All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 6 2017 // A former manager of a western Massachusetts power plant has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to tampering with emissions equipment and submitting bogus reports to regulators in violation of the federal...
Jun 5 2017 // A 54-year-old Louisiana woman has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for insurance fraud, and must pay $9,100 restitution.Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said in a news release that Lasandra Laverne...
Jun 5 2017 // A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly operating a shell construction company for the sole purposes of selling the company’s workers’ compensation certificate, according to a statement from Chief...
Jun 2 2017 // Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies.All the hallmarks were there: targeted...
Jun 1 2017 // Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested Gina Marie Gregori, 55, of Lafayette, for allegedly underreporting payroll and duping insurers out of $32 million.Gregori was charged with 19 felony counts...
Jun 1 2017 // The owner of a business complex in Tallahassee, Fla., was arrested by arson investigators from the Florida Department of Financial Services on charges of arson and insurance fraud, according to CFO and State Fire Marshal...
May 26 2017 // The Texas Senate has passed legislation that affirms the authority of Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation fraud unit to conduct criminal investigations.The Senate passed HB 2053 on May 24; it was previously...
May 23 2017 // One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of reports of sexual assault on college campuses has more than tripled over the past decade, according to a federal...
May 22 2017 // The owner of a Bedford-Stuyvesant construction company and his businesses have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges after a wall collapsed at an excavation site, killing one construction worker and injuring two...
May 19 2017 // A year-long investigation led by insurance fraud investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services has ended with 14 arrests of assisted living facility owners in the Miami area, according to a statement by...
May 18 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended two more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation system.The...
May 16 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision to charge the defendant in a case involving a Boston car accident with motor vehicle insurance fraud. However, the Appeals Court reversed the...
May 15 2017 // Bill Anderson, a managing partner of Brooklyn, New York-based Art Guard, recently spoke with Insurance Journal about issues related to insurance and artwork. Anderson has observed that roughly more than 50 percent of art...
May 10 2017 // Bismarck, N.D., police say the number of motor vehicle thefts more than doubled last year.A new report that compiles crime statistics for the city shows 309 vehicles were stolen in Bismarck last year, compared with 154 in...
May 10 2017 // For companies and organizations, an attack by hackers can inflict financial losses, corporate embarrassment and legal action. For insurers jumping into the brave new world of cyber crime insurance, it’s free...
May 10 2017 // Authorities in north Mississippi say 67 guns were stolen from a tractor-trailer that was waiting to deliver the firearms to a sporting goods store. The Commercial Appeal reports that 61 handguns six other firearms were...
May 9 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended four more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation...
May 9 2017 // An Alabama man has been arrested on charges of stealing more than $180,000 from former employers.AL.com reports the FBI arrested 32-year-old Randall Sho Woods on May 3. The Department of Justice says in a release that a...
May 8 2017 // An Little Rock woman has negotiated a plea in an insurance fraud case involving a 2015 reported car accident involving a U-Haul rental vehicle and fraudulent insurance claims, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr...
May 8 2017 // Beazley has unveiled two sets of financial lines’ products for organizations domiciled outside the United States. One is designed for the specific needs of financial institutions and the other provides comprehensive...