Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Gulf States Fighting Metal Thefts from Ag Operations
May 4 2016 // A new group trying to reduce metal theft from agriculture operations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said his office is creating a Mississippi Delta Agricultural...
New York Prison Guard Accused of Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 3 2016 // New York’s inspector general says a state prison guard has been charged with fraud and grand larceny, accused of stealing more than $38,000 in sick leave and workers’ compensation benefits by falsifying medical...
West Virginia Doctor Gets 8 Years in Drug, Health Care Fraud Case
Apr 29 2016 // A pain clinic doctor in Beckley, West Virginia, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for illegally prescribing a controlled substance and submitting false health care claims. Dr. Jose Gordinho was sentenced...
New York Among States With Highest Rate of Motorcycle Theft
Apr 27 2016 // The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) advises that motorcycle thefts in New York increased by 23 percent from 2014 to 2015. According to a report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), motorcycle thefts...
Athlete Attorney: NCAA Also to Blame for UNC Academic Fraud Scandal
Apr 22 2016 // An attorney representing two ex-North Carolina athletes says the school and NCAA are both responsible for UNC’s long-running academic fraud scandal that he says denied athletes a quality education. Michael Hausfeld...
Stolen 1981 Ferrari Recovered After 29 Years: NICB
Apr 21 2016 // A 1981 Ferrari GTSI that has been missing for 21 years has been recovered, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The car, reported stolen in 1987 from Newport Beach, Calif. while on consignment at a...
Ex-Insurance Agent in East Texas Sentenced to 3 Years for Fraud
Apr 21 2016 // A former insurance agent in East Texas must serve three years in prison for running a $5 million medical investment scam. Robert B. Hahn was sentenced in federal court in Tyler. The 64-year-old Tyler man in November...
VW Reported Close to $10 Billion Deal with U.S. for Diesel Fraud
Apr 21 2016 // Volkswagen AG has agreed to set aside at least $10 billion to resolve civil claims by the U.S. government and lawsuits by American car owners over diesel vehicles rigged to cheat pollution controls, a person with direct...
Supreme Court Hears Claim Against Hospital for Allegedly Defrauding U.S.
Apr 19 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with the question of when federal contractors can be sued for defrauding the government in a case involving a 19-year-old Massachusetts woman who suffered a fatal 2009 seizure at...
Former N.J. Chiropractor Accused of Role in $4M Insurance Fraud Ring
Apr 19 2016 // New Jersey authorities say a chiropractor whose license was revoked more than a decade ago played a role in a medical fraud ring that allegedly stole nearly $4 million from insurance companies. Philip Potacco faces...
Nevada Donor Network Sued by Family with Claims of Fraud
Apr 18 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...
Ethan Allen Insurance Fraud Case Cited in ‘Panama Papers’
Apr 18 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...
Former Connecticut Agency Owner Gets More Than 6 Years for Fraud Scheme
Apr 15 2016 // A Connecticut insurance agent authorities say defrauded a specialty lender, insurance carriers, the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut out of more than $2 million to fund a lavish lifestyle has been sentenced to...
5 Accused in California of More than $635K in Tax, Insurance Fraud
Apr 15 2016 // Five defendants have been arraigned in California for committing over $635,000 in tax and insurance fraud and failing to pay employees prevailing wage on public works contracts, the California Department of Industrial...
Maryland Doctor Gets 9 Years in $3M Health Care Fraud Scheme
Apr 15 2016 // A Potomac, Maryland, physician who owned and operated a pain management clinic has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for a $3 million health care fraud scheme. Sixty-year-old Paramjit Singh Ajrawat was also ordered to...
Top 10 Most Stolen Motorcycles
Apr 15 2016 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports that motorcycle theft rose six percent in 2015. A total of 45,555 motorcycles were reported stolen in 2015 compared with 42,856 reported stolen in 2014. Motorcycle thefts...
Arkansas Man Gets 30-Month Sentence for Insurance Fraud
Apr 14 2016 // A Little Rock, Ark., man received a 30-month sentence for auto insurance fraud following a negotiated guilty plea, the Arkansas Insurance Department reported. Tyus West, 28, entered a plea of guilty to one count of...
Organized Crime Ring in California Busted for Auto Collision Fraud
Apr 14 2016 // Juan Ortiz Velazquez, 27, of San Jose, Calif. and owner of Carlos Auto Body, was arrested with seven other suspects and charged with multiple counts of felony insurance fraud on Wednesday for allegedly filing 20 fraudulent...
New Jersey Woman Gets 3 Years for False Stolen-Car Claim
Apr 14 2016 // A Newark, New Jersey, woman who falsely reported her car had been stolen so she could get an insurance settlement is now headed to state prison. State authorities say 58-year-old Janette Bautista received a three-year...
Personal Info of 1,000 Clients Stolen from Florida County Health Department
Apr 14 2016 // More than 1,000 clients from Florida’s Palm Beach County Health Department are believed to have been victims of a data breach. The department said in a news release Monday that the IRS and FBI contacted the agency in...
