Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Saw $600M in Workers’ Comp Liens Filed by Convicted Providers
Aug 22 2016 // The California Department of Industrial Relations announced that $600 million in liens were filed against injured employees’ claims for workers’ compensation benefits by convicted or criminally indicted parties...
Texas Lawyer Accused of Fraud in BP Oil Spill Case Acquitted in Mississippi
Aug 19 2016 // A prominent Texas lawyer was acquitted on Thursday of charges he made up thousands of fake clients to sue BP Plc for damages that the oil company caused in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, court records show. Mikal Watts was...
Crop Insurance Fraud Leads to 2 Years in Prison for Missouri Farmer
Aug 19 2016 // A southeast Missouri farmer has been ordered to spend two years in prison for crop insurance fraud of more than $200,000. The Southeast Missourian reports that 48-year-old Bobby David Lowrey, of Parma, was sentenced for...
Massachusetts Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Four Years for Insurance Fraud
Aug 19 2016 // A Leominster, Mass., man who set fire to his own restaurant to collect the insurance money has been sentenced to four years in prison. Jeffrey Cordio, who owned the West End Diner, was also sentenced in federal court to...
Pennsylvania Councilman to Resign Amid Insurance Fraud Charges Following 2014 Crash
Aug 19 2016 // A city councilman is resigning following charges he filed a false accident report and repeatedly changed his explanation for what happened. Lebanon, Penn., councilman Tony Matula, 59, faces charges including insurance...
South Carolina ‘Irish Traveler’ Community Indicted on Insurance Fraud Charges
Aug 19 2016 // A federal grand jury has indicted 22 people from a so-called Irish traveler community in western South Carolina for racketeering, alleging various violations ranging from food-stamp and tax fraud to money laundering and...
Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced to Federal Prison
Aug 18 2016 // A former Oklahoma insurance agent has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for fraud, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Gary Edward Hibbing, 53, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of wire...
32 People, 3 Corporations Charged in Pennsylvania Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 12 2016 // Prosecutors in Philadelphia, Penn., say they’ve charged 32 people and three corporations for their participation in what’s being described as a theft and insurance fraud ring that stole and resold 45...
Former Idaho Agent Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Aug 12 2016 // The insurance license of Zane Amy was revoked following an investigation by the Idaho Department of Insurance that showed he altered documents to get his clients premium discounts. Ae was sentenced for insurance fraud, a...
Georgia Agent Arrested for Premium Theft
Aug 12 2016 // An investigation by the Georgia Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division has resulted in the arrest of an agent in Gwinnett County insurance for fraud, according to a statement from Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Julia...
Louisiana Woman Gets 5 Years in Prison for $1M-Plus Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Aug 11 2016 // A Baker woman accused of defrauding Louisiana to the tune of $1 million-plus in a Medicaid fraud scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison. Even though 38-year-old Chanda Hall pleaded guilty in April to a...
Kansas Couple Sues Over Internet Glitch that Led to Fraud Accusations
Aug 10 2016 // A couple who rented a Kansas farmhouse is suing a company over an internet glitch that brought them numerous legal problems. The glitch put the coordinates for the center of the U.S. in the front yard of James and Theresa...
New York Woman Faces 5 Years in Prison for Stealing $492K from Employer
Aug 10 2016 // A 61-year-old New York woman has been sentenced to prison time for stealing nearly half a million dollars from her longtime employer. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Bernadette Szymanski of...
First Half of 2016 Sees Continued Decline in Jewelry Store Crime
Aug 9 2016 // The total costs associated with burglary and robbery losses at jewelry stores across the country decreased from $33.2 million to $30.8 million, according to the Jewelers’ Security Alliance. It’s release of...
North Carolina Tackles Insurance Rate Evasion Fraud, Updates Captive Laws
Aug 9 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws. New legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...
2 Kentucky Farmers Plead Guilty to $1.1M in Crop Insurance Fraud
Aug 8 2016 // Two south-central Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to crop insurance fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office says 53-year-old David Manion and 48-year-old Henry Manion of Allen County admitted making false statements...
Houston Attorney Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud, Criminal Activity
Aug 8 2016 // Texas officials say a Houston attorney has pleaded guilty at the conclusion of a multi-year investigation into a criminal organization that set up fake auto accidents and medical bills. Investigators with the Texas...
N.C. Tackles Insurance Rate Evasion Fraud, Captive Insurance
Aug 8 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws. The legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...
Miami Attorney Charged with Insurance Fraud in $1.5M PIP Scheme
Aug 8 2016 // An attorney in Miami has been arrested for alleged involvement in a personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme that accounted for nearly $1.5 million in financial loss, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff...
NYC Officer Charged with Insurance Fraud
Aug 5 2016 // The FBI says a New York City police officer had his Range Rover doused with gasoline and lit it on fire to collect $34,000 in insurance money. Special agent Jason Wake wrote in an August complaint that Carlos Becker...
