Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Unlicensed Contractors Targeted to Protect California Wildfire Victims
Apr 21 2004 // Fifteen people have been charged with felony unlicensed contracting after an undercover operation to prevent fraud against victims of Southern California wildfires, officials said April 19. “We are sending a message...
Segal Wants Call Girl Testimony Kept From Jurors in Fraud Trial
Apr 19 2004 // Attorneys for Chicago-based insurance broker Michael “Mickey” Segal have asked a federal judge to bar testimony in his upcoming trial that accuses him of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in ill-gotten...
West Virginia Gets Insurance Fraud Bureau Later This Year
Apr 19 2004 // Having put pen to paper, West Virginia Governor Bob Wise recently signed the state’s first insurance fraud bureau into law, ushering in a new era of stepped-up crackdowns on industry fraud. State Insurance...
FLORIDA CFO PROMOTES LEGISLATION TO PREVENT ID THEFT:
Apr 19 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher recently unveiled a proposal to require financial institutions, brokerages, insurance companies and agencies to use greater care when they dispose of consumer records...
Two Fla. Residents Face Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Apr 19 2004 // Two Florida men are facing workers’ compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around...
Bringing Steady Leadership to Mississippi for Several Decades
Apr 19 2004 // With continued service to the state of Mississippi since the mid-70’s, Insurance Commissioner George Dale has been a steadying influence for the industry in the Magnolia State. When Dale was elected commissioner in...
Hollywood Meets Insurance Fraud
Apr 19 2004 // The legal profession has films like “12 Angry Men” and “The Firm,” and television shows like “The Practice,” and “Law and Order.” The medical profession has “ER,”...
Wash. Man Pleads Guilty to Theft
Apr 19 2004 // A 37-year-old former resident of Snohomish County, Timothy Smith, has pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to first-degree theft after he was reportedly caught working for various employers while collecting...
Calif. “Insider” Conspirators Arrested
Apr 19 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrests of nine suspects by the California Urban Auto Fraud Task Force for embezzlement, conspiracy and tax evasion in connection with an “insider” insurance...
Calif. AGO’s Report Shows Jump in Auto Theft
Apr 16 2004 // While violent crimes showed a decrease, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced that preliminary statistics show property crimes rose 2.8 percent in the state’s most populous cities and counties in...
Former Washington Redskin Sacked on Multiple Fraud Charges; Indictment Reaches 17 Counts
Apr 15 2004 // Thomas DiBiagio, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Ozzie Clay, 61, of Silver Spring, Md., with mail fraud, wire fraud, bankruptcy...
Fla. Hires Prosecutor to Help Combat PIP Fraud
Apr 15 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and Miami-Dade’s top prosecutor are teaming up to combat auto insurance fraud, which reportedly costs Florida families as much as $250 annually. CFO Tom Gallagher, who oversees...
Okla. Repairmen Hammered with Five Counts of Fraud
Apr 14 2004 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said charges his office filed against a home repairman should serve as a warning to consumers to be on the lookout for home repair scams that often go along with Oklahoma’s...
Mass. Fraud Task Force Targets Two Cities
Apr 13 2004 // In a targeted effort to reduce the number of fraudulent auto insurance claims that drive up premium costs for residents of Springfield and Holyoke, Mass., a task force has been formed that combines the resources of the...
Tomblin to Head Texas Mutual Organized Fraud Unit
Apr 12 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Terre Tomblin has joined the company as its new supervisor for the Organized Fraud Unit. Tomblin brings over 20 years experience in fraud investigation supervision for the...
NAIW Dallas to Present Cyber Crime Class
Apr 7 2004 // NAIW Dallas Inc. announced they are sponsoring NAIW’s newest education program—Cyber Crime: The Hidden Exclusions. The program was developed exclusively for NAIW, will take place May 28 in Dallas at the Wyndam...
N.J. Couple Driven to Auto Accident Settlement Monies Fraud; Managed to Net More Than $25,000
Apr 7 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Middlesex County-based insurance company employee and her boyfriend have been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice -Office of Insurance Fraud...
Fla. Father, Son Keep It All in the Family When It Comes to Fraud
Apr 7 2004 // A father and son have pleaded guilty to diverting thousands of dollars in premiums from a South Florida insurance agency. John Pascale, former owner of AAA Turnpike Insurance Agency, pleaded guilty to one count each of...
Rhode Islander Indicted by Mass.
Apr 5 2004 // A Rhode Island man has been indicted on charges he allegedly worked as a used car broker while claiming to be injured and collecting $160,000 in total disability benefits, according to Mass. Attorney General Tom Reilly....
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
