Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. CFO Releases Annual Top 10 Fraud List
Jun 14 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has released the Department of Financial Services’ annual Top 10 Fraud List, which summarizes 10 of the costliest or boldest securities, financial and insurance...
Oklahoma Governor Signs Identity Theft Bill
Jun 9 2004 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has signed Senate Bill 1164, a measure designed to help protect victims of identity theft. According to the Senate Communications Office, State Sen. Mike Johnson, R-Kingfisher, is principal author...
North Dakota Man Fined $40,000 for Comp Fraud
Jun 9 2004 // A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay over $40,000 in back premium and penalties to the Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) after pleading guilty to a charge of failure to secure workers’ compensation coverage for...
Wash. L&I Enforces New Anti-Fraud Laws Effective June 10
Jun 9 2004 // Anti-fraud legislation passed in March takes effect Thursday, June 10, giving the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) broad new authority to combat fraud and abuse of the workers’ compensation insurance...
GM Trucks Top Texas DPS’ Most Stolen Vehicles List
Jun 3 2004 // Stressing that auto theft worries increase during summer, the Texas Department of Public Safety released its annual list of the most stolen vehicles. General Motors trucks came out on top. Auto thieves don’t take a...
Seven Indicted for Fraud in Travis County, Texas
Jun 3 2004 // The Travis County (Texas) District Attorney’s Office announced that a Travis County Grand Jury returned indictments charging seven people with the felony offense of unauthorized insurance. The Insurance Fraud Section...
Report: 1995 Saturn SL Tops Most Stolen Vehicle List
Jun 2 2004 // One of every 200 registered 1995 Saturn SLs were stolen last year, making it 2003’s most stolen vehicle, according to a report from Chicago auto claims software provider CCC Information Services Inc. The 1998 Acura...
Kansas Commissioner Praeger Expands Anti-Fraud Effort
Jun 2 2004 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced the expansion of the department’s movement to investigate insurance fraud and educate Kansas consumers about protecting themselves from illegal activity. Jerry...
New Surveillance Technology Unveiled to Fight No-Fault Auto Fraud in New York City
Jun 1 2004 // The latest tools in surveillance technology – “Joey and “Whisper” – are joining the fight against no-fault insurance fraud in New York City, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau...
$110 Million from Settlement in Credit Lyonnais Case Transferred to Calif. Commissioner’s Office
Jun 1 2004 // $110 million paid by Artemis S.A. in a settlement with the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with the Credit Lyonnais criminal case has been transferred to the California Insurance Commissioner, United...
Fraud, Tort Reform Bills Pass in Minnesota
May 28 2004 // The 2004 Minnesota legislative session adjourned on May 16, with several insurance-related bills signed into law, and a fraud bill now on Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s desk, according to the Property Casualty...
Mass. Insurers Told of Ways to Manage High Risks
May 25 2004 // Pilgrim Insurance Company, a business process outsourcing firm in Boston, last week sponsored a timely seminar to promote awareness of auto reform and methods for managing high risk business in Massachusetts. Industry...
Accenture Survey Targets Industry Fraud
May 25 2004 // The majority of Americans say insurance fraud occurs because people believe they can get away with it, according to results of a survey released today by Accenture. The survey, based on a random sample of more than 1,000...
Ark. A.G. Reports Crime Victims Reparations for April
May 25 2004 // Attorney General Mike Beebe announced that the Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Board awarded $349,835 in reparations to 170 crime victims during April, 2004. Additional expenses were paid in 100 previously submitted...
N.J. Businessman Admits Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
May 24 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that the owner of a defunct Camden County insurance brokerage business has been ordered to pay more than one million dollars in restitution and jailed for seven years as a...
Mass. Man Guilty in Employment Agency Fraud
May 24 2004 // A former Malden, Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty in a fraud scheme involving a temporary employment agency has been sentenced to more than two years in prison and must forfeit more than $700,000. Tan Ngo, 47, also...
Mass. Senate Approves Anti-Runner Bill, 39-0
May 21 2004 // The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill to criminalize the practices of runners in insurance fraud schemes. The measure passed 39-0 and was sent to the House. The measure makes it a crime to engage in the practice of...
Former Aliso Viejo Resident Arrested for Grand Theft
May 18 2004 // As a result of an investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance (CDI), former Aliso Viejo insurance broker James Michael Gordon, 33, of North Miami Beach, Florida, surrendered himself on May 4 to Orange...
N.J. Woman Grounded in Auto Fraud Probe
May 17 2004 // New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor has obtained an indictment charging a Mercer County woman with...
N.C. Resident Arrested on Fraud Charges
May 17 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest of Denise Sharon Hargrove, 37, of Raleigh, on charges of insurance fraud. Hargrove allegedly stole nearly $170,000 in fraudulent disability claims from...
