Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ky. DOI Warns of Fraudulent Billing Scheme
Apr 1 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance, through its Insurance Fraud Investigation Division, is warning of a fraudulent insurance billing scheme reportedly being seen in the Commonwealth. According to J. Joseph Cohen,...
CDI Makes Progress in Fraud Cases
Mar 31 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division announced recent developments in these cases: * ORANGE COUNTY, CA – On March 20, 2003, Sheila Nicholson, 29, was arrested and booked into the Orange County...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Cooperstown Insurance Agent in Fraud Scheme
Mar 31 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department announced the arrest of Shannon Whiteman of Roseboom, New York, an agent of the Bob Putnam Insurance Agency in Cooperstown, on charges of grand larceny and forgery. Her arrest...
Instant Rating for D&O, EPLI, Fiduciary, Crime
Mar 27 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Via their Web site, Dwyer & Associates can now offer retail agents the opportunity to input their client’s information on-line and instantly receive a quotation via email for D&O (for...
Instant Rating for D&O, EPLI, Fiduciary, Crime
Mar 27 2003 // Via their Web site, Dwyer & Associates can now offer retail agents the opportunity to input their client’s information online and instantly receive a quotation via e-mail for D&O (for profit entities),...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Camillus Man for Fraudulent Auto Theft Claim
Mar 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that an investigation into a suspected fraudulent motor vehicle theft insurance claim has resulted in the arrest of Steven P. Oslica, of Camillus, New...
NY Authorities Charge Four in $68,400 Workers Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 20 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, New York State Workers’ Compensation Fraud Inspector General John H. Burgher, Jr. and New York City...
N.Y. Assembly Passes “Watered-down” Fraud Bill
Mar 19 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers does not see many changes following passage by the New York Assembly Insurance Committee and the full Assembly of Committee Chairman Grannis’ fraud bill, which is now...
CDI Updates Fraud Developments
Mar 18 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division announced recent developments in these insurance fraud cases. ·SACRAMENTO – On March 5, Daniel Gray, a reported fugitive, was arrested...
New PC Loss Survey Shows Accident Claims Outpace Thefts
Mar 18 2003 // Personal computer owners who filed loss claims in 2002 were nearly five times more likely to have experienced accidental damage than theft, according to a survey released by Safeware, The Insurance Agency Inc. Accidental...
Ala. Commissioner Urges Passage of Fraud Bill
Mar 18 2003 // Acknowledging that his state has yet to enact strong measures to combat insurance fraud, Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell released the following statement in support of such anti-fraud...
Former NY Insurance Agent Arrested for Stealing Investment Money from Elderly Clients
Mar 14 2003 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Ted F. Cook, 50, a former insurance agent formerly employed by Legend Equities Corporation on charges of fraud and grand larceny...
Calif. Public Works Ops Manager Arrested for WC Fraud
Mar 13 2003 // Doyle E. Champlain, 45, of Orangevale, Calif., was arrested without incident and booked into the Placer County Jail on five felony counts of insurance fraud and one felony count of attempted perjury. If convicted,...
Fresno Man Arrested on WC Fraud
Mar 13 2003 // Richard Sharrah, Jr., 27, a Fresno, Calif. resident, was arrested on workers’ comp fraud charges. Investigators with CDI’s Fraud Division, charged him with four felony counts of insurance fraud. Investigators...
Miami Trio Charged with Passing Fake Crash Reports
Mar 12 2003 // Three Miami residents were arrested on grand theft and fraud charges stemming from allegations that they created fraudulent vehicle accident reports and passed them off to various clinics that billed insurance companies...
NYSID Announces Top 10 ‘Rotten Apples’ for 2002
Mar 12 2003 // Gregory V. Serio, the Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, has announced the “Top 10 list of worst cases of insurance fraud in New York State during 2002.” The “winners” were...
Ariz. Man Indicted on Multiple Fraud Counts in Nev.
Mar 11 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
Mar 10 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...
PIANY Asks Sponsors to Drop Effort to “Roll Back” Key No-fault Reforms
Mar 10 2003 // While the NAII was fighting to uphold Regulation 68 against a legal challenge (See previous article), the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. issued a letter to each sponsor of a bill, S.1277/A.269, which...
N.Y. Senate Passes Two Insurance Fraud Bills
Mar 10 2003 // At least the New York Senate seems to have heard the messages from the NAII and the PIANY. It passed two bills last week dealing with insurance fraud. The next hurdle will come when the state’s Assembly considers the...
