Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AAI Backs Schumer Auto Fraud Bill in U.S. Senate
Apr 12 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers has voiced its initial support for the Cheaper Car Insurance Act, which would make auto fraud a federal crime punishable by as long as 15 years in prison and as much as $100,000 in fines....
Legislature Creates New Fraud Unit in Minn.
Apr 11 2002 // Minnesota has taken a tougher stance against insurance fraud by establishing a fraud unit in the Department of Commerce and strengthening its laws by making it a crime to use runners and cappers to recruit...
Redding, Calif. Man Arrested on Six Felony Counts of Fraud
Apr 11 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch Fraud Division arrested a Redding man on six felony counts of insurance fraud, six counts of grand theft and one count of...
Suspicious Lightning Strikes Lead to Arrest of NY Man for Fraud
Apr 10 2002 // William Kress, 50, of Hamlin, New York, has been arrested on charges of insurance fraud, following an investigation by the NYSID’s Frauds Bureau and State Farm’s Special Investigation Unit. According to the...
Fair Oaks, Calif., Man Arrested on Fraud Charge
Apr 10 2002 // Stanislav Svinarenko was booked into the Sacramento County (Calif.) Jail with bail set at $5,000 after being arrested on one count of insurance fraud. The Fair Oaks resident faces up to five years in state prison, with a...
NY’s Serio Sees Federal Auto Fraud Bill as Supporting State Efforts
Apr 9 2002 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio applauded Senator Schumer (D-NY) for his proposals on “federal legislation to help curb auto insurance fraud,” and urged him to focus on the...
Orange County Resident Pleads Guilty to Three Counts of Fraud
Apr 9 2002 // An Orange County, Calif., woman pled guilty to three counts of insurance fraud, which includes paying $70,000 restitution to Kemper Insurance Co. Noel DeSota was arrested last September by California Department of...
Bay Area Residents Arrested on Fraud Charges
Apr 4 2002 // The California Department of Insurance Fraud Division has arrested Antioch resident Rudolfo Villasenor, 28, for felony insurance fraud and possession of dangerous drugs/narcotics, along with Ruben Rodriguez, Jr., 25, of...
Rochester Man Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
Apr 3 2002 // NY Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Kevin Palmer, 25, of Rochester, on automobile insurance fraud charges. Palmer allegedly “reported on December 1, 2001 that his car had been stolen...
Sacramento Man Arrested on Six Counts of Fraud
Apr 3 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Sacramento man on six counts of insurance fraud. Scott White, 39, was booked into the...
NYSID Approves 19.5% Rise in Assigned Risk Plan
Apr 1 2002 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio revealed a series of changes in the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, the assigned risk insurer of last resort, raising rates by 19.5 percent, and...
CDI Investigates Philadelphia Resident Caught in Auto Fraud Scheme
Apr 1 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the arrest of John Martin in his residence by the Philadelphia Police Department Felony Warrant Detail. The arrest warrant was issued on Feb. 5 in Orange Superior...
NY Agent/Broker Associations Join to Fight Auto Fraud
Mar 27 2002 // Four leading New York agent and broker trade groups have joined forces to combat “rampant fraud” in the state’s no-fault automobile claims procedures. The Professional Insurance Agents of New York, Inc....
Selma Resident Jailed, Must Pay $65,951 in Workers’ Comp Restitution
Mar 27 2002 // Ricky Lee George, 47, a resident of Selma, Calif., was sentenced to three years in state prison for his conviction of one count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. The charges were the result of an...
Insurance Fraud: A Perpetual Bane for Industry, Consumers
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Insurance Fraud: A Perpetual Bane for Industry, Consumers
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Manhattan DA Charges 22 in WTC Fraud
Mar 25 2002 // It’s almost inevitable that after every major disaster some individuals will try to profit from the situation; therefore, it came as no real surprise when Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced...
Minn. Senate Passes Glass Repair, Fraud Unit Bills
Mar 21 2002 // Incentives such as “free” steaks, that drive up insurance costs for auto glass repairs may soon be history in Minnesota if the legislature can reconcile the differences in the House and Senate versions of House...
Divorce Leads Calif. Man to Fraud Arrest
Mar 19 2002 // On March 12, 2002, investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Jamel Hassan Nichols, 33, for insurance fraud. According to investigators,...
Toyota Camry Makes It Five Years in a Row As Most Stolen Vehicle
Mar 19 2002 // The Toyota Camry has made it five-for-five, ranking in 2001 as tops on the target list of auto thieves, according to a report from CCC Information Services Inc. It was the 1991 model Camry that captured the No. 1 slot...
