All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2007 // Imperial Valley, Calif., County Superior Court Judge Poli Flores has ordered an employee of an El Centro, Calif., hay exporter to pay $45,996 in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund in a workers’...
Apr 18 2007 // Ill.-based The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) recently announced that it has teamed with Experian Automotive, a division of global information solutions company Experian(R) Inc., to use its AutoCheck vehicle...
Apr 16 2007 // A Michigan judge recently ruled that there is enough evidence for a former mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz to stand trial in the case. Wilmer Jones Ham, who serves on...
Apr 12 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc., a specialty insurance company and provider of technology liability insurance coverage, has developed an online calculator that allows companies to estimate their financial risk from...
Apr 10 2007 // Consumers are more concerned with getting identity safeguards than financial loss reimbursement from online banks, a new study suggests.The study also reveals that that 9 out of 10 web users are willing to sacrifice...
Apr 9 2007 // A Canadian man has been extradited to the United States to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy scheme, Acting New York Insurance Superintendent...
Apr 9 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating information necessary to commit identity theft are...
Apr 9 2007 // Common methods of identity theft: Dumpster diving. Collecting bills and personal information sources from trash bins.Skimming. Stealing credit/debit card numbers by using a special storage device when processing your card....
Apr 9 2007 // Despite the impression given by cases in the news, identity theft appears to be actually dropping.The 2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report released by Javelin Strategy & Research provides information about the reduction...
Apr 9 2007 // A Canadian man has been extradited to the U.S. to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy scheme, according to Acting New York Insurance Superintendent...
Apr 9 2007 // After her car accident, Sarah Capps suffered from a sore shoulder and back. What she thought were common pains turned out to be six herniated discs.Were it not for the protective medical coverage that every Florida car...
Apr 9 2007 // Two charged in bicoastal restaurant insurance brokerage schemeA Canadian man has been extradited to the U.S. to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy...
Apr 9 2007 // News CurrentsThe request was simple enough: Lloyd’s underwriters had been approached to insure the movement of seven paintings, including one by Cezanne, from Russia to London for valuation and sale. So Lloyd’s...
Apr 9 2007 // Fla. lawmakers face future of no-fault lawAfter her car accident, Sarah Capps suffered from a sore shoulder and back. What she thought were common pains turned out to be six herniated discs. Were it not for the protective...
Apr 9 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating information necessary to commit identity theft are...
Apr 9 2007 // A Canadian man has been extradited to the United States to face trial on charges that he swindled $7 million from the victims of a fraudulent commercial insurance policy scheme, Acting New York Insurance Superintendent...
Apr 5 2007 // A Vero Beach couple have been arrested for allegedly providing false mold laboratory test results to customers of their mold remediation company.Following an investigation by the Department of Financial Services, Division...
Apr 5 2007 // In response to Congressional legislation intended to combat the growing problem of organized retail theft, the FBI has worked with the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Retail Industry Leader’s Association...
Apr 5 2007 // California leads the nation in criminal insurance fraud convictions, according to a study by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. According to the study, the Golden State had more than one third of of all convictions...
Apr 3 2007 // Harold Simpson, owner and operator of Simpson Mining Co. in Perry County, Ky., pleaded guilty to mail fraud in U.S. District Court after special investigators with Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance discovered...