Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Senate OKs Bill Authorizing Theft Fees on Commercial Trucks
Mar 30 2017 // Michigan state senators have approved legislation that could allow the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority to assess small fees on commercial vehicles, not just private passenger vehicles. Under current law, auto...
Two Georgia Women Wanted for Claiming Injuries for Fake Auto Accidents
Mar 29 2017 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has issued warrants for two women on multiple counts of insurance fraud for allegedly filing fake auto injury claims that bilked two insurance companies out of more than...
Fitbit vs. Jawbone Trade Secret Theft Trial in California Moving Forward
Mar 28 2017 // Fitbit Inc. is headed toward a trial over claims it stole rival Jawbone Inc.’s trade secrets, after failing to persuade a judge to throw the case out. A California state judge on Friday rejected Fitbit’s...
Mother And Son in California Sentenced for Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 27 2017 // A California mother and son were sentenced for auto insurance fraud. Henrietta Silva, 71, and her son, Peter Silva, 42, were sentenced in the San Diego Superior Court after submitting multiple fraudulent auto insurance...
Los Angeles Prosecutors Refile Charges in $150M Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Mar 20 2017 // Los Angeles County prosecutors have refiled criminal charges against a dozen people accused of taking part in an alleged $150 million workers’ compensation insurance fraud, the Los Angeles County District...
Convicted Ohio Burglar Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // A Cincinnati man serving time in an Indiana prison for burglary got a short break from prison March 9, but only to plead guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in an Ohio courtroom, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...
Cashier Admits Stealing $13M at Pennsylvania Monuments Firm
Mar 20 2017 // The former cashier at a Pennsylvania monuments and engraving firm has acknowledged stealing nearly $13 million over 16 years and is hoping a judge will approve a seven-and-a-half-year federal prison sentence for her...
Connecticut Dental Practice Manager Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Mar 20 2017 // The office manager of a Stamford, Conn., dental practice has pleaded guilty to using a retired dentist’s records to charge insurance companies almost $600,000 for work that was never performed. Elena Ilizarov pleaded...
New York Insurance Broker Sentenced in $1M Fraud Scheme
Mar 20 2017 // An Albany insurance broker has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a $1 million securities fraud scheme. Lawrence D. Rosenbaum previously pleaded guilty to charges including grand larceny and securities fraud. He...
CEOs of California Sewing Firms Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 17 2017 // Sisters who are CEOs of sewing companies that are subcontracted by True Religion jeans have been sentenced for conspiring with their accountant to hide tens of millions in payroll to avoid paying for workers’...
Owner of Hotel Cleaning Firm in California Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 15 2017 // Hyok Kwon, owner of Good Neighbor Services, a janitorial company that provided services to some of San Diego’s most exclusive hotels and resorts, has pleaded yesterday to seven felonies, including premium and...
Florida Insurance Agency Employee Accused of Stealing $1M From Employer
Mar 15 2017 // A Florida insurance agency employee was arrested following an alleged scheme that officials claim bilked her Ft. Lauderdale-based employer out of more than $1 million, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer...
Six Arrested in $900K Insurance Fraud Scheme Involving 30 Virginia Fires
Mar 13 2017 // Virginia prosecutors say six people have been arrested for their alleged roles in an insurance fraud scheme that involved setting 30 fires. Federal prosecutors say the defendants over the course of 16 years set fire to...
New Hampshire House Adds Medical Pot Qualifiers, Backs Decriminalization
Mar 10 2017 // The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in support of decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana and expanding access to medical marijuana for people suffering from chronic pain or post-traumatic stress...
Fraud Investigations in Washington Lead to 2 Guilty, 2 Charged
Mar 9 2017 // Two people were found guilty of felonies and two others were charged in connection with insurance fraud investigations in Washington by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s criminal investigations unit. Alhagie...
North Carolina Man Accused of Insurance Fraud
Mar 8 2017 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has announced the arrest of Stacy Dewhite Brown, 50, of Raleigh, N.C. He is charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false...
Texas Ex-Postal Employee Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 7 2017 // McArthur Baker, 69, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation...
California DIR Suspends 7 Workers’ Comp Medical Providers for Fraud
Mar 6 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended seven medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system. The providers...
Australia to Offer ‘World’s First’ University Course to Fight Cyber Crime
Mar 3 2017 // Australia said on Friday it will offer the world’s first university course to train intelligence analysts to fight cyber crime, prompted by innovative methods of money transfer among organized crime and militant...
2017 Florida Insurance Legislation to Watch
Mar 3 2017 // The Florida insurance market has been a hotbed of controversy over the last year, and many are looking at the Florida State Legislature to alleviate some of the concerns coming from consumers, businesses and the industry...
