All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 27 2023 // Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals,...
Dec 26 2023 // Georgia authorities were searching for an Atlanta-area landscaper who has been charged with falsely claiming that one of his commercial-grade lawnmowers had been stolen, then collecting $19,000 from his insurance...
Dec 21 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indianapolis-based health network has agreed to pay the government $345 million to resolve charges it defrauded Medicare by overpaying doctors who referred patients to its facilities, prosecutors...
Dec 19 2023 // A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $60-$70 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies in New York.U.S. Attorney Damian Williams reported that Bradley Pierre of Closter, New Jersey,...
Dec 18 2023 // Law enforcement officials announced the final sentencing in their prosecution of an $18 million workers’ compensation fraud case and the return of $7.75 million to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF).Manhattan...
Dec 14 2023 // Vehicle theft rates continue to put pressure on the personal auto insurance market.CCC Intelligent Solutions said in its year-end report that the number of vehicle thefts in the U.S. increased 2% in the first half of 2023...
Dec 13 2023 // A former North Carolina insurance agent who pleaded guilty to defrauding trucking company clients and a premium finance company of hundreds of thousands of dollars cannot challenge her sentence and restitution order, a...
Dec 12 2023 // An Iowa bail bondsman has pled guilty to insurance fraud and identity theft.David Mark Ellis of Spring Hill, Iowa, pled guilty in Polk County District Court to two counts of Identity Theft (Aggravated Misdemeanors) and one...
Dec 12 2023 // Insurance company GEICO has filed suit against a New York pharmacy and five medical clinics and their owners alleging they perpetrated a fraudulent scheme under the New York no-fault auto insurance system by submitting...
Dec 12 2023 // Somali reporter Abdalle Ahmed Mumin was doubly distressed when he heard that a colleague had been abducted by masked gunmen at the University of Mogadishu on the morning of Aug. 17.A fellow journalist was missing and Mumin...
Dec 12 2023 // Auburn, Massachusetts police report they recovered 16 cars within 36 hours of them being stolen from a local auto rental business.Three Boston men have been charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle and other charges....
Dec 11 2023 // Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial last Thursday to spotlight his defense, renewing his complaints that the case is baseless and heaping praise on an accounting professor`s testimony that...
Dec 8 2023 // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former financial manager for the Jacksonville Jaguars has been accused of stealing more than $22 million from the franchise through its virtual credit card program between 2019 and 2023,...
Dec 8 2023 // Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced indictments against two men for a total of 50 crimes including thefts of 16 luxury cars valued at more than $1 million.Dyllan Lopes, age 21 of Quincy, was...
Dec 7 2023 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $5.5 million settlement against Adat Shalom Board and Care Inc. to compensate 148 workers who worked at the employer’s six adult care facilities in Los...
Dec 6 2023 // Indian businessman Prateek Gupta asked a London judge on Tuesday to lift an order freezing his personal and business assets, alleging that commodity trader Trafigura failed to disclose full information when it sought the...
Dec 5 2023 // The US Department of Justice has slapped criminal penalties on UK reinsurance brokers Tysers Insurance Brokers Ltd. and H.W. Wood Ltd. as a result of their participation “in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes to...
Dec 4 2023 // An Iowa man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for using his position as an insurance agent and annuity salesperson to defraud elderly individuals out of their retirement savings and other monies.Zachary James Flaherty, age 47,...
Dec 4 2023 // Florida authorities have announced the arrest of four people in connection with an alleged scheme to deliberately damage roofs in order to qualify them for insurance claims. And another contractor well known to insurers...
Dec 4 2023 // Louisiana State Police have opened a criminal investigation into efforts by McClenny Moseley & Associates and Apex Roofing to solicit customers after receiving a complaint by the state Insurance Department about...