Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Yacht Valued at $135K Stolen From Alabama Marina
Jul 11 2016 // Authorities are investigating after they say someone stole a $135,000 yacht in Orange Beach, Ala. Police say the 42-foot Sea Ray called “Tide Runner” was taken from the Wharf Marina. WKRG-TV says the incident...
Information-Heavy Healthcare a Huge Target for Cyber Crime
Jul 11 2016 // Healthcare organizations contain a wealth of personal information, making them them the number one target for cyber breaches, according to a Houston-based attorney who specializes in healthcare privacy. Lynn Sessions, a...
Unlicensed Agent Nabbed for Stealing More Than $140K in Premiums
Jul 11 2016 // Robert Meseer, 63, of Westminster, was arrested last month by California Department of Insurance investigators on 32 felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud, and forgery after acting as an insurance agent to...
Trucking Firm Won’t Face Criminal Charges in Crash that Killed 5 Georgia Students
Jul 8 2016 // A Georgia prosecutor says he’s dropped the criminal case against a trucking company charged in a deadly interstate crash last year that killed five nursing students. Tom Durden is district attorney for southeast...
Indiana Man Gets 9 1/2 Years for Car Crash Fraud Scheme
Jul 6 2016 // An Evansville, Ind., man has been sentenced to more than 91/2 years in prison for paying people to stage car crashes to defraud insurance companies. U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young sentenced 57-year-old Michael W....
Las Vegas K-9 Officer Indicted for Insurance Fraud
Jul 5 2016 // A veteran Las Vegas police K-9 officer has been indicted on felony charges alleging he burned his recreational vehicle trailer in January for the insurance money. State Attorney General Adam Laxalt said last week the...
Florida Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Stealing 652 Identities
Jul 5 2016 // A woman in Broward County, Fla., will spend four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing more than 600 stolen identities that were used to steal tax returns and in fraud. Laveisha Dorray Charles-Coldros...
GEICO Files RICO Lawsuit in Florida Over Alleged Fraudulent Claims
Jul 1 2016 // GEICO has sued five Florida companies and six known individuals engaged in what it said was a complex scheme to submit hundreds of suspected fraudulent glass repair bills for payment. In the case, Government Employees...
Police Searching for 2 Kentucky Men Accused of Stealing, Pawning Guitars
Jun 29 2016 // Police are looking for two Lexington, Ky., men charged with stealing guitars from music stores. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports arrest warrants have been issued for 37-year-old Jeremiah Hager and 35-year-old Jerason L....
Ironshore’s Pembroke Agency Adds Cyber Coverage to Financial Institution Crime Policies
Jun 28 2016 // Ironshore’s Pembroke Managing Agency Limited has updated its Financial Institutions Crime program to include cyber fraud and cyber extortion. Pembroke’s crime coverage for Financial Institutions indemnifies a...
Data Theft by Employees Affects 69% of Businesses: Accenture Survey
Jun 27 2016 // As businesses spend billions of dollars a year trying to protect their data from hacking that’s costing trillions, they face another threat closer to home: data theft by their own employees. That’s one of the...
Unlicensed Agent Nabbed for Stealing More Than $140K in Premiums
Jun 24 2016 // Robert Meseer, 63, of Westminster, was arrested by California Department of Insurance investigators on 32 felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud, and forgery after acting as an insurance agent to allegedly steal...
3K Cases of Beer Stolen from Atlanta Brewery
Jun 23 2016 // A mystery is brewing in Atlanta, where someone stole an ocean of beer. A brewery in the city says nearly 3,300 cases of beer went missing when two of its refrigerated trailers were stolen. SweetWater Brewing Co. said the...
Florida Workers’ Comp Fraud Sting Ends with 8 Arrests
Jun 23 2016 // A multi-agency undercover workers’ compensation sting in Polk County, Fla., led by the Florida Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF), led to the arrests of eight individuals,...
Investigation Solutions Announces New Executive Hire
Jun 22 2016 // Irvine, CA, June 22, 2016- Investigation Solutions, Inc. (ISI) has announced the addition of Brian Wiggins to their Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Division. ISI is a national field adjusting and investigation company...
North Carolina Mother, Daughter Accused of Car Insurance Fraud
Jun 22 2016 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) has accused a mother and daughter of insurance fraud, according to a statement from the department. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests June 15 of...
Tech to Detect Fraud
Jun 20 2016 // Fraudsters are more often caught by tip-offs and complaints, management review, accidentally, suspicious superiors and internal audits than by use of technology and data analytics. According to consulting firm KPMG, North...
Oklahoma Man Gets 18-Year Sentence for Insurance Fraud
Jun 20 2016 // An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for insurance fraud, the state attorney general’s office reported. LaTroy Staglin was sentenced after being convicted on nine felony counts of submitting a...
North Carolina Man Jailed for Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 20 2016 // A North Carolina man has been arrested on numerous insurance fraud-related charges, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI). Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of...
California Agent Pleads Guilty to Selling Bogus Bonds and Premium Theft
Jun 20 2016 // John Antonio Ruiz, 49, of Riverside, Calif., pleaded guilty earlier this month to 11 felony counts of grand theft after selling $334,972 in bogus surety bonds and stealing the client’s premium. His theft left a major...
