All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 16 2011 // In 2011, ClaimsJournal.com readers took an interest in weather-related matters and educational articles on issues impacting claims handling, fraud and bedbugs. Three articles on insurance and television were among the top...
Dec 15 2011 // A New Hampshire man admits he committed insurance application fraud for reinstating his policy and then filing a claim for a fire-damaged woodchopper. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office says Jason Joyce of...
Dec 14 2011 // Difficult economic times like these are always accompanied by an increase in employee fraud claims. While most employees are honest and trustworthy burdened by financial stress, otherwise honest employees may be tempted to...
Dec 14 2011 // Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Wednesday announced the creation of the eCrime Unit, staffed with Department of Justice attorneys and investigators, and charged with identifying and prosecuting identity theft crimes,...
Dec 14 2011 // Four people will spend five years on probation after being convicted of pocketing money from Gulf oil spill claims.The Press-Register reported that U.S. District Judge William Steele also ordered the four to pay back money...
Dec 13 2011 // As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, do the bulk of the China-based cyberattacks stealing critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies, according to U.S....
Dec 12 2011 // Frank Sztuk of Hanover Insurance was elected co-chair of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud at the public-interest group’s annual membership meeting last week.Sztuk is Hanover’s National Special...
Dec 12 2011 // New York State Department of Financial Services announced last week that 18 people in 13 New York counties have been arrested on workers’ comp fraud charges.These arrests were the result of joint investigations led...
Dec 9 2011 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has charged two men with workers’ compensation fraud and announced a guilty plea from woman who was previously charged.Charlie Jones, 45, of Norman faces one count of...
Dec 8 2011 // Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s top lawyer says the state has evidence that nearly two dozen state workers fraudulently applied for federal food assistance after the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit...
Dec 7 2011 // Kyson Johnson, Texas’ only dedicated insurance fraud prosecutor, has been named 2011 Prosecutor of the Year by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.Johnson was honored for his successful record in prosecuting...
Dec 6 2011 // A former Baton Rouge, La., man who once faked his death to elude authorities must remain in custody until more hearings in his case.The Advocate reports that Milton Windsor Harris appeared before U.S. Magistrate Christine...
Dec 6 2011 // Scores of Connecticut residents, including some state workers, might have requested and received federal emergency money to replace spoiled food and cover other expenses after Hurricane Irene even though their incomes...
Dec 6 2011 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has named Daniel Anderson to serve as the state’s lead insurance fraud investigator. Anderson will take over as the director of the state’s Division of Insurance...
Dec 5 2011 // A Northern California physician’s network says a computer stolen last month contains personal information on more than 4 million patients dating back to 1995.The Sacramento Bee reports the database includes the...
Dec 5 2011 // Difficult economic times like these are always accompanied by an increase in employee fraud claims. While most employees are honest and trustworthy burdened by financial stress, otherwise honest employees may be tempted to...
Dec 5 2011 // A former Minot, N.D., insurance agent has pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges in federal court. Court documents indicate Alan Henning embezzled nearly $1.2 million between 2005 and 2010 from his employer, West...
Dec 2 2011 // A Sharonville, Ohio, man has been sentenced in court for working as a cable installer while receiving workers’ compensation benefits. Gary Metz must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $7,165...
Dec 1 2011 // A Toledo, Ohio, man who treated injured workers without a medical license must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $100,000 as a result of his sentencing for workers’ compensation...
Nov 30 2011 // A North Carolina man has been sentenced to four years in a Florida prison and ordered to pay more than $3.1 million in restitution after pleading guilty in a workers’ compensation fraud case, according to...