All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2001 // Following a nine-month investigation, New York authorities have charged nine individuals and one corporation on various counts of defrauding the State’s Workers’ Compensation Fund. The persons involved all...
Dec 17 2001 // Following a combined two-and-a-half-year investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division and Investigation Bureau, two Sacramento residents were arrested on charges of insurance fraud.Charles...
Dec 17 2001 // In Houston, U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon ordered four defendants accused of defrauding State Farm Insurance by making false claims in hundreds of staged auto accidents to pay damages to the tune of $26...
Dec 11 2001 // California Department of Insurance Fraud Investigators arrested a Fullerton man last week on one count of insurance fraud and two counts of perjury.Jagdish Chandra, 58, was booked into the Orange County Jail on a $10,000...
Dec 7 2001 // The Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority (PATPA) warned holiday shoppers that “December and January are peak activity periods for car thieves.” Common sense measures like parking in well-lit areas,...
Dec 7 2001 // James Gus Sdrales, 33, was sentenced in San Diego Superior Court on Dec. 3, to one year of work furlough and five years of felony probation. The sentencing is the result of his guilty plea to two felony counts of insurance...
Dec 6 2001 // Law enforcement officials announced the break up of a multi-million dollar automobile insurance fraud ring in the New York metropolitan area, resulting in charges being filed against 112 individuals and four corporations...
Dec 5 2001 // New York’s Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. announced that it is expanding Internet related coverage to protect against losses caused by identity fraud, theft of credit card numbers, computer viruses and losses to...
Dec 5 2001 // iMapData, a BrandPartners Group Inc. company, announced that it has established a partnership with the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) to create and market products to fight insurance fraud.It also announced the...
Dec 3 2001 // Preserving marketplace competition, limiting fraud and enhancing safety are common goals that the insurers and auto repair shops share, the National Association of Independent Insures (NAII) announced Nov. 29 at a seminar...
Nov 30 2001 // John Blanton Breland, 54, was sentenced Nov. 26 in the San Joaquin County Superior Court to four years in State prison. The sentencing is the result of a guilty plea to two felony counts of embezzlement, one count of theft...
Nov 29 2001 // A federal grand jury ended a two-year investigation into the activities of political consultant Michael A. Solomon by handing down a 25 count indictment for mail fraud, alleging that he used his privileged position to...
Nov 28 2001 // The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia has been forced to drop all charges against a Bucks County couple accused of hiring a handyman to burn down their luxury home and cars in order to obtain a $1.1 million...
Nov 21 2001 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Modesto man on four felony counts of insurance fraud.Chester Green, 36, was arrested at his...
Nov 19 2001 // A Fresno man has surrendered himself for arrest to California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Investigators.Francis Borgia Ashley Jr., 59, surrendered to CDI Investigators after an arrest warrant had been issued for...
Nov 14 2001 // Frank Bruckner of Pittsburgh has been appointed to a four-year term on the board of directors of Pennsylvania’s Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) by State Senator Robert J. Mellow. Bruckner replaces Walter...
Nov 14 2001 // The insurance industry called for widespread personal injury protection (PIP) insurance reform to Minnesota’s no-fault auto insurance laws during a House legislative hearing Nov. 13.The House Commerce Committee is...
Nov 12 2001 // Commissioner Low announced the implementation of the Fraud Integrated Database System (FIDB), aimed at streamlining the investigative process and improving the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division...
Nov 12 2001 // The CDI announced the arrest of David Barthell Sr. of Richmond for workers’ compensation premium fraud. Barthell, owner of Barthell Construction and Roofing, was arrested at his residence/office and booked into...
Nov 12 2001 // James Kolesar of El Dorado County appeared in El Dorado County Court and pled guilty to one count of employer misrepresentation fraud. The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case. Kolesar,...