All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 30 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio, along with Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon announced the filing of charges against nine individuals accused of insurance fraud.Those charged are as follows:...
Jul 30 2002 // Lenette Weishaar, 42, of Vallejo, Calif., was arrested and charged with three counts of felony insurance fraud in one of the largest individual workers’ compensation fraud cases in the city of Vacaville. Weishaar was...
Jul 26 2002 // Two Sacramento county area residents, Julie Ann Gonzales, 30, and Umberto Rene Gonzales, 32, were arrested on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud. The arrests are the result of an investigation by the California...
Jul 25 2002 // New Jersey investigators report they have broken up a fraud ring that allegedly set up nearly 100 auto crashes and cost insurance companies some $2 million in bogus claims, according to the Associated Press. Grand juries...
Jul 24 2002 // MyAutosaver.com is offering a program for theft guarantee. The program is available on an appointment and brokerage basis. Policy limits up to $5,000 and minimum premiums as low as $65 a year. The carrier is Guaranty...
Jul 22 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction...
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Chicago-based Encompass Insurance has launched an identity theft insurance program. Encompass Identity Fraud Coverage provides coverage for expenses resulting from attorney fees, loan expenses, lost...
Jul 22 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested three northern California residents on multiple counts.Patricia Anne Okuniewicz, 40, of San Jose, surrendered on 10 counts of insurance fraud, one count of embezzlement...
Jul 22 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: MyAutosaver.com is offering a program for theft guarantee. Available on an appointment and brokerage basis.Dollars: Policy limits up to $5,000. Minimum premiums as low as $65 a year. Carrier: Guaranty...
Jul 22 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested three northern California residents on multiple counts.Patricia Anne Okuniewicz, 40, of San Jose, surrendered on 10 counts of insurance fraud, one count of embezzlement...
Jul 22 2002 // An investigation by the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), the Kings County District Attorney’s Insurance Fraud Unit, and the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division led to the conviction...
Jul 19 2002 // The Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution has charged Ramy Vaserman and Joseph Korinek with five counts each of grand theft after the two allegedly bought 31 cars at auto auctions using bad checks.An investigation by the...
Jul 18 2002 // In its largest bust to date, the Los Angeles County Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force and 120 law enforcement officers and investigators executed arrest warrants July 16 for 28 individuals charged with insurance...
Jul 15 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrests of two individuals in separate cases.• A San Bernardino Valley Community College...
Jul 8 2002 // Following an investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, seven Houston homeowners were arrested in connection with an alleged...
Jul 8 2002 // Following an investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, seven Houston homeowners were arrested in connection with an alleged...
Jul 3 2002 // Encompass Insurance has launched an identity theft insurance program to protect customers from the costs that result from having their identity stolen.Encompass Identity Fraud Coverage provides up to $20,000 (may vary by...
Jul 2 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division announced the arrest of a southern California man for workers’ compensation insurance fraud and...
Jul 1 2002 // An investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service resulted in the arrest of seven Houston homeowners in connection with an alleged...
Jul 1 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal Has sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for reported workers’ compensation fraud-related charges....