Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cyber Criminals Reap Billions of Dollars via Email Scams Across the Globe
Apr 11 2016 // Businesses have lost billions of dollars to fast-growing scams where fraudsters impersonate company executives in emails that order staff to transfer to accounts controlled by criminals, according to the U.S. Federal...
Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud, Owes $94K
Apr 10 2016 // A Youngstown, Ohio, woman has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) nearly $94,000 in workplace injury benefits she collected illegally. The Ohio BWD reported that Zelma Forro pleaded...
California Adjuster, Family and Friends Embezzled $250k from Insurer, CDI Says
Apr 8 2016 // Elizabeth Louise Brown, 48, of Canyon Country, a former claims adjuster with Explorer Insurance, was arrested this week and charged with multiple felonies, including insurance fraud and conspiracy for allegedly embezzling...
New York’s Ethan Allen Insurance Fraud Case Cited in ‘Panama Papers’
Apr 7 2016 // An insurance scam that involved selling bogus liability policies — including one to the operator of the New York tour boat Ethan Allen before it sank in 2005 — has gotten a mention in the data leak dubbed...
Florida Business Owner Arrested for $1.8M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Apr 7 2016 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of Maira Chirinos, owner of Pompano Beach construction company Tocoa Builders, Inc. Chirinos is alleged to have misrepresented information regarding Tocoa...
North Carolina Arrests 2, Seeks 3 Others Behind Staged Car Accident
Apr 5 2016 // Two individuals in North Carolina have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are also currently...
Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to $500K Scam
Apr 5 2016 // A former insurance agent in Oklahoma has pleaded guilty to scamming $505,126.43 from his clients, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. A joint investigation including the OID’s Anti-Fraud Unit led to the...
Nevada Donor Network Sued by Family with Claims of Fraud
Apr 5 2016 // Three sisters have filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Donor Network claiming the nonprofit was misleading when a representative convinced them to allow tissue to be harvested from their mother. Kristine Fagone and her...
6 North Carolina Residents Accused of Staging Car Accident
Apr 1 2016 // Four North Carolina individuals have been arrested in connection with an alleged staged auto accident, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Investigators are still seeking two other suspects in...
Arkansas Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud
Mar 30 2016 // An Arkansas man has been sentenced for 15 years in prison for two counts of insurance fraud, the state insurance department announced. Cody Martin, 29, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court in January to two...
Former Iowa Firefighter Again Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Mar 29 2016 // A former Iowa firefighter pleaded guilty to insurance fraud related to a string of cases spanning Buchanan, Clayton and Delaware counties, the Iowa Department of Insurance reported. Terry Russell Groth, a former Strawberry...
Chicago Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Can Be Tried in Iowa: Court
Mar 28 2016 // Three people from Wisconsin or Illinois who are charged with operating a car insurance fraud ring can be prosecuted in Iowa, even though they never set foot in the state, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. Police say the trio...
How to Use Social Media, Surveillance to Catch Workers Compensation Lies
Mar 28 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv As workers’ compensation fraud costs top out at an estimated $7.2 billion a year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, insurers are looking at ways to combat the...
Collector Comics Worth Over $200k Stolen From Georgia Store
Mar 28 2016 // Rare “Justice League” and “X-Men” comic books valued at more than $200,000 have been stolen from a central Georgia store. Will Peavy, owner of Comics Plus in Macon tells WMAZ-TV that someone broke...
$250K in Boat Motors Stolen from South Carolina Marine Dealership
Mar 24 2016 // Investigators say thieves have stolen $250,000 worth of boat motors from a marine dealership on Lake Murray. Lexington County deputies said in a news release that a white van broke into the lot at Captain’s Choice...
Court Finds Law Firms Not Liable in Financier Stanford’s Ponzi Scheme
Mar 22 2016 // Two big New York law firms that represented the now-imprisoned financier Allen Stanford persuaded a federal appeals court on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit claiming that they helped conceal his $7.2 billion Ponzi...
Mississippi Sisters Arrested For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 22 2016 // Deputies in Harrison County, Mississippi, have arrested two relatives in an ongoing case of worker’s compensation fraud that occurred at a Gulfport business. The Sun Herald reports Sheriff Troy Peterson said...
Guilty Plea in Theft of $1.5M Insurance Settlement in Louisiana
Mar 21 2016 // A Lafayette, La., man is facing a possible 20-year prison sentence for stealing about $1.5 million from an insurance settlement received by his sister. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said that 37-year-old Kevin Ralph...
North Carolina Man Charged with Insurance Fraud Over Stolen Trailer Claim
Mar 16 2016 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of Dale McKinley Montford, 55, of Jacksonville; he is charged with two counts of insurance fraud and one count each of obtaining property by false...
Tennessee Announces Disciplinary Actions Against 2 Insurance Agents
Mar 14 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions against two Tennessee licensees for several violations including the knowing misappropriation and conversion of moneys and...
