Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trio Arrested in Claims Payment Scheme
Jul 22 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested three northern California residents on multiple counts. Patricia Anne Okuniewicz, 40, of San Jose, surrendered on 10 counts of insurance fraud, one count of...
Body Shop Goes Belly-Up for Fraud
Jul 22 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction...
Auto Theft Charges Brought Against Pair of Fla. Men
Jul 19 2002 // The Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution has charged Ramy Vaserman and Joseph Korinek with five counts each of grand theft after the two allegedly bought 31 cars at auto auctions using bad checks. An investigation by...
Calif. Authorities Bust Major Auto Fraud Ring
Jul 18 2002 // In its largest bust to date, the Los Angeles County Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force and 120 law enforcement officers and investigators executed arrest warrants July 16 for 28 individuals charged with insurance...
CDI Investigators Announces Pair of Arrests
Jul 15 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrests of two individuals in separate cases. • A San Bernardino Valley Community...
7 Arrested for Homeowner Fraud
Jul 8 2002 // Following an investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, seven Houston homeowners were arrested in connection with an alleged...
7 Arrested for Homeowner Fraud
Jul 8 2002 // Following an investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, seven Houston homeowners were arrested in connection with an alleged...
Encompass Unveils Identity Fraud Coverage
Jul 3 2002 // Encompass Insurance has launched an identity theft insurance program to protect customers from the costs that result from having their identity stolen. Encompass Identity Fraud Coverage provides up to $20,000 (may vary by...
Calif. Resident Arrested on Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud, Grand Theft
Jul 2 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of a southern California man for workers’ compensation insurance fraud and...
TDI Crackdown Nets Seven in Alleged Houston Homeowner Fraud Case
Jul 1 2002 // An investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service resulted in the arrest of seven Houston homeowners in connection with an alleged...
Former San Antonio Councilman Sentenced for Alleged Fraud
Jul 1 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal Has sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for reported workers’ compensation fraud-related charges....
Former Calif. Teacher Arrested for Alleged Auto Fraud
Jun 27 2002 // Jeremy Christian Brickner, 25, of Sacramento, was arrested and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on one count of insurance fraud. The arrest was the result of an investigation by the California Department of Insurance...
Ga. Agents Convicted of Fraud Have Licenses Revoked
Jun 25 2002 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has revoked the licenses of two Savannah insurance agents convicted of fraud. William Knight III and Varnedoe Hancock were indicted on fraud charges after Hancock allegedly sold...
Anaheim Agent Arrested on 13 Counts of Fraud
Jun 24 2002 // The CDI’s Fraud Division arrested Gary Stromme, 46, of Anaheim, at his business and charged him with 13 felony counts of grand theft. According to investigators, in 1999, Stromme, a Farmers Insurance Group agent,...
15 Arrested for WTC Related Frauds
Jun 21 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department announced that 15 people have been arrested in a crackdown on a series of fraudulent claims relating to the attacks on the World Trade center. Those charged have received a total of...
Beverly Hills Lawyer Sentenced for Reported Fraud
Jun 21 2002 // A California lawyer accused of scheming to sink a yacht of the coast of Italy was sentenced to 7 and-a-half years in prison June 18 by U.S. District Judge Lourdes Baird, according to the Associated Press. Rex DeGeorge, of...
21 More Persons Arrested in NY Auto Fraud Scam
Jun 20 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department announced the arrest of an additional 21 persons (112 were indicted last December), charged with participating in an auto fraud insurance ring in Queens. The NYSID said that the...
Camino, Calif. Resident Arrested on Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Jun 19 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Camino man on one felony count of insurance fraud and one count of attempted perjury. John Eugene...
Sacramento Resident Arrested on Fraud, Attempted Perjury Charges
Jun 18 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of a Sacramento resident last week on charges of insurance fraud and attempted...
Fla. Releases 2001-2002 Top 10 Fraud List
Jun 13 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance has released its 2001-2002 top 10 fraud list to kick off the Florida Insurance Fraud Prevention Week. Regulators and investigators spent much of the past year rooting out unauthorized...
