All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 31 2013 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance Co. has formed a business partnership with Command Investigations, LLC as a preferred provider of anti-fraud and Special Investigative Unit (SIU) services. Frank Winston Crum Insurance Co. will...
Jan 29 2013 // As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous U.S. state to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other...
Jan 29 2013 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced the creation of an advisory board to increase the effectiveness of the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit. The board includes four legislators, a...
Jan 28 2013 // There are many cyber insurance products available for purchase, and each is somewhat unique. Some products are more comprehensive than others. Some cyber insurance products are combined with insurance policies of another...
Jan 28 2013 // In his “State of the State” address in mid-January, Michigan Gov. Rick Synder recognized the importance of the insurance industry in the state, calling for the creation of a new insurance department and...
Jan 24 2013 // A Bryan, Texas, chiropractor has entered a plea of guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, according to United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.Chase...
Jan 24 2013 // Kelli Reyes, of Wauseon, Ohio, has been sentenced by the Fulton County Common Pleas Court to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud, Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director...
Jan 23 2013 // The star prosecution witness in the trial of convicted Texas financier R. Allen Stanford was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for helping to bilk investors out of more than $7 billion in one of the biggest Ponzi...
Jan 23 2013 // Fewer investors are taking corporate America to court for fraud.The number of new federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status fell to a 7-year low in 2012, according to a study by Stanford Law School and...
Jan 21 2013 // A northern Michigan insurance broker accused of manipulating elderly clients has pleaded guilty to fraud.Prosecutors say William Lowder persuaded clients to change their investments and put money in annuities handled by...
Jan 18 2013 // Police in several St. Louis, Mo.- area towns are investigating a string of smash-and-grab crimes with a twist: In many cases, nothing is taken.In six instances over the past few weeks, suspects have busted through the...
Jan 17 2013 // The New Jersey Assembly’s financial institutions and insurance committee advanced a bill that would include “reverse rate evasion” as a form of insurance fraud. The bill, A2204 — introduced by the...
Jan 16 2013 // Two South Florida mothers have been sentenced to prison for their roles in staging car accidents to commit fraud on insurers.Federal prosecutors said that 42-year-old Ana Ovando of West Palm Beach was sentenced to more...
Jan 14 2013 // The owners of two South Dakota tree farms linked to a Federal Crop Insurance Program fraud case have agreed to pay the federal government $170,000 to settle the case.The payment settled allegations Black Hills Tree Farm...
Jan 11 2013 // A former Prairieville, La., resident is accused of stealing more than $215,000 from workers’ compensation cases and a service firm that managed those cases for insurance companies.Assistant U.S. Attorney Cam T. Le...
Jan 10 2013 // A man who, along with two others, falsely used the names of two well-known insurance groups in a scheme to swindle elderly people out of millions of dollars has been sentenced to prison in North Texas.Adley Husni...
Dec 28 2012 // Authorities said a New York-based insurance agency owner has been charged with allegedly issuing fraudulent certificates of insurance.The New York State Police announced on Dec. 22 that Walter Davis, the owner of W. Davis...
Dec 27 2012 // In a decision that could make it easier for businesses to police cybertheft in the workplace, a U.S. appeals court revived a chemical company’s lawsuit accusing a former Toronto-area employee of using her home...
Dec 26 2012 // A former police officer in a southwestern Illinois village is accused of collecting nearly $190,000 in fraudulent benefits.A Madison County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Richard Turner of Glen Carbon on Thursday of two...
Dec 26 2012 // Federal authorities announced last week that a North Carolina farmer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud on the federal crop insurance program for payments worth over $1 million.According to authorities, Harry...