All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 8 2001 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Ralph G. Lattanzi, 36, of Orange County, on Nov. 5. Lattanzi was charged with two felony counts...
Nov 6 2001 // The Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force announced the execution of nine arrest warrants as well as the execution of nine search warrants in Los Angeles, North Hollywood and in the city of Glendale. The search...
Nov 5 2001 // Nina Meyliker plead no contest to one count of insurance fraud Oct. 31 negotiating a plea with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Automotive Insurance Fraud Division.Meyliker agreed to pay $150,000 in...
Nov 2 2001 // Two Fresno residents surrendered to investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) on charges of insurance fraud.Lorita Amaro Villa, 53, surrendered at the Fresno Superior Court for felony violations of...
Nov 1 2001 // Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the implementation of the Fraud Integrated Database System (FIDB). This new system streamlines the investigative process and improves the California Department of Insurance...
Nov 1 2001 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division served a search warrant at a Sacramento man’s residence and arrested him on three felony counts of...
Oct 31 2001 // The Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force announced Oct. 25 the execution of search warrants on nine locations and the arrests of five individuals allegedly involved in a large-scale auto insurance fraud ring. The...
Oct 30 2001 // Local police have arrested Barbara Sternberg, a licensed psychologist in Yorktown Heights, on charges of insurance fraud, grand larceny and falsifying business records, following an investigation by the New York State...
Oct 29 2001 // Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court judgment reinstating a verdict in favor of the Home Insurance Co. and certain London Market Insurers, voiding the policy of the Rohm & Haas Company,...
Oct 29 2001 // A joint investigation by the CDI and the Tulare County District Attorney’s Auto Insurance Fraud Unit led to the sentencing of Enrique Medina, 25, who pled guilty prior to his preliminary hearing. Medina was sentenced...
Oct 23 2001 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested a convicted sex offender this month for insurance fraud. Jairo Richard Alonso Espana, a co-conspirator in the fraud, was arrested at his probation...
Oct 22 2001 // Virginia has joined in a suit by the Federal Trade Commission aimed at stopping fraudulent marketing practices related to the sales of insurance policies covering the theft or misuse of credit cards. According to the FTC...
Oct 22 2001 // The amount of pain and suffering that people have to deal with in the normal course is already there, then it’s compounded when people show their worst side at times like this,” said John Eager, senior director...
Oct 19 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested a Sacramento woman Oct. 10 on two counts of insurance fraud and one count of filing a false police report.Tracy...
Oct 15 2001 // While State and Federal Funds will be called upon to help rebuild lower Manhattan after September’s terrorist attacks, the insurance industry is already at work to help thousands of businesses and individuals begin...
Oct 15 2001 // Insurance is now available to help protect Colorado families from financial loss if a loved one is the victim of one of four criminal activities. The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has unveiled Masterpiece®...
Oct 15 2001 // The amount of pain and suffering that people have to deal with in the normal course is already there, then it’s compounded when people show their worst side at times like this,” said John Eager, senior director...
Oct 11 2001 // Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon and the New York State Insurance Department announced that Richard Dean, 43, of Uniondale and Christopher Lomando, 38, of Long Beach had both been indicted on felony counts in...
Oct 11 2001 // Billy Preston, a singer/keyboard man who has recorded and performed with such musical luminaries as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, pled guilty this week to insurance fraud. The charges were in relation to an alleged...
Oct 8 2001 // The New York State Insurance Department has established a “comprehensive insurance fraud-fighting plan specifically designed to combat any incidents of insurance fraud resulting from the World Trade Center...