All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 8 2016 // Elizabeth Louise Brown, 48, of Canyon Country, a former claims adjuster with Explorer Insurance, was arrested this week and charged with multiple felonies, including insurance fraud and conspiracy for allegedly embezzling...
Apr 7 2016 // An insurance scam that involved selling bogus liability policies — including one to the operator of the New York tour boat Ethan Allen before it sank in 2005 — has gotten a mention in the data leak dubbed...
Apr 7 2016 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of Maira Chirinos, owner of Pompano Beach construction company Tocoa Builders, Inc. Chirinos is alleged to have misrepresented information regarding Tocoa...
Apr 5 2016 // Two individuals in North Carolina have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are also currently...
Apr 5 2016 // A former insurance agent in Oklahoma has pleaded guilty to scamming $505,126.43 from his clients, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced.A joint investigation including the OID’s Anti-Fraud Unit led to the...
Apr 5 2016 // Three sisters have filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Donor Network claiming the nonprofit was misleading when a representative convinced them to allow tissue to be harvested from their mother.Kristine Fagone and her...
Apr 1 2016 // Four North Carolina individuals have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are still seeking two other suspects in...
Mar 30 2016 // An Arkansas man has been sentenced for 15 years in prison for two counts of insurance fraud, the state insurance department announced.Cody Martin, 29, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court in January to two counts...
Mar 29 2016 // A former Iowa firefighter pleaded guilty to insurance fraud related to a string of cases spanning Buchanan, Clayton and Delaware counties, the Iowa Department of Insurance reported.Terry Russell Groth, a former Strawberry...
Mar 28 2016 // Three people from Wisconsin or Illinois who are charged with operating a car insurance fraud ring can be prosecuted in Iowa, even though they never set foot in the state, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled.Police say the trio...
Mar 28 2016 // As workers’ compensation fraud costs top out at an estimated $7.2 billion a year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, insurers are looking at ways to combat the crime.There are several warning signs...
Mar 28 2016 // Rare “Justice League” and “X-Men” comic books valued at more than $200,000 have been stolen from a central Georgia store.Will Peavy, owner of Comics Plus in Macon tells WMAZ-TV that someone broke...
Mar 24 2016 // Investigators say thieves have stolen $250,000 worth of boat motors from a marine dealership on Lake Murray. Lexington County deputies said in a news release that a white van broke into the lot at Captain’s Choice...
Mar 22 2016 // Two big New York law firms that represented the now-imprisoned financier Allen Stanford persuaded a federal appeals court on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit claiming that they helped conceal his $7.2 billion Ponzi...
Mar 22 2016 // Deputies in Harrison County, Mississippi, have arrested two relatives in an ongoing case of worker’s compensation fraud that occurred at a Gulfport business.The Sun Herald reports Sheriff Troy Peterson said...
Mar 21 2016 // A Lafayette, La., man is facing a possible 20-year prison sentence for stealing about $1.5 million from an insurance settlement received by his sister. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said that 37-year-old Kevin Ralph...
Mar 16 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Dale McKinley Montford, 55, of Jacksonville; he is charged with two counts of insurance fraud and one count each of obtaining property by false...
Mar 14 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions against two Tennessee licensees for several violations including the knowing misappropriation and conversion of moneys and...
Mar 11 2016 // The Alabama Department of Insurance: Insurance Fraud Unit has arrested 43-year-old Elvie Gray of Hale County for the crime of insurance fraud.On February 1, a Hale County Grand Jury indicted Gray after an extensive...
Mar 10 2016 // Authorities announced that a Hudson County, New Jersey, couple, along with their adult son and the manager of a car dealership, have been charged with conspiracy, insurance fraud, and other offenses for allegedly...