All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2006 // A theft of computer equipment containing personal information about 970,000 individuals was recently confirmed by American International Group Inc., (AIG). The theft took place on March 31st at one of AIG’s Medical...
Jun 19 2006 // Modesto, Calif. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev. Stockton, Calif. Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz. Visalia/Porterville, Calif. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash. Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/ Roseville, Calif. San Diego/Carlsbad/ San Marcos,...
Jun 19 2006 // Irate Florida legislators, upset after Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed the state’s no-fault auto insurance law, are vowing to place the topic of no-fault insurance and the personal-injury-protection bill on the front burner...
Jun 19 2006 // 1. Modesto, Calif.2. Las Vegas/Paradise, Nev. 3. Stockton, Calif.4.Phoenix/Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz.5. Visalia/Porterville, Calif.6. Seattle/Tacoma/Bellevue, Wash.7.Sacramento/Arden-Arcade/Roseville, Calif.8. San...
Jun 19 2006 // The rural Stanislaus County community that’s grabbed unwanted headlines as home of convicted killer Scott Peterson and former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit now has another unflattering distinction: The nation’s car...
Jun 16 2006 // A Sacramento man has turned himself in for insurance fraud.Darren Stanton was a long term employee of PRIDE Industries, an employer of people with disabilities, according to LWP Claims Solutions Inc. On March 28, 2005,...
Jun 15 2006 // New Hampshire securities officials have charged units of Dutch financial services giant ING Groep NV with taking undisclosed payments for promoting poor investments to state employees in their individual retirement...
Jun 15 2006 // Former shareholders of Tyco International Ltd., whose former chief executive and chief financial officer were convicted of fraud, have been certified as a class to sue the company and its accounting firm,...
Jun 8 2006 // California residents Cameron Harris, 44, of Norco, and Michael Weaver, 45, and Kelly Weaver, 43, of Corona, Calif., have been arrested for suspected insurance fraud. All three suspects were booked into the Riverside County...
Jun 8 2006 // The Cadillac Escalade, the bold and shiny luxury sport utility vehicle popular with Hollywood’s A-List, rappers and star athletes, apparently also attracts an ill-intentioned constituency: car thieves.Escalades had...
Jun 7 2006 // Insurance agent Brenda Valentine of the Mountain State Insurance Agency Inc. has been indicted on six felony counts of insurance fraud; and Scott Saul of Pipeline Services has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation...
Jun 5 2006 // The rural Stanislaus County community that’s grabbed unwanted headlines as home of convicted killer Scott Peterson and former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit now has another unflattering distinction: The nation’s car...
Jun 5 2006 // Massachusetts would phase-in competitive rating of private passenger auto insurance over a five year period utilizing “flex band” rating while retaining certain subsidies and restricting how high liability...
Jun 5 2006 // The Colorado legislature has approved a bill adding a prosecutor and three new investigators to the Attorney General’s office to fight insurance fraud. Bill SB06-038, is awaiting the Governor’s signature, and...
Jun 5 2006 // In an effort to stop Illinois state government from illegally taking millions of dollars designated to fight auto theft, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed suit in the state’s Seventh...
Jun 5 2006 // In an effort to stop Illinois state government from illegally taking millions of dollars designated to fight auto theft, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) filed suit in the state’s Seventh...
Jun 5 2006 // Colorado adds fraud prosecutors, investigatorsThe Colorado legislature has approved a bill adding a prosecutor and three new investigators to the Attorney General’s office to fight insurance fraud. Bill SB06-038, is...
Jun 1 2006 // Gov. Jeb Bush has vetoed SB 2114, a bill passed by the Florida Legislature, that would have extended the state’s no-fault auto insurance law for an additional two years. The PIP law will sunset Oct. 1, 2007, when...
Jun 1 2006 // All six suspects in one of the largest “slip and fall” rings in Pennsylvania have been sentenced to state prison and ordered to refund more than $84,000 that was illegally obtained through bogus insurance...
Jun 1 2006 // New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has signed into law legislation giving New Hampshire consumers new tools to protect themselves against identity theft.Senate Bill 334 allows victims of identity theft to ask their credit...