All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 9 2002 // An Orange County, Calif., woman pled guilty to three counts of insurance fraud, which includes paying $70,000 restitution to Kemper Insurance Co.Noel DeSota was arrested last September by California Department of Insurance...
Apr 4 2002 // The California Department of Insurance Fraud Division has arrested Antioch resident Rudolfo Villasenor, 28, for felony insurance fraud and possession of dangerous drugs/narcotics, along with Ruben Rodriguez, Jr., 25, of...
Apr 3 2002 // NY Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Kevin Palmer, 25, of Rochester, on automobile insurance fraud charges.Palmer allegedly “reported on December 1, 2001 that his car had been stolen...
Apr 3 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Sacramento man on six counts of insurance fraud. Scott White, 39, was booked into the...
Apr 1 2002 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio revealed a series of changes in the New York Automobile Insurance Plan, the assigned risk insurer of last resort, raising rates by 19.5 percent, and...
Apr 1 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the arrest of John Martin in his residence by the Philadelphia Police Department Felony Warrant Detail. The arrest warrant was issued on Feb. 5 in Orange Superior...
Mar 27 2002 // Four leading New York agent and broker trade groups have joined forces to combat “rampant fraud” in the state’s no-fault automobile claims procedures. The Professional Insurance Agents of New York, Inc....
Mar 27 2002 // Ricky Lee George, 47, a resident of Selma, Calif., was sentenced to three years in state prison for his conviction of one count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud.The charges were the result of an investigation...
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Mar 25 2002 // It’s almost inevitable that after every major disaster some individuals will try to profit from the situation; therefore, it came as no real surprise when Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced...
Mar 21 2002 // Incentives such as “free” steaks, that drive up insurance costs for auto glass repairs may soon be history in Minnesota if the legislature can reconcile the differences in the House and Senate versions of House...
Mar 19 2002 // On March 12, 2002, investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Jamel Hassan Nichols, 33, for insurance fraud.According to investigators,...
Mar 19 2002 // The Toyota Camry has made it five-for-five, ranking in 2001 as tops on the target list of auto thieves, according to a report from CCC Information Services Inc. It was the 1991 model Camry that captured the No. 1 slot...
Mar 18 2002 // The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed three felony counts of insurance fraud against Edward Martinez, 31,who was already in custody at the Los Angeles County Central Jail on an unrelated case. If...
Mar 15 2002 // Magnify, a provider of advanced predictive analytic and decisioning software and solutions, has signed a strategic alliance with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). Under the terms of the agreement, CSC will add...
Mar 13 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department and NYC law enforcement officials announced that 24 car owners and 6 “middlemen” have been charged with participating in a fraud scheme to collect insurance recoveries...
Mar 12 2002 // The Nebraska Insurance Fraud Prevention Division of the state’s insurance department announced it was recently notified of an alleged fictitious vehicle damage fraud scheme involving individuals from New Jersey and...
Mar 12 2002 // Hollywood, Calif., residents Juan Ortiz, 44, and Joseph Lewellen, 67, were charged with first-degree murder, arson, and insurance fraud due to a fire purportedly set by the pair at the Palomar Hotel in Hollywood according...
Mar 11 2002 // On March 8 New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio and Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the arrests of eight people, including health care providers at two Bronx clinics, in connection with...