Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Seek $100 Million in Biggest N.Y. Fraud Suit
Jan 12 2004 // The Allstate Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company have filed a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) action in the Supreme Court of New York against 74...
Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam
Jan 12 2004 // Authorities in New Jersey have charged Robert Halpin, 23, of Horsham, Pa., with two counts of arson for hire, conspiracy, aggravated arson, arson to collect insurance proceeds and attempted theft by deception for...
N.Y. Arrests Psychotherapists for Fraud
Jan 12 2004 // A 263-count indictment, filed in Kings County Supreme Court, charges Gabriel Feldmar Ph.D., a licensed psychologist, and three psychotherapists under his employ, Brian McCarthy, Tomeka Austin and Nasim Jadoon, with...
FLA. OUTPACES NATION IN FRAUD CONVICTIONS:
Jan 12 2004 // Florida once again leads the nation in the number of insurance fraud convictions and cases presented for prosecution, according to a study released recently by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a national alliance of...
Fla. Business Charged With Comp Fraud
Jan 12 2004 // The owner of a Tallahassee, Fla., pool construction business has been charged with workers’ compensation fraud and presenting a fake certificate of insurance. Wilbur Sellars, owner of Pro Pools Inc., surrendered to...
Miami Clinic Owner, Four Others Arrested in Auto Fraud Scheme
Jan 12 2004 // 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...
Fla. Goes on Offensive to Fight Fraud
Jan 12 2004 // Florida is like many other states when it comes to insurance fraud — it recognizes the problem and is doing something about it. Recently, Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Bob Neumann, director of the Division of...
ARK. AGENT ARRESTED:
Jan 12 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that Steven Edward Gwin was arrested and charged with a class D felony count of Fraudulent Insurance Act. According to investigators with the Arkansas Insurance...
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...
