Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan’s First Auto Theft Forum Examines Auto Theft Trends in State
Sep 17 2001 // Experts from the insurance industry, law enforcement, automobile manufacturers and dealers, as well as prosecuting attorneys and state legislators gathered Tuesday for Michigan’s first Auto Theft Forum 2001, a...
CDI Criminal Investigations Net Arrests
Sep 11 2001 // A pair of individuals were arraigned on felony grand theft charges as a result of an embezzlement scheme which was uncovered by the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division. The...
The Camera Never Lies
Sep 10 2001 // Following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division, Raymond Ellis Wilson, 36, an Orange County resident, pled guilty in Orange County Superior Court to one felony count of insurance...
Ask and You Shall ‘Receipt’
Sep 10 2001 // The CDI announced the arrest of two individuals in unrelated cases, both involving Sacramento residents. Daniel Vikash, 20, surrendered to authorities on two felony counts of insurance fraud. In April 2001, Vikash...
Zero Tolerance for Former Cop
Sep 10 2001 // A former police officer, Brett Leroy Cox, 37, was sentenced to three years probation and 120 hours of community service for one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud, to which Cox pled no contest in Fresno County Superior...
Cashing in on Fraud
Sep 10 2001 // Following a four-and-a-half-year investigation and prosecution by CDI, the Employment Development Department (EDD) and the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Laurence Bennett Guy was sentenced in Superior...
Insurance Legislation for Hate-Crime Victims Moves to Gov. Davis
Sep 10 2001 // I think more and more folks are getting comfortable at least to the point of neutrality now.” That is one insurance industry spokesman’s take on AB 1193, a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from...
Progressive Survey: Nearly 1 in 10 Consumers Likely to Commit Insurance Fraud
Sep 7 2001 // With a $120 billion annual price tag, insurance fraud is one of the costliest crimes in America. Progressive Insurance recently conducted a telephone survey on more than 31,000 Americans to better understand how people...
Courts Continue to Reject Diminished Value Concept in Class Actions
Sep 5 2001 // In spite of an ongoing influx of litigation, U.S. courts continue to reject class-action lawsuits involving diminished value, a concept referring to the difference between the value of a vehicle before and after it was...
MetLife Auto Wins $3 Million Fraud Judgment
Sep 4 2001 // A Massachusetts court awarded MetLife Auto & Home $2,989,270 in damages for fraud against the owners and operators of numerous auto body repair shops, several former policyholders and one of its former appraisers. The...
FBI Arrests Priest in Frankel Fraud Case
Sep 4 2001 // Monsignor Emilio Colagiovanni, an 81-year old Catholic Priest, is being held in Bridgeport, Conn. following his arrest by FBI agents in connection with the investigation of the multi-million dollar fraud and embezzlement...
Calif. Bill Could Threaten Investigation of Insurance Fraud
Aug 31 2001 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), California Assembly members are poised to vote on a bill that would “hamstring” insurers’ ability to conduct investigations when they...
Five Fresno Residents Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Aug 31 2001 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch, Fraud Division, served arrest warrants on five local Fresno residents last week. The arrests concluded a six-month...
Jaw-Dropping Claims Help Bust Alleged Scam
Aug 27 2001 // An eight-month joint investigation conducted by investigators from the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, the California Highway Patrol and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) resulted in the...
So. Cal Woman Arrested for Alleged Fraud
Aug 24 2001 // A Southern California woman was arrested in her home in Palmdale, Calif. and booked at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division. Ruth...
NAII Seeks Corrections in NY Insurance Fraud Bill
Aug 23 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers warned that several loopholes in recently passed legislation by the New York State Assembly (AB 8654-D), aimed at correcting abuses in the State’s no-fault auto...
Convicted in Healthcare Fraud
Aug 20 2001 // Eight people, including six chiropractors and a physical therapist, have been convicted and sentenced for allegedly participating in a massive healthcare fraud scheme against the Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Lawsuit Given Class Action Status
Aug 20 2001 // Houston-based U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued a ruling Aug. 8 conferring class action status on a lawsuit involving claims of overcharging for workers’ compensation coverage by Reliance National Indemnity...
New York Investigation Nets Fraud Charges
Aug 17 2001 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory Serio, along with host of other agencies, announced the filing of charges against 67 individuals allegedly involved in a major insurance fraud ring. Criminal...
Illinois Governor Signs ‘Whistle Blower’ Anti-Fraud Bill
Aug 16 2001 // Blowing the whistle on insurance fraud will be easier for Illinois companies and private citizens thanks to legislation sponsored by Senator Patrick O’Malley (R-Palos Park) and signed recently by Gov. George...
