All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 6 2020 // Insurance carriers are continuing to step forward with offers of help for customers and communities affected by the coronavirus crisis.Allstate announced that its Allstate, Esurance and Encompass personal auto insurance...
Mar 30 2020 // Pacific Gas & Electric is warning its elaborate plan for getting out of bankruptcy might collapse if the utility can’t pay for its crimes in a deadly Northern California wildfire by taking money away from a fund...
Mar 30 2020 // A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated as a crime, officials said.Fires were reported at three other stations nearby at...
Mar 25 2020 // UK banks are stepping up fraud prevention measures to protect customers from scammers eager to exploit the coronavirus pandemic with a whole range of new tricks, including fake sales of medical supplies and bogus...
Mar 25 2020 // An insurance adjuster was charged with stealing more than $215,000 in insurance money from a Georgia business damaged by Hurricane Michael, authorities said.Steven Eric Chastain is accused of stealing insurance checks from...
Mar 24 2020 // A West Virginia couple were sentenced to more than three years each after pleading guilty in a scheme to fraudulently collect renter’s insurance benefits. Jimmie Thompson, 27, and Thanikwa Thompson, 25, of...
Mar 19 2020 // A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma.Bernita Willette Carswell, 36, pleaded guilty in Jacksonville federal court last week to one count of disaster assistance fraud, according...
Mar 19 2020 // California Department of Insurance detectives took Yeghishe Msryan, 67, into custody after he was arrested in Poland and extradited back to Los Angeles by the U.S. Marshals Service for his alleged involvement in an...
Mar 18 2020 // A New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) employee has been arrested after allegedly submitted 13 forged doctors’ notes over the course of six months to obtain 75 days of paid sick leave,...
Mar 16 2020 // Toys “R” Us Inc. creditors filed a lawsuit accusing the defunct retailer’s executives and private-equity owners of fraud and breach of fiduciary trust.Former Chief Executive Officer David Brandon and...
Mar 13 2020 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, doctor has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after being convicted of participating in a workers’ compensation fraud scheme in which he submitted more than $500,000 in false...
Mar 12 2020 // A construction company owner in Florida has been arrested for allegedly evaded paying nearly $74,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums, according to a statement from the Florida Department of Financial...
Mar 10 2020 // British insurance broker Aon Plc has accused the founder of Brazilian health and benefits insurance broker Admix of defrauding it when it acquired the company four years ago in a 1.35 billion reais ($300 million) deal,...
Mar 9 2020 // A father and son from California have been charged with felony counts of auto insurance fraud after allegedly falsifying an insurance claim in order to receive an undeserved payout from an insurance company.The charges...
Mar 9 2020 // California Department of Insurance detectives arrested seven suspects on 31 felony charges of auto insurance fraud for their alleged involvement in a family-run organized auto fraud ring dubbed Operation Car Seats.Suspects...
Mar 3 2020 // California Department of Insurance detectives arrested seven suspects on 31 felony charges of auto insurance fraud for their alleged involvement in a family-run organized auto fraud ring dubbed Operation Car Seats.Suspects...
Mar 2 2020 // A bar owner in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has been found guilty of intentionally setting fire to his business, as well as several felony offenses related to the arson.According to U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger with the U.S....
Mar 1 2020 // The owner of an auto body shop in San Antonio, Texas has been sentenced to two years in jail for cashing insurance claim checks without fixing the car he was being paid to repair. The Texas Department of Insurance said...
Feb 28 2020 // A father and son from California have been charged with felony counts of auto insurance fraud after allegedly falsifying an insurance claim in order to receive an undeserved payout from an insurance company.The charges...
Feb 27 2020 // An operation by a crime task force in Northern California targeting auto body repair facilities resulted in eight felony counts of insurance fraud against four individualsThe California Department of Insurance, Contra...