Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Arrests Six on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
May 21 2003 // Nassau District Attorney Denis Dillon, the New York State Insurance Department, the State Insurance Fund and the Inspector General of the Workers’ Compensation Board jointly announced the arrest of six individuals...
Houston Surgeon Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 21 2003 // Houston Surgeon Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Court Finds So. Texas Well Service Guilty of Fraud
May 20 2003 // Travis County District Judge Brenda Kennedy recently found South Texas Well Service Inc., a Rockport-based company owned by Michael W. Harvey, guilty of insurance fraud. The company was ordered to pay $7,000 in restitution...
Technology and Insurance Fraud … A Shared Responsibility
May 19 2003 // While the insurance fraud crisis worsens and fraud perpetrators find new and innovative approaches to their illegal activities, the insurance industry needs to take a proactive stance to put a stop to the bleeding-or at...
N.Y. Dept., Albany County D.A. Announce Sentencing of Owner of State Opticians
May 16 2003 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio, along with Albany District Attorney Paul Clyne, announced that Dierdre Wolberg, co-owner of State Opticians has been sentenced to six months house arrest and five years felony...
Ohio Woman Indicted for Fraud Allegedly Netted $300,000
May 14 2003 // Recent investigations conducted by the Ohio insurance department’s fraud unit have led to three indictments of Ohioans attempting to defraud insurance companies, according to a statement released by insurance...
Sacramento Man Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 13 2003 // Gyan Singh, 55, of Sacramento, was arrested without incident and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on one count of insurance fraud. According to California Department of Insurance investigators, Singh was involved in...
Former Fla. Policeman Charged with Aiding PIP Fraud
May 9 2003 // A former detective in the Hialeah Police Department was arrested on charges that he filed several fictitious accident reports to create “patients” for a friends’ medical clinic, according to the Florida...
Detroit Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Busted, AG Says
May 9 2003 // A 16-member auto insurance fraud ring operating in the Detroit metro area has been busted, according to Michigan’s attorney general, Michael Cox. An investigation conducted by the National Insurance Crime Bureau...
NAII Comments on Mass. Bill to Criminalize Insurance Fraud
May 7 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers has issued a statement supporting a bill, currently pending in the Massachusetts Senate, that would impose jail time and heavy fines for insurance fraud, indicating that its...
NAII Supports Mass. Bill to Criminalize Insurance Fraud
May 7 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers says it is supporting a bill, currently pending in the Massachusetts Senate, that would impose jail time and heavy fines for insurance fraud, indicating that its passage...
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...
