Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Cop Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 28 2003 // An 11-year veteran with the Sebastian, Fla., Police Department was arrested for allegedly lying about accepting additional employment while collecting workers’ compensation benefits due to on-the-job...
Pair Arrested for PIP Fraud Scheme in Florida
Aug 26 2003 // A Hialeah, Fla. clinic owner and another individual were arrested and charged with one count each of racketeering, organized scheme to defraud, insurance fraud and grand theft following a joint investigation conducted by...
Former Louisiana Agent Arrested
Aug 25 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a former Hammond insurance agent was arrested and issued a Cease and Desist Order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. DOI Fraud Unit investigators served Lee...
N.J. MVC Employee Pleads Guilty in Motor Vehicle Title Scam
Aug 25 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) supervisor has pled guilty to a charge of official misconduct for reportedly selling a fictitious duplicate motor vehicle...
Cadillac Escalade SUV Drives Off As Top Theft Target, Worst Overall Theft Losses
Aug 22 2003 // According to the latest report from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), an affiliate of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Cadillac Escalade SUV has the most frequent theft claims among 2000-02 model...
Eureste Disbarred for WC Fraud:
Aug 18 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that the Texas State Bar has permanently disbarred Bernardo Eureste, a Houston attorney and former San Antonio city councilman. Eureste has not practiced law since June 2002, when he...
N.Y. Officials Announce Indictments of Auto Body Shop Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 14 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, announced that the owner, manager and employees of a Far...
Fraud Reportedly Spreading to N.Y. Suburbs
Aug 13 2003 // Insurance fraud rings long-established in New York City are now reportedly targeting the suburbs for their scams as the fraud indictments announced this week by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office vividly...
Orange Cty Agents Plead Guilty to Theft, Conspiracy
Aug 13 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...
Fraud Reportedly Spreading to N.Y. Suburbs
Aug 13 2003 // Insurance fraud rings long-established in New York City are now reportedly targeting the suburbs for their scams as the fraud indictments announced this week by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office vividly...
Texas Oilfield Worker Indicted for WC Fraud
Aug 11 2003 // The Travis County (Texas) Grand Jury recently indicted Jimmy L. Jones on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. According to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company, Jones was an employee of Jen’s Oilfield...
NAII Commends NYSID Approval of Rate Raises for High-Risk Drivers
Aug 11 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a statement commending the New York State Insurance Department’s action in approving a statewide average rate increase of 19.7 percent for high-risk drivers...
NYSID Emphasizes “Fraud Awareness Week” with Three Arrests
Aug 11 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance, Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of three western New Yorkers during National Fraud Awareness Week, August 3-9, stating that they had “come at an important time of...
N.J. Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charge
Aug 8 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Hudson County man has pled guilty to theft by deception for conspiring to use false identities to fraudulently obtain more than $2,000 in health insurance...
Nev. Attorney General’s Fraud Unit has Record Year
Aug 7 2003 // Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that the Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud Unit (IFU) ended a record year for referrals of suspected insurance fraud as well as convictions for proven cases of...
Former N.J. Resident Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Aug 4 2003 // Attorney General Peter C. Harvey announced that a former Burlington County, N.J. man has been sentenced for falsely reporting that his automobile had been stolen in order to collect more than $12,000 from an insurance...
Former San Antonio Councilman Disbarred for WC Fraud
Aug 1 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that the Texas State Bar has permanently disbarred Bernardo Eureste, a Houston attorney and former San Antonio city councilman. Eureste has not practiced law since June 2002, when he...
Former Fla. Agent Nabbed for Alleged $180,000 Theft
Aug 1 2003 // A Florida man banned from the state’s insurance industry was charged with organized fraud and grand theft, according to investigators with Florida’s Division of Insurance Fraud. Anthony Michael Pascale, of...
Florida Auto Dealer Charged with Fraud
Jul 31 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that Michael Bander, of Pensacola, former owner of Everyone Rides Car, Truck and SUV Center, is facing charges of organized fraud, theft, retail installment sales...
N.J. Doctor Charged with $48,000 Fraud Theft
Jul 31 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County doctor and his niece have been charged by the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with reportedly falsifying...
