All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months.The real mystery is just how negative...
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months.The real mystery is just how negative...
Sep 2 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced that they have added a study of U.K. Identity Fraud Insurance 2005 to their offering.“With increasing media attention being devoted to the issue of identity theft and the...
Sep 1 2005 // A Michigan dentist has been charged with 91 felony insurance fraud and drug charges, accused of fraudulently billing insurers for approximately $18,000 from December 2001 through January of this year. Dr. Thomas Endicott...
Aug 29 2005 // A Jay, Okla., woman received a three-year deferred sentence and was ordered to pay $3,692.50 in restitution after pleading guilty in Delaware County District Court, state Attorney General Drew Edmondson said.Gregoria...
Aug 26 2005 // Five Tampa-area clinic owners have been arrested and a warrant issued for the arrest of a sixth owner for “selling” patients, most of whom were accident victims, to diagnostic facilities that then billed auto...
Aug 25 2005 // Across the Southeast’s major metropolitan areas auto theft deceased dramatically in 2004, accompanied by a slight drop in auto theft nationally, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s annual Hot...
Aug 25 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Thursday announced the arrests of an El Dorado County chiropractor and three Central Valley chiropractors on multiple felony counts, including insurance fraud.Joseph R....
Aug 24 2005 // There were more than 22,000 vehicles stolen in South Carolina in 2004 according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, which reports that theft rates rose for the sixth year in a row.NICB reports the Florence, S.C....
Aug 24 2005 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC’s) special investigations department concluded fiscal year 2005 by exceeding its goals for both identified savings and return on expenditures.The department...
Aug 24 2005 // It’s not surprising that the National Insurance Crime Bureau ranks California as the car theft capital of the United States, according to Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance...
Aug 24 2005 // A Kentucky company that supplies temporary workers for underground coal mines has pleaded guilty in Letcher Circuit Court to a felony count of insurance fraud.Boone Mountain Services Inc., of Jackhorn, Ky. was charged with...
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Aug 23 2005 // Insurance agents in Miami and Dade County were dismayed to discover this morning that, “due to manpower shortages” the Miami Police Department has disbanded its Auto Theft Unit. A PD spokesman told the Miami...
Aug 22 2005 // A group of 18 insurers is suing American International Group and bankrupt fronting company Trenwick America Reinsurance Corp. for allegedly scheming to collect as much as $73 million in what the insurers claim are...
Aug 22 2005 // Eleven workers in western Michigan have been found guilty of unemployment insurance fraud for collecting more than $100,000 in benefits to which they were not entitled. Twenty-nine others face strong administrative action...
Aug 22 2005 // ALABAMAHurricane Sales Tax Measure Dies An effort was mounted during Alabama Legislature meetings to grant a sales tax break on necessary supplies to prepare for a hurricane but the measure did not pass. Its sponsor Rep....
Aug 22 2005 // An insurance agent who targeted victims between the ages of 72 and 86 and fed on their fears about aging has been arrested for allegedly defrauding at least nine South Florida senior citizens by offering them a quote for...
Aug 22 2005 // ArkansasConference to Aid Business Leaders The Arkansas Workers Compensa-tion Commission will hold the 18th Annual Workers’ Compen- sation Educational Conference Oct. 12-14 in Little Rock. The AWCC said businesses...
Aug 19 2005 // New Jersey Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Passaic County woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy for her role in an automobile “give up” scam.According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor...