All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2007 // South Dakota’s public policy prevents insurance from covering damages in lawsuits against those accused of stealing another’s spouse, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.The high court’s unanimous...
Oct 30 2007 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during September 2007 include 12 license revocations, three license denials and fines and restitution totaling $375,983, the Texas...
Oct 26 2007 // Michigan’s H.E.A.T. (Help Eliminate Auto Thefts) program celebrated its 22nd anniversary with a special awards ceremony and breakfast this week.According to H.E.A.T. officials, since its inception in 1985, H.E.A.T.,...
Oct 26 2007 // British Petroleum and several of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay approximately $373 million in fines and restitution for environmental violations, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The sanctions stem from a...
Oct 25 2007 // Until June 2001 Independent Insurance was the third largest P/C insurer in the U.K. Then it all fell apart. Shady loans to founder and former chief executive Michael Bright, cover-ups in accounting and failures to pay...
Oct 25 2007 // N.C. Insurance enforcement officials arrested a Wake County woman, charging her with one count of obtaining property by false pretense. Seung Yon Yu Johnson, of Raleigh was processed at the Guilford County jail and...
Oct 25 2007 // A group of banks alleged in a court filing ithat 94 million accounts were affected by the theft of personal data from Massachusetts-based TJX Cos. — more than double the number the company previously reported in what...
Oct 24 2007 // A Jackson, Miss. woman faces insurance fraud charges, Attorney General Jim Hood’s office announced Monday.A news release from Hood’s office said Dianne Smith, 39, was arrested Friday. She was booked into the...
Oct 24 2007 // Vermont law enforcement agencies fighting Internet crimes against children are getting some help from the federal government.U.S. Attorney Tom Anderson says the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force will receive a...
Oct 24 2007 // The Phoenix area has the nation’s fourth highest auto-theft rate, according to a recent National Insurance Crime Bureau report.Of the 54,849 vehicles that were stolen in Arizona in 2006, nearly 40,000 of them were...
Oct 22 2007 // Felony charges were filed against two Texans accused of insurance fraud in Oklahoma, Attorney General Drew Edmondson said.The charges, including conspiracy, racketeering and filing a false financial statement, were filed...
Oct 19 2007 // Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has deemed the week of Oct. 22-26 as “Turn Up the H.E.A.T. Week.” The purpose is to activate residents to increase their awareness of auto theft prevention measures and to...
Oct 15 2007 // A Portage woman who pleaded guilty to stealing $250,000 in life insurance money after her son died in Iraq was scheduled to eight years of probation.Janie Lee Espinoza admitted taking her son’s life insurance money,...
Oct 12 2007 // A woman who worked for the company that processes Alabama Medicaid claims on pleaded guilty to charges of stealing the identities of nearly 500 Alabamians, Attorney General Troy King said.Kwantrice Thornton, 24, was...
Oct 10 2007 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau says the 1995 Honda Accord was the most likely automobile to be stolen in South Carolina in 2006.The 1999 Chevrolet full size C/K 1500 pickup ranked second on the list, followed by the...
Oct 10 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced a Bryan, Texas, business owner on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges.James N. Vavra was sentenced to two years’ deferred...
Oct 9 2007 // The hopes of Enron investors are riding on a case being argued before the Supreme Court today that may be the last chance at compensation for their losses when the scandal-ridden energy company collapsed.Much of corporate...
Oct 9 2007 // Criminal activity in identity fraud touches more than a quarter of a million victims each year in Washington state, and “sucks” well more than $1 billion from the state’s economy, according to...
Oct 9 2007 // A former Muskogee, Okla., police captain has received a one-year suspended sentence and a $1,000 fine after being found guilty of filing a false insurance claim.A Muskogee County jury convicted Jim Wooten in late July and...
Oct 9 2007 // In 2006, 1,192,809 motor vehicles were reported stolen which is 42,417 fewer than in 2005, representing the third year in a row that vehicle theft has declined. Even so, every 26.4 seconds a vehicle is stolen in the United...