Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Anaheim, Calif. Agent Pleads Guilty to Grand Theft
Dec 13 2002 // Gary Stromme, 47, plead guilty to two felony counts of grand theft in Orange County Superior Court yesterday, the result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations...
Fla. Arrests Agent for Forgery, Theft and Exploitation
Dec 13 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance announced that department fraud investigators have arrested insurance agent Alton Michael Haynes III and charged him with six felony offenses. Haynes, 55, is charged with...
Alleged N. Y. Fraud Ring Sued by The Hartford
Dec 13 2002 // The Hartford filed suit against seven New York State residents and eleven New York businesses for their role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently purchase insurance coverage and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of...
NAII Members Map N.Y. Strategy for 2003
Dec 12 2002 // New York area members of the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) recently convened to devise their focus for the 2003 legislative session. Major issues they planned to target include reducing no-fault...
N.Y. Woman Arrested on Charges of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 12 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Linda Ellis of Elmira, N.Y. on a charges of violating the Workers’ Compensation Law, committing fraudulent practice, offering a false...
Farmers, Mid-Century Ins. Co. Sue Calif. Body Shops for Fraud
Dec 11 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company have begun serving civil summons and complaints upon an Oakland, Calif. body shop and a Ventura County, Calif. body shop, their owners, former Farmers employees...
Fla. Roofing Co. Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Dec 11 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that the owner of South Florida-based Cedar Shakes Supply Inc. and Regency Roofing has pleaded guilty to charges of organized fraud and workers’...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Claims Examiner Arrested
Dec 10 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Elisa I. Guillermo, 38, of Concord, Calif., and her sister, Juliet I. Armstrong, 41, also of...
Fla. Bail Bond Agent Arrested for Stealing Premiums
Dec 10 2002 // Florida Department of Insurance fraud investigators charged bail bond agent Davey Brent Locke, with organized fraud, grand theft and failure to return bail bond collateral. Locke surrendered at the Palm Beach County Jail...
Texas Man Indicted in Trucking, Fireworks Case
Dec 9 2002 // A Travis County, Texas grand jury indicted John William Tesseyman III of Tyler for fraudulent insurance activities that may have left dozens of petroleum product truckers and fireworks display companies without the...
N. Dak. Ins. Commissioner Issues Order Against Agent Following Fraud Convictions
Dec 9 2002 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman announced that his Department has issued a “Cease and Desist Order” against former Wimbledon insurance agent Duane Huber, following his recent conviction on 19...
Forum Concludes Reform of Fla. No-Fault System a Must
Dec 9 2002 // Far from being merely an insurance industry concern, no-fault fraud in Florida is a problem that affects every auto insurance consumer in the state. According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII),...
Top 5 Reasons Calif. Homeowners Insurance Rates are Rising
Dec 6 2002 // Representatives from the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) recently announced the top five reasons...
Quality Control Inspector Arrested for WC Fraud
Dec 5 2002 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Investigators announced the arrest of a Los Angeles resident for insurance fraud. CDI Fraud Investigators, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Police Department, arrested...
Pair of San Fernando Valley, Calif. Men Plead to Fraud Charges
Nov 29 2002 // As a result of a four-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Urban Auto Fraud Task Force in Valencia, two San Fernando Valley residents plead to insurance fraud charges. Timothy Caffery, 24,...
Sacramento Area Woman Arrested for Auto Fraud
Nov 28 2002 // A Fair Oaks, Calif. woman was arrested as a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Shauna M. Lewis, 28, was booked into the Sacramento...
$100,000 in Stolen Equipment Recovered in Pa.
Nov 28 2002 // A new partnership between the National Equipment Register (NER) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) is beginning to put a dent in heavy equipment theft with the recovery of more than $100,000 in stolen equipment...
San Bernardino, Calif. Woman Arraigned on WC Fraud Charges
Nov 27 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arraignment of Emilia Sanchez, 37, of San Bernardino, Calif. Sanchez pled not guilty at...
Orlando Agent Charged with Selling Bogus Policies
Nov 26 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that Michael E. Rock of Orlando, was arrested on charges of soliciting thousands of Florida doctors to purchase fraudulent medical malpractice...
IDENTITY FRAUD EXPENSE COVERAGE SEMINAR ACCESSIBLE VIA ONLINE RECORDING
Nov 25 2002 // Property/casualty professionals can learn about coverage for identity fraud expenses by accessing an online recording of a Web seminar on the topic, held recently by the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS)....
