All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 24 2013 // As legislative work picks up in earnest on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to reform the state’s woeful no-fault auto insurance system, we wanted to call attention to a less-noticed provision of the proposal...
Apr 23 2013 // Standard & Poor’s asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss a U.S. Justice Department civil suit against the rating agency, arguing the government’s case is based on vague statements that cannot be used to...
Apr 22 2013 // Florida regulators are alleging that insurer Allianz and its companies contributed to the collapse of a Florida domestic property insurer by taking out more than $20 million in assets and rendering it unable to meet its...
Apr 19 2013 // A South Florida man is facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a jury convicted him of attempting to defraud the BP oil spill claims fund out of $1.2 million. A jury on Tuesday convicted 32-year-old Jean Mari...
Apr 18 2013 // Prosecutors say a veteran Newark, N.J., police officer has been indicted on insurance fraud charges.Johnathan Taylor faces charges of conspiracy, aggravated arson and insurance fraud in the indictment handed up by an Essex...
Apr 18 2013 // A former police officer in Price, Utah has been sentenced to jail for defrauding his car insurance company.Robert Iain Walker was sentenced last week to serve up to five years in prison but the sentence was suspended in...
Apr 16 2013 // Up to 2.4 million credit cards and debit cards used by customers at Schnucks grocery stores in four states may have been compromised over a three-month period, the suburban St. Louis chain said.Schnucks Markets Inc. for...
Apr 15 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael T. Douglas of Denton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case.A Travis County district court sentenced Douglas to...
Apr 15 2013 // A former National Football League linebacker is facing charges for what prosecutors say was a $1.5 million scheme to defraud a Sacramento insurance company.The U.S. attorney’s office said Friday that 42-year-old...
Apr 9 2013 // Although tougher laws have been passed, officials in South Carolina say metal robbers continue to plague homeowners, churches, government agencies and utilities.The Greenville News reported that thefts continue despite a...
Apr 8 2013 // A former St. Louis County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of fraud and theft charges, the Missouri Department of Insurance.After an investigation by the St. Louis County Police Department with the support...
Apr 8 2013 // A Norman, Okla., insurance agent has been charged with fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation insurance policies for roofing companies.Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office on April 5 filed...
Apr 4 2013 // Authorities announced that a Rockland, Mass., woman has pleaded guilty to charges she fraudulently collected insurance payments of more than $27,000.According to an announcement from Massachusetts Attorney General Martha...
Apr 2 2013 // Authorities announced Monday that a central New Jersey chiropractor was sentenced to state prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $650,000 by illegally using “runners” to recruit auto accident patients to...
Apr 1 2013 // A Washington couple received jail time and will have to reimburse the state more than $200,000 after they reportedly both filed fraudulent workers’ compensation claims in 2009.Jaime Beroth, 63, and her husband...
Apr 1 2013 // A workers’ compensation auditor and four coal company contractors in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.Federal prosecutors said that Arville Sargent pleaded...
Mar 29 2013 // Louisiana State Police announced that insurance fraud detectives have arrested a Lake Charles couple for charges relating to possession of stolen vehicles worth an estimated $165,000.In October 2011, detectives received...
Mar 29 2013 // A former New Orleans police officer accused last fall of falsifying a police report to cover up an alleged hit-and-run accident in his personal car has pleaded to a lesser charge.The Times-Picayune reports 39-year-old...
Mar 29 2013 // UC Irvine has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that the Southern California university allowed residents at its medical center to give patients anesthesia without supervision, then billed Medicare as if...
Mar 29 2013 // The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its top 10 consumer complaint categories for 2012. For the first time ever, the agency received more than two million complaints. Of the two million complaints, 18 percent...