All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2006 // A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted two elderly women accused of befriending transient men and then collecting on life insurance policies worth $2.3 million (euro1.79 million) after the men died in hit-and-run...
May 26 2006 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division conducted an arrest warrant sweep that resulted in the arrests of eight suspects in Tulare, Fresno and San Luis Obispo counties.The suspects in these cases are...
May 25 2006 // A Shreveport, La., insurance agent was arrested and issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of his license for alleged felony theft and misappropriation of insurance premiums, Louisiana Commissioner of...
May 25 2006 // Victims of identity theft would be given prompt notice of the crime and the opportunity to minimize losses under legislation approved recently by the Oklahoma House of Representatives.House Bill 2357, by state Rep. Dale...
May 24 2006 // Two California-based financial services companies took hundreds of thousands of dollars from senior citizens through deceptive tactics, state Attorney General Roy Cooper said in a lawsuit brought against the companies in...
May 24 2006 // More than 560 people have been arrested in an international investigation of mass-marketing fraud schemes that have victimized more than 2.8 million people in the United States, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Losses...
May 23 2006 // The New York State Insurance Fund has reported the arrest of a husband and wife in connection with an alleged workers’ compensation premium fraud scheme in upstate Jefferson County, New York.Gordon Dobbins, 73, and...
May 23 2006 // A former California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation correctional officer has been arrested on insurance fraud charges for submitting fraudulent workers’ comp claims, according to Insurance Commissioner...
May 23 2006 // A Twentynine Palms, Calif., resident has been charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud. Jacob Leatherberry, 32, is charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud related to a 2005 auto accident and was...
May 22 2006 // S. Fla. agent sold ‘bogus’ policies The license of South Florida insurance agent, Gordon Arthur Esses of Aventura, Fla. has had his license revoked for selling “bogus” policies. According to Tom...
May 22 2006 // Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly California, leads the nation in auto theft. All of the nation’s top 10 areas with the...
May 22 2006 // News CurrentsDes Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly California, leads the nation in auto theft. All of the nation’s top 10...
May 22 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...
May 22 2006 // A special statewide operation targeting the arrest of 80 suspects from Miami to Pensacola, Fla. for their roles in insurance fraud schemes, dubbed “operation spring cleaning,” was launched in early May by the...
May 22 2006 // Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that preliminary FBI data shows a 2.1 percent decrease in motor vehicle thefts during January to June 2005 when compared with the same period in 2004....
May 22 2006 // News CurrentsDes Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that for calendar year 2005, the West, and particularly California, leads the nation in auto theft. All of the nation’s top 10...
May 22 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...
May 18 2006 // Attorney General Jim Hood has announced the result of two investigations in Jackson, Miss. by the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the Attorney General’s Office.On May 11, Sara Delphine Williams of Smithdale, Miss. was...
May 18 2006 // Eight Massachusetts residents have been indicted for insurance premium fraud charges by a San Diego County grand jury. The eight owners and employees of Massachusetts-based National Independent Contractors Association...
May 16 2006 // Glendale, Calif., car wash owners Shagen Galstanyan, 51, and his son, Vahe Tergalstanyan, 23, have been arrested for workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Both suspects were booked into the Riverside County Jail...