All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2002 // Father and son owners of a Bay County, Fla. roofing company were hit with charges of racketeering and workers compensation fraud stemming from schemes the two allegedly used to avoid more than $1.5 million in premiums for...
Sep 2 2002 // Among those combating this problem has been the New York Department of Insurance.New York Insurance Commissioner Gregory Serio said his department has actively coordinated with other law enforcement agencies to “make...
Sep 2 2002 // The International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU) will host the 17th Annual Insurance Fraud Training Conference Sept. 8-12 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event will feature 34 workshops covering...
Sep 2 2002 // Two Sacramento county area residents, Julie Ann Gonzales, 30, and Umberto Rene Gonzales, 32, were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud as the result of an investigation by the California Department of...
Sep 2 2002 // The death of a roofing company employee has resulted in the arrest of four Bay area residents on multiple felony counts including manslaughter, insurance premium fraud, unemployment insurance tax violations, labor code...
Sep 2 2002 // A Vacaville, California Police Department dispatcher was charged with three counts of felony insurance fraud.Lenette Weishaar, 42, of Vallejo, Calif. allegedly injured her lower back on Oct. 26, 1994, when she slipped and...
Sep 2 2002 // Emmanuel Benavides Torres, 25, and Oscar Gomez Martinez, 26, were arrested on insurance fraud and arson charges.According to the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, a Suspected Fraudulent Claim...
Sep 2 2002 // Kenneth W. Fitzwater, 46, of Citrus Heights, Calif., was arrested at his residence on five counts of insurance fraud.According to CDI investigators, Fitzwater was injured when he fell from a ladder while working for...
Sep 2 2002 // An Orange County man was arrested at his Westminster home on 19 felony counts of insurance fraud. On Feb. 1, 2001, Nasir Husain, 59, allegedly informed his supervisor at Johnson Controls Inc. that while working on an air...
Sep 2 2002 // The events of Sept. 11, 2002 are no doubt unique, but as with all disaster, there are some that are likely to take advantage of the situation. Needless to say, insurance fraud has reared its ugly head over the last year as...
Aug 29 2002 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested a Sacramento couple on two felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly filing false claims regarding losses they suffered when their home was...
Aug 28 2002 // A news release on investment fraud scams issued by a state securities regulator group grossly misidentifies the perpetrators as independent insurance agents, said Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Aug 26 2002 // After 12 days of deliberation jurors returned guilty verdicts against Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese, alleged mob boss Michael Spano Sr. and five other defendants on conspiracy charges arising from a scheme to...
Aug 23 2002 // As FBI agents attempted to arrest him at a Fort Worth motel, a Tarrant County insurance agent who in May admitted guilt in federal fraud charges killed himself. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, authorities would...
Aug 23 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Edwin and Doreen Smith of Webster, N.Y. on charges of insurance fraud and attempted grand larceny. The couple allegedly submitted a fraudulent...
Aug 20 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced the arrests of Benito Storniolo, 44, Laura...
Aug 19 2002 // Nasir Husain, 59, was arrested by investigators from the California Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division. Husain was arrested at his home in Westminster on 19 felony counts of...
Aug 19 2002 // A San Bernardino Valley Community College student was arrested by California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Investigators and campus police officers as he was on his way to one of his classes. Terry Mcgee, 38, of San...
Aug 19 2002 // Monique E. Henriquez, 37, of Elk Grove, Calif., surrendered to authorities in Sacramento County on four counts of insurance fraud. According to an investigation by the CDI, Henriquez’s State Farm automobile policy...
Aug 19 2002 // A Sacramento man was arrested by the CDI’s Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force on charges of auto insurance fraud. An Oregon man who allegedly acted as an accomplice is expected to surrender to authorities...