All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 10 2015 // Authorities are accusing a contractor of taking more than $9,000 from insurance companies for roofing jobs in Richmond County, N.C., that he didn’t do. The Richmond County Daily Journal reports 42-year-old David...
Apr 8 2015 // Jill Audette, 28, of San Diego, Calif., was convicted on five felony counts of insurance fraud and leaving the scene of a collision after falsely claiming her car was stolen and involved in a hit and run collision....
Apr 8 2015 // Licensed insurance agent Lars Hedegaard, 63, of Danville, Calif. was arrested on two felony counts of grand theft.Hedegaard was doing business as Westport &Associates Insurance Services Inc. when he allegedly issued 14...
Apr 8 2015 // Four individuals have been arrested in Broward County, Fla. for their involvement in a PIP (personal injury protection) scam, according to a statement by the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of...
Apr 7 2015 // Magaly Morales, 51, a former life insurance agent, has been sentenced to three years and four months in state prison for stealing information from school district employees in 13 California counties.Morales last week plead...
Apr 6 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) said “crash and buy” auto insurance schemes are a growing trend in the state. When an uninsured driver crashes, buys insurance, then claims the accident happened...
Apr 2 2015 // President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday allowing the use of economic sanctions for the first time against perpetrators of destructive cyber-attacks and online corporate espionage.That will let the...
Apr 1 2015 // A local GOP fundraiser in Pennsylvania charged in a $20 million insurance scheme after three mansion fires in five years cursed and discussed the Mafia while meeting with a jewelry appraiser about her claims, the appraiser...
Apr 1 2015 // It was a run-of-the-mill complaint — a smell of gas — with a troubling explanation: Someone had improperly tapped into a Manhattan building’s gas line, and it was leaking.The issue was quickly resolved....
Mar 31 2015 // Authorities in eastern Missouri are trying to determine just how many trucks were stolen in a theft ring that struck several Missouri towns along Interstate 44. The Washington Missourian reports that police now believe at...
Mar 31 2015 // Officials with police-run auto-theft task forces say they are shutting down across Illinois due to state spending freezes.Separately, the (Peoria) Journal Star also reports that a bipartisan deal reached in the state...
Mar 25 2015 // A bill to be considered by the Arkansas Senate today would prevent auto insurers from denying a claim for damage caused by a stolen vehicle even if “a valid police report of the theft of vehicle has not been...
Mar 25 2015 // Two business owners in Milford, Massachusetts, have been indicted in connection with failing to accurately report their total payroll and workforce to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance premiums,...
Mar 24 2015 // The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) said “crash and buy” auto insurance schemes are a growing trend in the state.When an uninsured driver crashes, buys insurance, then claims the accident happened after...
Mar 24 2015 // Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says seven central Georgia residents accused of staging a car crash have been charged with insurance fraud. Hudgens said in a statement that the crash on Sept. 5, 2013 involved a 1998...
Mar 23 2015 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly issued insurance policies that were ineligible under the U.S. Department of...
Mar 23 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud announced the arrests of Fort Lauderdale residents Kendrick Callins and Lashaunda Gibbs for staging an auto accident, patient brokering and...
Mar 19 2015 // New Jersey’s state Senate on March 16 passed a bill (A-3905) that would allow motorists to display proof of auto insurance in either physical or electronic format. The bill was previously approved by the state...
Mar 18 2015 // A New Jersey man has admitted that he sought more than $15,000 from his insurance company for damage done to his car before his policy took effect and for personal items he claimed were stolen.Derrick Smith of Newark, New...
Mar 18 2015 // Another iconic bourbon brand in Kentucky has been targeted in a heist, but this time authorities say they have arrested a suspect caught with the stash of pricey whiskey in his backyard.Franklin County sheriff’s...