All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2008 // A retired Pennsylvania appellate judge was convicted of mail fraud and money laundering after prosecutors said he lied about neck and back injuries in a fender bender to collect $440,000 from two insurance companies.Former...
Nov 20 2008 // A Baton Rouge, La., insurance agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order, a notice of license revocation and a fine for insurance fraud, theft and forgery.The Louisiana Department of Insurance alleges Winston...
Nov 18 2008 // A West Virginian woman has been sentenced to up to 10 years for submitting false insurance claims for jewelry. According to state officials, Sherry Kay Peyton, of Williamstown, who plead guilty in May 2008 was sentenced on...
Nov 17 2008 // A federal court jury in Pittsburgh has had a long weekend to mull nearly three weeks of testimony in the fraud trial of a retired Pennsylvania appellate judge. Testimony wrapped up Thursday and the jury will return today...
Nov 17 2008 // California Commissioner Steve Poizner has deployed more than two dozen California Department of Insurance (CDI) fraud division investigators to assist local law enforcement at the Sayre Fire in Southern California.CDI...
Nov 16 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. made questionable decisions in handling Hurricane Katrina claims, but a nearly two-year study found no pattern of fraud in Mississippi.The report by the Mississippi Insurance Department...
Nov 14 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced the arrests of Robert and Lisa Franklin of Artesia, on five counts of felony grand theft, five counts of diversion of premiums. In addition, Mrs. Franklin was...
Nov 12 2008 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is using his office’s Web site to help fight insurance fraud.In an effort to protect consumers, the fraud section of the site has been expanded to educate people on how...
Nov 12 2008 // Several Pennsylvania judges appeared in a federal courtroom Monday to defend one of their own: retired Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce.Joyce, 59, is being tried on mail fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly...
Nov 11 2008 // More than four in 10 Americans are worried that the current economic environment can expose their families to crime, according to a nationwide survey of 1,000 people. Many survey respondents also indicated that economic...
Nov 11 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during September include ten license revocations, two license denials and fines and restitution totaling...
Nov 10 2008 // Michigan’s average auto insurance premiums decreased in 2006, compared to 2005, a recent study released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) shows. For the two-year period 2004-6, Michigan...
Nov 6 2008 // Two Ferriday, La., area insurance agents recently were arrested and issued cease and desist orders, summary suspensions and fine notices for violating various provisions of Louisiana’s insurance code.The Louisiana...
Nov 5 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Felix Prado of Falfurrias, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County district court sentenced Prado to 30 days in the Travis...
Nov 5 2008 // Joe Wehrle, president and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Morris as vice president and chief communications officer for NICB. He will be responsible for...
Nov 3 2008 // State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. made questionable decisions in handling Hurricane Katrina claims, but a nearly two-year study found no pattern of fraud in Mississippi, according to a state agency report released Oct....
Nov 3 2008 // The UK’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII Faculties) has announced a series of podcasts, in conjunction with the UK’s Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB), to advise its claims, underwriting and broking members on...
Nov 3 2008 // An Albany, New York property owner who reportedly fell behind on the mortgage payments for a four-unit apartment building he owns in was arrested for setting fire to the structure just hours after his tenants left the...
Nov 2 2008 // Sharon P. Clark, a 17-year veteran of Kentucky state government, was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) in June. Clark’s experience includes five years as director of the Consumer...
Oct 30 2008 // A South Florida attorney has been disbarred and ordered to surrender on Nov. 7 to serve 366 days in a Florida prison, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink.Broward County Circuit Judge Pedro Dijols...