All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 15 2010 // Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, with the number of fraud complaints jumping 22.3 percent and total losses linked to online fraud reaching almost $560 million.That’s according to...
Mar 15 2010 // Florida officials say a statewide sweep of staged accident scammers last week resulted in the arrest of 19 suspects, including arrests in Ft. Myers, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Tampa and West Palm Beach Florida CFO Alex...
Mar 12 2010 // Federal law enforcement officials in Chicago report that a chiropractor, a medical doctor and a billing employee at a clinic in Maywood, Ill., have been indicted on federal charges related to workers’ compensation...
Mar 8 2010 // While 2009 was a tough year to do business, state and city leaders say 2010 and 2011 will be even tougher — the outcome of which could have negative implications for the insurance industry.A number of states are...
Mar 5 2010 // A New York state insurance agent has been charged for allegedly stealing $15,400 in premiums.State police arrested Emil Feduniec, of Tuckahoe, after an investigation by the New York State Insurance Department’s...
Mar 4 2010 // Authorities say thieves are increasingly targeting tractor-trailers in Pennsylvania to steal their loads of electronics, food or drink, later abandoning the trailers at the side of the road.Sometimes the culprits steal...
Mar 1 2010 // Tennessee officials have charged the two owners of a former nonprofit company that was seized by the state in 2007, along with two others affiliated with the now-defunct firm, in what they say is a multi-million dollar,...
Feb 26 2010 // The number of suspected insurance fraud notifications received by the Virginia State Police are continuing to increase, according to the Insurance Fraud Program’s 2009 Annual ReportLast year, the Insurance Fraud...
Feb 25 2010 // The owner of a business that compiled medical reports for law firms representing injured workers has been sentenced to four years in prison for workers’ compensation fraud in Ohio, according to the Ohio Bureau of...
Feb 24 2010 // A former claims adjuster for Progressive in Maryland has been sentenced for stealing more than $39,000 from the insurer, according to the state’s attorney general.Chae Hyong Chu, has been sentenced on a single count...
Feb 24 2010 // The former CEO of a now-defunct insurance agency in New Jersey has been indicted for stealing over $300,000 in commercial insurance premiums.Richard Pisacane, former head of Bayonne-based Northern Financial Group, has been...
Feb 24 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has suspended the non-resident business entity producer’s license of Cinergy Health Inc. pending the outcome of an administrative hearing scheduled for March 11, 2010, at...
Feb 23 2010 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) says its program targeting workers’ compensation insurance fraud resulted in 154 arrests and $16.6 million in recoveries and estimated savings last year.NYSIF is the Empire...
Feb 22 2010 // A Waterbury businessman faces sentencing for ripping off clients of more than $1.3 million, which he used to gamble at Connecticut’s casinos. Thomas Cipriano has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering. The...
Feb 19 2010 // An organization dedicated to reducing auto theft in Michigan reports that while there has been a decline in auto theft in the state, incidents of insurance fraud and component theft have increased.Michigan’s H.E.A.T....
Feb 18 2010 // Travelers Construction Insurance and Travelers Bond & Financial Products have teamed together to offer the Wrap+ Fidelity and Crime coverage to the construction industry. The policy will help protect construction...
Feb 18 2010 // Financial stress is the number one reason residential dwellings are intentionally torched, but proving the act of arson is not that easy. In fact, Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics for 2007 show only around 6...
Feb 17 2010 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has commended a state trucking association for donating to the state unit charged with investigating cargo theft.The Georgia Motor Trucking Association has donated $16,000 to the Georgia...
Feb 16 2010 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. last Friday asked a federal judge to undo part of a recent settlement by a reinsurance unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. with federal investigators, saying it was a victim...
Feb 16 2010 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced that Lisa Middleton, senior vice president of internal affairs, was elected chair of the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Assessment Commission. Middleton brings...