All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 23 2020 // Juul Labs Inc. has the Mafia to thank for the most potent legal claims accusing the e-cigarette maker of igniting an epidemic of youth nicotine addiction.The company will try to persuade a federal judge Monday that...
Sep 23 2020 // The Florida Department of Financial Services has deployed its Disaster Fraud Action Strike Team (DFAST) to the Florida Panhandle, as well as activated the state’s emergency adjuster license system to assist with...
Sep 22 2020 // Eduardo Medina Ruelas, 46, of Sanger, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple counts of felony insurance fraud after allegedly defrauding his employer and RISICO Claims Management Co. to collect $38,000 in...
Sep 21 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said.The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...
Sep 18 2020 // New York state filed civil charges on Thursday accusing Johnson & Johnson of insurance fraud for downplaying the risks of opioid painkillers, including to doctors and elderly patients.Governor Andrew Cuomo said the...
Sep 18 2020 // In an effort to help insureds avoid falling victim to scams and abuse, as well as to speed up the claims process, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is urging its policyholders to “Call Citizens First” as they...
Sep 17 2020 // A discount car rental company operating out of Newark and JFK Airports has agreed to pay $80,000 in penalties, enter binding arbitration to resolve consumer complaints and change its policies and practices following New...
Sep 15 2020 // Pennsylvania authorities filed criminal charges on July 13 in Dauphin County against Kenneth Torres, Louis Torres, Ruth Negron-Acevedo, Juan Lopez-Barco and Philadelphia-based businesses EZ Multi-Services and Saul Auto...
Sep 15 2020 // A Florida husband and wife have been charged with lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma.Christina Catalano, 38, and Joseph Catalano, 54, both of Holiday, were arrested Sept. 9, according to federal court records....
Sep 14 2020 // Felipe Saurez Barocio, 63, of Atwater, owner of Agriculture Services Inc., and his daughter, Angelita Barocio-Negrete, 33, of Merced, were arraigned today on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly...
Sep 14 2020 // The former office manager of the Iowa City Area Development Group was sentenced Friday to 27 months in prison for a 13-year theft scheme in which she misspent more than a half-million dollars, federal prosecutors...
Sep 14 2020 // University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in May, university officials said.The school was told of the breach on July 16 by Blackbaud, a third-party...
Sep 10 2020 // It’s been 3 years since Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, and the trail of damage left in its wake is still being felt across the state today, particularly by the insurance industry as it...
Sep 8 2020 // State securities officials say cybercrime including email attacks are on the rise during the pandemic, and they’re warning people to be careful online.A statement from the Alabama Securities Commission says social...
Sep 7 2020 // Three Californians have been charged with multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and forgery for allegedly filing fraudulent insurance claims on a former employee’s policy and intercepting insurance checks to...
Sep 2 2020 // A Monroe, La., insurance producer has been served with a cease and desist order alleging various unauthorized actions including false information on insurance applications, altering or forging names on checks and...
Sep 1 2020 // Olivia Troye, who most recently served as the homeland security and counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, has joined the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) as the association’s vice president of...
Aug 31 2020 // Insurance adjusters who descended on Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after the Aug. 10 derecho storm are using drones to check roofs and asking homeowners with less severe damage to take their own photos.Some of this is due to the...
Aug 28 2020 // A $3 million shipment of ventilators stolen that was stolen earlier this month was recovered in South Florida, the FBI said in a news release.The agency said the ventilators were being prepared for shipment to El Salvador...
Aug 27 2020 // A northern Virginia man has pleaded guilty to a $1.4 million fraud scheme to obtain federal funds meant for businesses struggling under the coronavirus pandemic.Tarik Jaafar, 42, of Woodbridge, admitted in U.S. District...