Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oakland Woman Surrenders on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Sep 6 2002 // An Oakland woman was arraigned as a result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Jeanette Deran, 52, surrendered to the Alameda County Superior...
Fla. Roofing Company Owners Face Fraud, Racketeering Charges
Sep 3 2002 // Father and son owners of a Bay County, Fla. roofing company were hit with charges of racketeering and workers compensation fraud stemming from schemes the two allegedly used to avoid more than $1.5 million in premiums for...
Fraud Fighters Tackle Individuals Looking to Exploit Disaster
Sep 2 2002 // Among those combating this problem has been the New York Department of Insurance. New York Insurance Commissioner Gregory Serio said his department has actively coordinated with other law enforcement agencies to...
ANNUAL FRAUD CONF. MEETS
Sep 2 2002 // The International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU) will host the 17th Annual Insurance Fraud Training Conference Sept. 8-12 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event will feature 34 workshops covering...
Couple Arrested for Fraud
Sep 2 2002 // Two Sacramento county area residents, Julie Ann Gonzales, 30, and Umberto Rene Gonzales, 32, were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud as the result of an investigation by the California Department of...
Roofing Co. Engages in Fraudulent Activities
Sep 2 2002 // The death of a roofing company employee has resulted in the arrest of four Bay area residents on multiple felony counts including manslaughter, insurance premium fraud, unemployment insurance tax violations, labor code...
Police Dispatcher Arrested for Fraud
Sep 2 2002 // A Vacaville, California Police Department dispatcher was charged with three counts of felony insurance fraud. Lenette Weishaar, 42, of Vallejo, Calif. allegedly injured her lower back on Oct. 26, 1994, when she slipped and...
Friends Arrested on Auto Fraud Charges
Sep 2 2002 // Emmanuel Benavides Torres, 25, and Oscar Gomez Martinez, 26, were arrested on insurance fraud and arson charges. According to the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, a Suspected Fraudulent Claim...
Disc Jockey Caught in Fraud Scheme
Sep 2 2002 // Kenneth W. Fitzwater, 46, of Citrus Heights, Calif., was arrested at his residence on five counts of insurance fraud. According to CDI investigators, Fitzwater was injured when he fell from a ladder while working for...
Man Arrested for 19 Counts of WC Fraud
Sep 2 2002 // An Orange County man was arrested at his Westminster home on 19 felony counts of insurance fraud. On Feb. 1, 2001, Nasir Husain, 59, allegedly informed his supervisor at Johnson Controls Inc. that while working on an air...
Fraud Fighters Tackle Individuals Looking to Exploit Disaster
Sep 2 2002 // The events of Sept. 11, 2002 are no doubt unique, but as with all disaster, there are some that are likely to take advantage of the situation. Needless to say, insurance fraud has reared its ugly head over the last year as...
Sacramento Couple Arrested on Burglary Related Ins. Fraud
Aug 29 2002 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested a Sacramento couple on two felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly filing false claims regarding losses they suffered when their home was...
IIABA Calls on State Securities Regulators to Identify Fraud Perpetrators
Aug 28 2002 // A news release on investment fraud scams issued by a state securities regulator group grossly misidentifies the perpetrators as independent insurance agents, said Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Guilty Verdicts for Cicero Officials in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 26 2002 // After 12 days of deliberation jurors returned guilty verdicts against Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese, alleged mob boss Michael Spano Sr. and five other defendants on conspiracy charges arising from a scheme to...
Texas Agent Commits Suicide as FBI Closes in
Aug 23 2002 // As FBI agents attempted to arrest him at a Fort Worth motel, a Tarrant County insurance agent who in May admitted guilt in federal fraud charges killed himself. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, authorities would...
N.Y. Couple Arrested on Fraud Charges
Aug 23 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Edwin and Doreen Smith of Webster, N.Y. on charges of insurance fraud and attempted grand larceny. The couple allegedly submitted a fraudulent...
Calif. Pizza Owners Arrested for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud, Tax Evasion
Aug 20 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced the arrests of Benito Storniolo, 44, Laura...
Orange County, Calif., Man Arrested on 19 Counts of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 19 2002 // Nasir Husain, 59, was arrested by investigators from the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Husain was arrested at his home in Westminster on 19 felony counts of...
College Student Faces 10 Years for Fraud
Aug 19 2002 // A San Bernardino Valley Community College student was arrested by California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Investigators and campus police officers as he was on his way to one of his classes. Terry Mcgee, 38, of San...
Calif. Woman Arrested for Auto Fraud
Aug 19 2002 // Monique E. Henriquez, 37, of Elk Grove, Calif., surrendered to authorities in Sacramento County on four counts of insurance fraud. According to an investigation by the CDI, Henriquez’s State Farm automobile policy...
