All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2007 // A sheriff’s deputy who was run over by his own police vehicle after it was stolen by a Jefferson man on Christmas five years ago is entitled to compensation from his personal car insurance company, Maine’s...
Oct 8 2007 // New data compromise coverage helps businesses respond when data loss occursThe breach of personal data stored in business files and computers is a serious risk for any company that controls the information. Customers and...
Oct 8 2007 // A sheriff’s deputy who was run over by his own police vehicle after it was stolen by a Jefferson man on Christmas five years ago is entitled to compensation from his personal car insurance company, Maine’s...
Oct 8 2007 // The breach of personal data stored in business files and computers is a serious risk for any company that controls the information. Customers and employees may become the victims of identity theft and fraud. With so many...
Oct 6 2007 // Florida drivers, you may want to be a little more careful than usual for the rest of the year.Despite the fact that it caused a lot of late nights and tension for lawmakers and lobbyists this month, most people in Florida...
Oct 3 2007 // West Virginia enforcement officials formally indicted a Raleigh County man this week on a charge of first degree arson and insurance fraud after allegedly setting fire to his former residence.Officials arrested Andrew B....
Oct 3 2007 // Louisiana’s insurer of last resort may have illegally spent more than $1 million in public money on trips to Bermuda, fishing excursions, other travel, meals and entertainment, a state audit has found.The...
Sep 28 2007 // A former Indiana funeral home director accused of cashing in policies totaling more than $100,000 on 27 people who were still alive has pleaded guilty to four counts of insurance fraud.The plea agreement calls for Kent...
Sep 26 2007 // A former Los Angeles insurance broker surrendered himself to authorities after being convicted of two fraud counts, the California Department of Insurance reported. Gurjeet Singh (aka George Singh), 57, of Los Angeles, was...
Sep 26 2007 // Overland Park, Kan.-based Brooke Corp. was recently named in a lawsuit that alleges the company participated in fraud, negligence and violated the federal RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...
Sep 25 2007 // A prominent pastor accused of filing fraudulent life insurance claims to funnel money to church groups he controlled appeared in court in Centennial, Colo.Acen Phillips, 72, was accompanied by defense lawyer Gary Lozow but...
Sep 25 2007 // For the fourth year in a row the estimated number of property crimes decreased, according to statistics released by the FBI’s 2006 edition of “Crime in the United States,” a statistical compilation of...
Sep 24 2007 // Through an alliance between the National Equipment Register and CNA, the insurer will waive up to $10,000 of a policy deductible if a piece of construction equipment registered with the national database is...
Sep 24 2007 // Florida legislators reached a general agreement to extend the state’s no-fault car insurance law rather than letting it expire as scheduled on Oct. 1, key members of both chambers said.The requirement that Florida...
Sep 24 2007 // A computer backup tape stolen from a state worker’s car in June contained the personal information of more than 500 county workers from Minnesota. Insurance Journal reported on the theft earlier this year.It was...
Sep 24 2007 // The TJX Companies has agreed to a settlement of class action lawsuits filed after a massive security breach involving customer data.A statement on the company Web site says the proposed settlement includes three years of...
Sep 21 2007 // Two West Virginia women were indicted earlier this month on one felony count each of worker’s compensation insurance fraud.If convicted, Erin Chinn and Robin Bird of Cabell County, W. Va., face one to 10 years in...
Sep 19 2007 // A once-prominent attorney who specialized in asbestos lawsuits pleaded guilty this week in Miami to fraud charges involving thousands of former clients and could face up to 15 years in federal prison.Louis S. Robles, 59,...
Sep 18 2007 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink sent a letter to Gov. Charlie Crist, Senate President Ken Pruitt, House Speaker Marco Rubio and other legislative leaders urging legislative action to either reform Florida’s...
Sep 17 2007 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest of an Archdale man charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense.Department investigators arrested Billy George Flynt, 47, on Sept. 13 at...