Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Coffee Burns’ Lead to Fraud Charges Against California McDonald’s Customer
Nov 11 2014 // Selena Edwards, 38, of Victorville, Calif., was arrested and faces 21 felony counts of insurance and workers’ compensation fraud associated with an alleged fraudulent claim against McDonald’s for second-degree...
Corporate Actions May Be Stupid But Not Criminal, Says AIG Chairman
Nov 11 2014 // American International Group Inc. Chairman Steve Miller said prosecutors must distinguish between management blunders and criminal actions when investigating corporate behavior. “A lot of executives did things that,...
FBI Reports Decreases in Violent, Property Crimes
Nov 10 2014 // The estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased 4.4 percent in 2013 when compared with 2012 data, according to the latest FBI figures. Property crimes decreased 4.1 percent, marking the eleventh straight...
New Jersey Psychologist Faces Insurance Fraud Charges
Nov 7 2014 // Authorities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, have accused a psychologist of submitting approximately 120 fraudulent insurance claims totaling more than $15,000. Prosecutors have charged 62-year-old Edward Merski of Old...
Two Charged with Stealing 130-Plus Calculators from Texas High School
Nov 6 2014 // Two men have been charged with felony theft after more than 130 calculators worth about $17,000 were stolen from a Central Texas school. Round Rock police spokeswoman Angelique Myers on said investigators are seeking three...
U.S. Attorney: Hurricane Katrina Fraud Complaints Still Coming In
Nov 6 2014 // Hurricane Katrina generated more than 30,000 fraud complaints and agencies still receive complaint calls relating to the 2005 storm, according to Walter Green, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana. Green,...
Imprisoned Pennsylvania Doctor Faces Health Care Fraud Plea
Nov 5 2014 // A western Pennsylvania doctor serving more than 11 years in federal prison for writing phony painkiller prescriptions has been scheduled to plead guilty to health care fraud charges. Forty-three-year-old Oliver Herndon was...
N.J. Man Admits Staging Auto Accidents for $179K Insurance Payments
Nov 4 2014 // A New Jersey resident pleaded guilty to orchestrating two auto accident staging scams in 2010 that resulted in insurance payouts of $179,210 for medical treatment and personal injury settlement proceeds, according to...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: Fraud Investigator Goals Are Not Quotas
Nov 3 2014 // Ohio’s injured worker insurance fund sets goals for the number of fraud cases its investigators should refer for prosecution annually — an arrangement some former employees say encourages the pursuit of innocent...
Top States for Luxury Car Theft
Nov 3 2014 // According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), there were 5,570 luxury vehicles for model years 2011-2013 reported stolen in the United States between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2013. NICB analysts review data...
Deputy in Washington Acquitted Of Insurance Fraud
Oct 31 2014 // A Spokane, Wash. sheriff’s deputy accused of filing false claims for snow damage has been acquitted of insurance fraud charges. A jury in Spokane returned the acquittal this week for Deputy Jeremey B. Jeske after a...
Florida Arrests 5 in Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme
Oct 31 2014 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrests of attorneys, chiropractors and clinic employees involved in an organized personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme. Atwater said the five arrests were...
Feds Charge Iowa Man in $2.7M Illinois Insurance Fraud Case
Oct 30 2014 // Federal authorities say an Iowa man has been charged with defrauding his former employer in Illinois of at least $2.7 million. U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis said 47-year-old Dominic Scodeller of Davenport, Iowa, was arrested on...
Disbarred N.Y. Lawyer Sentenced for Stealing Client Funds
Oct 28 2014 // A New Jersey judge has decided that a disbarred New York City lawyer will not have to serve a prison term for stealing funds from a client. Instead, 48-year-old Jeffrey Squitieri must serve five years of probation and pay...
Allen Named Insurance Fraud Prosecutor for Dallas County
Oct 27 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced Amy Allen as a fraud prosecutor who will work exclusively with criminal prosecutors in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office to combat insurance fraud. Allen...
Florida Is Hot Spot for Luxury Car Theft
Oct 23 2014 // Drivers of luxury vehicles in Florida should watch out. Their cars are the least likely in the U.S. to be returned if stolen. More than 25 percent of luxury cars taken from the beginning of 2010 through 2013 were never...
Former Claims Adjuster Must Repay Farm Bureau $20K in Kansas Fraud Case
Oct 23 2014 // A former insurance adjuster was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for insurance fraud involving wrecked vehicles, according to an announcement by the Kansas Insurance Department. The Ford...
Pageler Named Chair of National Insurer Group’s Fraud Committee
Oct 22 2014 // Ranney Pageler, vice president of fraud investigations at Employers Insurance, has been named chair of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) Fraud Committee. Pageler, who is based in Austin, Texas,...
Connecticut Police Officer Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 20 2014 // A former New London, Connecticut, police officer fired over accusations he leaked an internal police document and later rehired has resigned following his arrest on charges he fraudulently collected workers’...
Berkley FinSecure Forms Berkley Crime Unit
Oct 20 2014 // Berkley FinSecure, a W .R. Berkley company based in Towson, Md., has launched Berkley Crime, an operating unit focused solely on offering crime-related insurance products. The crime underwriting team of Berkley FinSecure,...
