All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 15 2010 // New Jersey prosecutors say a woman who is currently serving a five-year sentence for insurance fraud and identity theft has been indicted in a separate insurance fraud scheme to steal over $8,000 from Liberty Mutual.Dalynn...
Oct 15 2010 // Las Vegas police say 29 people have been nabbed in a year-long undercover operation aimed at disrupting trafficking in stolen vehicles, firearms and personal identification documents.Police said Tuesday that 10 more people...
Oct 14 2010 // Accused swindler Allen Stanford may not use $100 million in a Lloyd’s of London directors and officers insurance policy to pay the lawyers defending him on charges of running a $7 billion fraud, a U.S. judge in Texas...
Oct 14 2010 // State Insurance Department officials say they have begun a criminal investigation into the businesses of a Fayetteville man who killed himself in August. The Fayetteville Observer reported that a spokeswoman says the state...
Oct 13 2010 // A Winnsboro, La., agent was served by the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators with a cease and desist order, a summary suspension order and a $10,000 fine notice for alleged misrepresentation.The...
Oct 7 2010 // Kentucky’s state auditor has found no fraud in the insurance buying practices of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government.Auditor Crit Luallen said her agency found no evidence to conclude that the city’s...
Oct 7 2010 // Little Rock developer Aaron Jones, who was convicted of setting fire to his $1.6 million family home in an insurance scheme, has been taken into custody so he can start serving time pending a prison sentence.Arkansas...
Oct 4 2010 // An Idaho judge has ordered an insurance agent from Rathdrum to spend 20 days in jail and pay more than $4,200 in restitution for insurance fraud.Former Mutual of Omaha agent Wesley Bruce Thompson pleaded guilty to the...
Oct 4 2010 // A judge has refused to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit accusing American International Group Inc. of misleading investors about its exposure to subprime mortgages, which led to a liquidity crisis and $182.3 billion of...
Oct 4 2010 // Phantom Oversight“We need to uncover the true extent of what the FDA knew and when they knew it and determine whether or not they acted appropriately and timely.” —Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), calling...
Oct 4 2010 // Eight of nine individuals alleged to have produced, bought or sold counterfeit proof of insurance cards for motor vehicles have turned themselves in as the result of warrants executed by the Arkansas Insurance...
Oct 4 2010 // It often starts with a trusted employee who a small business owner would never suspect. Invoices might be forged, or checks might be stolen. By the time the boss catches on, thousands of dollars in cash or inventory have...
Oct 1 2010 // American International Group Inc. need not make payments to some former Bernard Madoff clients who said their homeowner insurance policies entitled them to coverage for alleged losses, a judge ruled.Two California...
Oct 1 2010 // A jury convicted an Arkansas developer on fraud charges, finding that he set fire to his $1.6 million family home in Little Rock in an effort to collect insurance proceeds.Aaron Jones was convicted of three counts of mail...
Oct 1 2010 // Police in central Kentucky have recovered six stolen golf carts after finding three of them offered for sale online.WAVE-TV in Louisville reported that Hillview Police discovered the carts offered on Craigslist. Billy...
Sep 30 2010 // A North Carolina automobile repair shop owner and one of his customers have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud.State officials report that John Marvin Smith, III, of Robersonville, and Fronzie Griffin, of...
Sep 29 2010 // A former insurance agent in Illinois has pleaded guilty to charges of theft of more than $375,000 in insurance premiums, state Attorney General Lisa Madigan has announced.Larry Chouinard, 56, entered guilty pleas in...
Sep 27 2010 // A judge refused to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit accusing American International Group Inc. of misleading investors about its exposure to subprime mortgages, which led to a liquidity crisis and $182.3 billion of...
Sep 27 2010 // Eight of nine individuals alleged to have produced, bought, or sold counterfeit proof of insurance cards for motor vehicles have turned themselves in as the result of warrants executed by the Arkansas Insurance...
Sep 27 2010 // Geico is seeking $9 million in damages in three fraud lawsuits alleging that a medical equipment supply supplier and its attorneys, a radiology practice in Brooklyn and a Queens medical facility submitted thousands of...