Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Commissioner Addresses Needs for Reform to Workers’ Comp
May 6 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi spoke recently to the Assembly Insurance Committee in Sacramento. Below are his comments as provided by the Calif. Department of Insurance. Chairman Vargas and Committee...
‘Op Cabbie’ Reveals Fraud Ring
May 5 2003 // The Los Angeles County Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force arrested more than a dozen suspects and served search warrants at 18 locations throughout the Glendale, Calif. area, including medical clinics, law offices and private...
Sacramento Man Arrested for Ins. Fraud
May 5 2003 // An investigation by CDI’s Fraud Division resulted in the arrest of Kenneth Michael Stockton, 33, of Modesto, Calif. According to investigators, Stockton allegedly injured his back while working for Trans-Box Systems...
ISO Tech Conference to Explore Terrorism, Mold, Med-Mal, ID Theft
May 5 2003 // The Insurance and Technology Conference, sponsored by Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), will be held Nov. 2-4 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. Dr. James Canton, futurist and author, will be the keynote speaker,...
Louisiana Agent Faces Fraud Charges
May 2 2003 // The Louisiana Insurance Department shut down the business of a Shreveport, La. insurance agent in the second such action by the department in as many days. According to Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, the agent was...
Texan Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 2 2003 // The 90th Judicial District Court in Texas recently sentenced Eric Beaver to a two-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits. According to Texas Mutual...
SCIF Announces Conviction of Calif. Couple for WC Fraud
May 2 2003 // State Fund and Contra Costa County District Attorney Bob Kochly announced that the former owners of the now bankrupt Richmond-based Barthell Construction and Roofing Co. have been sentenced to five years probation and...
Louisiana Agent Shut Down on Multiple Fraud Allegations
May 1 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that the business of a Gonzales, La. insurance agent was halted in the latest investigation of alleged insurance fraud across the state. Department of Insurance...
PIANY Says Increased Motor Vehicle Fees are Misdirected
May 1 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. has issued a statement indicating that the state budget proposal to raise the current $1 annual Motor Vehicle Law Enforcement Fee to $5 is misdirected. “If the...
Former N.C. Agent Charged with Fraud
Apr 29 2003 // N.C. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced that a McDowell County resident was indicted by a Mitchell County Grand Jury on allegations of defrauding hundreds of insurance policyholders. Harold T. Davis, a former...
Florida Association Urges Senate to PIP Reform Bill
Apr 28 2003 // The Florida Property and Casualty Association announced that Florida’s top auto insurance companies are strongly urging the Florida Senate to pass the Motor Vehicle Insurance Affordability Act. Senate Bill 1202 has...
CDI Announces Recent Fraud Developments
Apr 25 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud and Investigation Divisions announced recent developments in the following fraud cases: * OAKLAND, CA – As a result of an on-going investigation...
Guilty Couple Sentenced in Fraud Scam
Apr 24 2003 // Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that District Court Judge John S. McGroarty sentenced Basheba and Cedric Peoples, both 35, of Las Vegas, for their reported involvement in an internal insurance fraud scheme...
Cerritos Broker Pleads Guilty to Theft Charges
Apr 22 2003 // An insurance broker, John Sik Lee, 32, of Cerritos, pled no-contest to two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of grand theft based on evidence gathered by California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators. The...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Former Insurance Salesman on Fraud Charges
Apr 21 2003 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced that a joint investigation with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office has resulted in the arrest of Patrick Ferguson, 53, a former...
Calif. Public Works Ops Manager Arrested for WC Fraud
Apr 21 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division arrested Doyle E. Champlain, 45 of Orangevale, Calif., without incident on five felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of attempted perjury. On...
Ariz. Man Indicted on Multiple Fraud Counts in Nev.
Apr 21 2003 // Nevada’s Clark County Grand Jury indicted Pavel Daniel Oprea, 37, on nine felony counts of insurance fraud including three counts each of the following: false application to insurer, false claim for insurance...
Calif. Man Arrested for Auto Insurance Fraud
Apr 21 2003 // Samuel Tufino Machado, 22, also known as Salvador Castaneda, was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on two felony counts of insurance fraud with special allegations that the crimes were committed while he...
L.A. Residents Charged with WC Conspiracy
Apr 21 2003 // Ana Rosa Pena, 54, and Juan Pena, 65, were arrested in San Dimas, Calif. Rosa Pena was charged with one count of Preparing Fraudulent Documents, three counts of perjury, and one count of grand theft. Juan Pena was charged...
TEXAN MUST PAY FOR FRAUD
Apr 21 2003 // Jake V. Silva was found guilty of fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by the 132nd District Court in Scurry County, Texas. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment (probated to five years on...
