
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,...
