All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 10 2005 // A Sarasota, Fla. Circuit Court awarded FCCI Insurance Company a $16,174,977 judgment last week in a civil action dating back to 2002.The judgment against S&H Drywall of Inverness, Fla. and Premier Enterprises...
Jun 10 2005 // A three-day statewide sweep has resulted in 28 arrests of suspects arrested for violations of Florida workers’ compensation laws according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. The sweep is the latest move in a campaign to...
Jun 9 2005 // Concord, N.C. Police Officer Dana Lynn Beninati has been suspended without pay after allegedly passing fake prescriptions and billing her insurance company. Lynn was arrested at her home and charged with 23 counts of...
Jun 9 2005 // Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. and other affiliated companies have filed suit in Minneapolis federal court against Alivio Chiropractic Clinic Inc., located in Robbinsdale, Minn., and individuals associated with it,...
Jun 6 2005 // Insurance Coverage, Recovery Services and Preventive Measures Can HelpOne in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to...
Jun 6 2005 // Insurance, Recovery Services and Preventive MeasuresOne in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity...
Jun 6 2005 // The owner of a Corona, California-based construction firm has begun serving a two-year jail sentence as part of his conviction on felony workers’ comp insurance fraud.Lawrence S. Hatfield, of Orange County, owner of...
Jun 6 2005 // One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report from the Better Business Bureau...
Jun 6 2005 // One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion.That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report from the Better Business Bureau...
Jun 6 2005 // Former Vallejo insurance broker Jimmie Earl Jackson, who pled guilty to felony grand theft in Solano County Superior Court May 5, was sentenced to 180 days in County Jail and ordered to serve three years of formal...
Jun 6 2005 // One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion.That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report from the Better Business Bureau...
Jun 6 2005 // Former Vallejo insurance broker Jimmie Earl Jackson, who pled guilty to felony grand theft in Solano County Superior Court May 5, was sentenced to 180 days in County Jail and ordered to serve three years of formal...
Jun 3 2005 // Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently alerted Minnesota consumers to misleading health plan advertisements that have been faxed to Minnesota businesses and individuals. These plans do not provide insurance coverage and do not...
Jun 3 2005 // The Louisiana State Police reported that its insurance fraud unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigation recently arrested a Marksville city police officer after a lengthy investigation into an alleged insurance fraud...
May 31 2005 // As part of its ongoing statewide educational program on workers’ compensation fraud, State Compensation Insurance Fund held a seminar on May 20, for San Bernardino County employers.State Fund was joined by the San...
May 31 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported its investigators, accompanied by law enforcement, recently shut down a Lake Charles producer, who was charged with alleged misappropriation of funds. It was the fourth time...
May 31 2005 // New Jersey’s award-winning office created to root out insurance fraud is under scrutiny itself, with the state auditor probing allegations the insurance industry was billed about $4 million for employees who never...
May 31 2005 // Chicago-based SPSS recently unveiled a new software product it said will reduce insurance fraud, significantly improve the claims process and cut costs. SPSS’ PredictiveClaims, an application based on real-time...
May 27 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Jose Montemayor that became final during the month of April.The actions include eleven license revocations, a license denials and fines...
May 27 2005 // Kevin O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Thomas Bolan, 80, of Flushing, New York, was sentenced this week for his role in Martin Frankel’s multi-million dollar...