Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Doctor Faces Trial for Alleged $400K Disability Insurance Fraud
Apr 23 2024 // A Michigan doctor was bound over last week in the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills on charges stemming from an allegedly fraudulent disability insurance claim and subsequent years of receiving fraudulent payments,...
New York AG, Trump Attorneys Agree to Changes in $175M Bond in Civil Fraud Case
Apr 23 2024 // Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the New York attorney general on Monday agreed to changes in the terms of the $175 million surety bond Trump secured with Knight Specialty Insurance Co. (KSIC). Attorney...
Alabama City Councilman Hit With New Auto Insurance Fraud Indictment
Apr 22 2024 // Authorities have added four more insurance fraud charges to those already lodged against an city official in coastal Alabama. Prichard City Councilman Derrick Griffin last week was indicted by a grand jury for the second...
Auto Insurer’s $10M Fraud Claims Against Doctors Are Subject to Arbitration, Court Rules
Apr 19 2024 // A federal appeals court has sided with three chiropractors in ruling that claims under New Jersey’s personal injury protection statute concerning insurance fraud are subject to arbitration. GEICO has lost its bid to...
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background: Part 2 – Hawaii through Maryland
Apr 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Having a criminal charge or conviction in one’s background can make things more difficult for a licensed insurance producer. However, it doesn’t always have...
Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud
Apr 17 2024 // An Iowa woman was charged with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Amanda Riggle, age 45, of Red Oak was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Fraudulent...
Dutch Chipmaker Nexperia Hacked by Cyber Criminals
Apr 16 2024 // Dutch-headquartered chipmaker Nexperia was victim of a hacking attack by cyber criminals last month, the Chinese-owned company said on Friday, and was investigating the incident with the help of outside...
Supreme Court Rules Corporate Silence on Impactful Trends Not Securities Fraud
Apr 16 2024 // Shareholders cannot sue companies for fraud if they flout a rule requiring disclosure of trends expected to affect their bottom line unless the omission makes another statement misleading, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on...
FBI Opens Criminal Probe Into Deadly Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Apr 16 2024 // The FBI said on Monday it opened a criminal probe into the collapse of a Baltimore bridge in March when a ship crashed into a bridge support, while local officials confirmed the recovery of a fourth body from the...
Assistant Principal Faces Criminal Charge in Case of 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher
Apr 12 2024 // A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school has been charged with felony child neglect more than a year after a 6-year-old boy brought a gun to class and shot his first-grade teacher. A special grand jury...
Vintage Ferrari Owners’ Favorite Mechanic Charged With Theft, Fraud
Apr 11 2024 // Few mechanics post photos of themselves on Venetian canals, brag about buying $30,000 artworks or frequent the George V Hotel in Paris and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. But this was the life Donnie Callaway portrayed via...
National Crime Report Shows Vehicle Thefts Surged to More than 1 Million in 2023
Apr 10 2024 // It was another record-breaking year for vehicle thefts in 2023, with more than one million vehicles reported stolen – an overall increase of 1% nationwide from 2022 to 1,020,729 last year. A report from the National...
Hackers Claim to Have UnitedHealth’s Stolen Data – But Is It a Bluff?
Apr 10 2024 // A freshly formed hacking gang claims to have won access to a massive stash of data stolen from UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, but with little evidence to go on it is not clear whether they are telling...
Grand Jury Indicts ‘Hole in Won’ Owner on Prize Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 10 2024 // A federal grand jury in Connecticut returned a six-count indictment charging a Norwalk, Connecticut business owner with fraud offenses related to his operation of a prize insurance business. According to the officials,...
Former Maryland Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $369K
Apr 8 2024 // A former Maryland title insurance agent recently pleaded guilty to carrying out a multi-year theft scheme netting her more than $369,000, according to the state attorney general. Cheryl Leigh Gray was a licensed insurance...
Iowa Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Apr 4 2024 // An Iowa man was sentenced in March after pleading guilty to one count of Theft 3rd Degree (Aggravated Misdemeanor) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Khalil Justin Crawley, age...
Murdaugh Sentenced to 40 Years for Stealing Insurance, Other Funds from Clients, Firm
Apr 3 2024 // CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal...
Six Defendants to Stand Trial in Michigan Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 1 2024 // Six defendants will stand trial on charges alleging the group operated an auto insurance fraud scheme targeting Michigan residents involved in automobile collisions, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Anita Fox,...
FBI: Murdaugh Lied About Where Stolen Money Went and Who Helped Him Steal
Mar 28 2024 // Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh didn’t tell the truth when FBI agents repeatedly asked him where more than $6 million he stole ended up and whether another attorney not yet identified helped him steal from clients and...
Louisiana Insurance Producer Arrested for Fraud, Theft
Mar 28 2024 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana insurance producer was arrested for insurance fraud and theft, the Louisiana State Police announced this week. The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit Baton Rouge Field Office...
