Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Covina, Calif. Ins. Agents Arrested for Grand Theft
Dec 20 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch arrested two local insurance agents for selling bogus insurance policies. Jouly R. Kassis, 20, and Mike George Denno, 24,...
San Diego Fraud Ring Cracked
Dec 20 2002 // Over $700,000 dollars were paid in claims for two traffic deaths that never occurred in a case that involved phony police reports created in order to process claims, according to the San Diego Union Tribune. An Allstate...
Nev. Agent Sentenced for Fraud
Dec 19 2002 // Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa announced that Guy Mitchell Sheets, 38, of Henderson, Nev., was sentenced to 12 to 36 months in prison, concurrent, for the two felony counts of insurance fraud he plead guilty...
PIANY Urges Legislative Action on Auto Insurance Fraud
Dec 19 2002 // The the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. (PIANY) has issued a statement urging the New York State Legislature and Gov. George Pataki to pass legislation to address auto insurance fraud. Both the...
Fraud Charges Filed in Two Counties Against North Carolinian
Dec 19 2002 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long, in conjunction with Chief Tom McCarthy of the Fayetteville Police Department and Chief Tommy Hagens of the St. Pauls Police Department, announced the arrest of Eugenia Rose...
Coalition Unveils Its ‘Fraud Hall of Shame’ List for 2002
Dec 18 2002 // The nation’s top 13 insurance crooks, cons and knuckleheads of 2002 have been enshrined into the first annual Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The inaugural scheme team was...
New Orleans Agent Arrested
Dec 18 2002 // A former insurance and bail bond agent was arrested by the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit and Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators issued her a cease and desist order in what the...
21st Century Files Suit Relating to Fraudulent Claims
Dec 18 2002 // In response to a flood of insurance fraud relating to homeowners and earthquake insurance, 21st Century Insurance has filed a civil complaint against California-based Unlimited Adjusting Company and its principal Jung Ho...
Fla. Chiropractor Faces Fraud Accusations
Dec 17 2002 // A chiropractor in Port St. Lucie, Fla. was arrested on charges of insurance fraud and continuing his chiropractic practice after losing his license. According to the Fort Pierce Tribune, Gregory Dale Blackman had been...
Auto Fraud Scheme Leads to Plea Bargain from Calif. Man
Dec 16 2002 // Keith Aaron Hayes, 49, a resident of Hacienda Heights, Calif., pled no contest to one count of auto insurance fraud and one count of capping on Nov. 13, 2002. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office...
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...
