Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TDI Posts Case Dispositions for September
Oct 14 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance Fraud unit reported disposition of the following fraud-related cases for September 2003: · Ricky Lee Bryant was sentenced in Dallas to five years deferred adjudication and 200 hours...
L.A. Man Pleads No Contest to Two Fraud Counts
Oct 13 2003 // A Los Angeles man pleaded no contest to two felony counts of insurance fraud after CDI Fraud investigators determined that he misrepresented injuries allegedly sustained in his workplace. Tommie Lee Robinson, 55, claimed...
PIANY and NYIA Hold CEO/Agency Conference
Oct 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc.’s inaugural Hudson Valley Regional Awareness Program, gave industry experts a chance to take part in the eighth annual CEO/Agency conference, sponsored by the...
PIANJ Praises DOBI Effort to Fight ID Card Fraud
Oct 9 2003 // In a comment issued to The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. said it wholeheartedly supports the DOBI’s endeavor to reduce insurance identification...
N.J. Mother, Son Sentenced for Auto Fraud & Official Bribery Scam
Oct 9 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an East Orange mother and son were sentenced for their reported participation in an organized scheme to illegally obtain valid police accident reports in order to...
Couple Faces Five Years for WC Fraud
Oct 7 2003 // A Grass Valley, Calif. couple faces up to five years in prison and/or a fine of up to $50,000 after an investigation by CDI Fraud Investigators resulted in multiple felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance...
AAI Reports Concerns with Implementation of Some N.J. Auto Regulations
Oct 6 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers submitted comments to New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance expressing support for the Department’s efforts to move quickly in implementing the auto insurance reform...
Fla. Announces New Strategy for Fighting Auto Fraud
Oct 6 2003 // Continuing efforts to put an end to reported spiraling auto insurance premiums by combating fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher recently joined Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle...
Ohio DOI Moves Health Fraud, Insolvency Bills
Oct 2 2003 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin announced that two Department initiatives designed to protect residents from fraudulent health insurance policies and to simplify liquidation proceedings involving...
Federated Insurance Helps IBC Fight Insurance Fraud
Oct 2 2003 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada issued a statement commending Federated Insurance Company of Canada for its help in fighting organized insurance fraud. The company is transmitting weekly claims data to by means of ACE batch...
Monroe County Jailer Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Oct 2 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Robert Burney Jr., 54, a Deputy Sheriff Jailer for the Monroe County Sheriff’s office for defrauding his own uncle. He’s...
Alliance Praises N.J. Efforts to Fight Insurance Fraud
Oct 1 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers has issued an announcement noting that the State of New Jersey has assumed a leadership role in efforts to fight insurance fraud, following a “change in attitude and increased...
NYSID Announces Fraud Arrest of Brockport Agent
Oct 1 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Lon T. Horton, 54, a licensed insurance agent and broker, and owner of Horton Insurance Services, located in Brockport, N.Y. on charges...
NYC Auto Fraud Bust Nets 51
Sep 30 2003 // Authorities announced the arrest of 51 individuals as part of the takedown of a no-fault insurance fraud ring in New York City last weekend. All are accused of taking part in a scheme that netted millions of dollars. The...
Fla. JUA Agrees to Finance PIP Fraud Prosecutor
Sep 30 2003 // In a move that will reportedly help insurers fight auto fraud in the state, the Florida Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) board recently agreed to finance a prosecutor in the Dade County State’s Attorney’s...
PIANY Congratulates NYSID on Success of IIES System, More Effort Needed on No-fault Fraud
Sep 30 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., has issued a bulletin congratulating the New York State Insurance Department and the Department of Motor Vehicles on the recent success of the Insurance Information...
Florida Businessman Charged with Theft
Sep 25 2003 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that a former owner and director of Mobile Home Division of America Inc. was charged with felony grand theft in relation to allegations that he...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Queen’s Man for Selling Fraudulent Auto ID Cards
Sep 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Vincent Morciglio, 49, of Jamaica was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of criminal possession of a forged...
Agent Sentenced for Felony Insurance Fraud
Sep 22 2003 // John Vernon Liller, 53, of Carson City, Nev., was sentenced after pleading guilty to felony fraud charges. Liller was the owner and agent at a Farmers Insurance office for over 22 years. Between March 2000 and March 2001,...
Orange Cty Agents Plead Guilty to Theft, Conspiracy
Sep 22 2003 // Two former insurance agents have been sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay $322,000 in restitution after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance revealed the two had allegedly stolen insurance...
