Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rogue Agent Continues Operating in Northwest Ark.
Jan 9 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a warning that despite his arrest for fraud, Steven Edward Gwin, better known as Steve Gwin, is continuing to sell insurance products in the Northwest Arkansas area....
PIANY Seeks Legislators’ Help on Fraud, Other Issues
Jan 9 2004 // At a recent meeting with New York legislators, representatives of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. stressed the need fight to auto insurance fraud; to define the permanent status of the New York...
N.Y. Couple Arrested for Auto Arson Fraud
Jan 9 2004 // A bulletin, issued by New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, described the arrest of Robert and Mary Smith of the Town of Alden in Erie County, on charges of arson, insurance fraud, attempted...
Medford Man Sentenced for Conspiracy and Tax Fraud, in Workers’ Comp Scam
Jan 9 2004 // Roland Joy of Medford Mass. has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rya W. Zobel to 4 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by 2 years of supervised release, the first 4 months of which are to be served in home...
Felony Charges Filed Against Kan. Agent
Jan 5 2004 // The Kansas Insurance Department, in cooperation with Sheridan County Attorney Mike Haas and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, has filed felony charges against a Selden, Kan., insurance agent. An investigation by...
IIABA Releases 2004 Legislative Agenda
Jan 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. announced today that ending the $1 billion drain on New York motorists and freeing the state’s construction industry from a severe crisis created by...
N.D. Man Ordered to Pay $55,000 Restitution for Comp Fraud
Dec 30 2003 // A Mandan, N.D., man was ordered to pay $54,679 in restitution to Workforce Safety & Insurance after pleading guilty to fraud in South Central District Court Dec. 16, according to a statement released by the North...
Arkansas Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges
Dec 23 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the arrest of Steven Edward Gwin, who has been charged with a class D felony count of Fraudulent Insurance Act. A Jan. 20, 2004 court date has been set in Pulaski...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 22 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
Miami Clinic Owner, Four Others Arrested in Auto Fraud Scheme
Dec 19 2003 // A Miami clinic owner and four others are in jail on charges of reportedly staging an accident after the clinic owner crashed his HUMVEE into two other cars in a scheme to collect insurance payments, according to...
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud Reports Convictions Rise Nearly a Third
Dec 19 2003 // Alice Ross, an engaging 71-year-old grandmother, died when her Buick was rammed by a car packed with gang members allegedly staging a crash in Brooklyn to make fake injury claims against insurance companies. Increasingly,...
Fla. Outpaces Nation in Fraud Convictions
Dec 19 2003 // Florida once again leads the nation in the number of insurance fraud convictions and cases presented for prosecution, according to a study released this week (see National news) by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a...
Calif. Commissioner Issues Statement on Settlement of Executive Life Case
Dec 19 2003 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi praised the U.S. Attorney’s Office for its work in securing a $770 million settlement of the criminal case against Credit Lyonnais and others involved in the Executive Life...
Allstate, Encompass Seek $17 Million in N.J. Fraud Lawsuit against Chiropractors, Related Co.’s
Dec 19 2003 // Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company and Encompass Insurance announced that they have filed a multi-million dollar civil complaint, under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, in the Superior Court of Morris...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 19 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
Buttafuoco Among 11 Charged With Auto Repair Fraud
Dec 19 2003 // Nine owners or employees of area auto repair shops were arrested and charged today with auto insurance fraud following a lengthy investigation by a multi-agency task force headed by the District Attorney’s Bureau of...
Insurance Fraud Hall of Fame Welcomes Newest Members
Dec 18 2003 // The nation’s top convicted insurance swindlers of 2003 were elected to the Insurance Fraud Hall of Fame by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (www.InsuranceFraud.org). The scheme team was dishonored for insurance...
IBC Selects “Top Ten” Canadian Insurance Frauds of 2003
Dec 18 2003 // Insurance fraud isn’t a uniquely American phenomenon, as the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s recent announcement shows all too clearly. Our neigbors north of the border have also chosen their “top ten”...
Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam
Dec 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Pennsylvania man has been charged by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with reportedly participating in a scheme to get rid of...
Alliance in Support of S.C. Anti-Fraud Proposal
Dec 16 2003 // A proposal to create and fund an insurance fraud investigation and prosecution framework in South Carolina reportedly has the support of the Alliance of American Insurers. The Omnibus Insurance Fraud and Reporting Immunity...
