Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FBI Case Log: The Stolen Stradivarius
Jan 28 2015 // When a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin valued at more than $5 million was stolen from Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond last year, investigators initially believed the theft may have been the work of...
Deputy US Marshal Admits Guilt in Texas Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jan 26 2015 // A San Antonio-based deputy U.S. marshal has pleaded guilty to wire fraud relating to an insurance fraud scheme. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Reynaldo Gonzalez entered his plea in San...
Reported Crimes Fell in First Half of 2014: FBI
Jan 26 2015 // The number of property crimes and violent crimes reported for the first six months of 2014 was down from the first six months of 2013, according to statistics from the FBI. The report, based on information from 11,009 law...
Penn. Family Faces Charges in Alleged $20M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jan 26 2015 // A Pennsylvania family’s luxurious suburban lifestyle has been financed by more than $20 million in fraudulent insurance claims amid a series of mansion fires and repeated reports of jewelry theft, authorities said on...
New Charge Filed for Ex-President of Company Behind West Virginia Chemical Spill
Jan 26 2015 // A former Freedom Industries executive charged in a West Virginia chemical spill is facing a new federal fraud charge stemming from the company’s bankruptcy. A federal grand jury in Beckley handed up a superseding...
Florida PIP Report Shows Reduction in Rates and Fraud
Jan 26 2015 // Florida’s attempt to lower the cost of personal injury protection (PIP) automobile coverage is progressing as insurers’ rates have declined due in part to lower losses and fewer fraudulent claims. The Florida...
Ex-Kansas Insurance Agent Gets Prison Sentence for Client, Company Theft
Jan 26 2015 // Prosecutors say a former insurance agent in Kansas has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for stealing from his clients. The U.S. attorney’s office said that 43-year-old Jason Matthew Pennington of Wichita pleaded...
Insurance Adjuster Gets Prison Term for Fraud Scheme
Jan 26 2015 // The owner of an insurance adjusting company is headed to federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and several insurers out of at least $900,000. Federal prosecutors say...
Sandy Flood Insurance Issues Said to Be Focus of Criminal Probe
Jan 25 2015 // New York’s attorney general has opened a criminal probe into accusations by Hurricane Sandy victims that insurance companies rejected claims for flood damage to their properties based on falsified engineering...
5 Accused in Houston-Area Truck Crash ATM Theft
Jan 23 2015 // Five individuals are facing aggravated robbery charges after police in suburban Houston arrested them for allegedly robbing an ATM from a gas station. Police in Humble say several men used a stolen truck to ram into the...
Oklahoma AG Files Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Against 2
Jan 23 2015 // Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has filed workers’ compensation fraud charges in two separate cases. Pruitt’s office announced the charges against 30-year-old Nicholas Hurt and 48-year-old James Cramer....
Law Firms Accused of Fraud in Asbestos Litigation
Jan 21 2015 // U.S. personal injury lawyers allegedly concealed evidence and induced clients to commit perjury to drive up asbestos-related settlements and garner bigger fees, according to lawsuits unsealed on Tuesday in the bankruptcy...
Former Southern California Agent Sentenced in $100K Fraud Case
Jan 20 2015 // Isidro Santillan, 54, has been sentenced to three years in state prison and agreed to pay more than $133,000 in restitution to multiple victims. For more than two years Santillan reportedly embezzled more than $100,000...
Ohio Fighting Scrap Metal Theft with Data Sharing Project
Jan 20 2015 // Scrap metal dealers are getting help combatting theft from a new data-sharing arrangement through the Ohio Courts Network. Under a December agreement between the Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Department of Public Safety,...
Ex-Kansas Insurance Agent Gets Prison Sentence for Client, Company Theft
Jan 14 2015 // Prosecutors say a former insurance agent in Kansas has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for stealing from his clients. The U.S. attorney’s office said that 43-year-old Jason Matthew Pennington of Wichita pleaded...
N.Y. Gov. Announces Nearly $4M Awarded to Combat Auto Theft, Insurance Fraud
Jan 12 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced more than $3.7 million in grant funding to fight against motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud. The grant awards will go to district attorneys’ offices and police departments...
Historical Analysis of Auto Thefts in New York, Massachusetts
Jan 12 2015 // Auto thefts in New York and Massachusetts have fallen by 90 percent or more from their peak years, according to a historical analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). From its peak auto theft year in 1990...
Former California Highway Patrolman Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 12 2015 // A former California Highway Patrol officer has been convicted in a case involving workers’ compensation insurance fraud. A Sacramento County jury in December convicted Tony Yao on felony charges of failure to...
5 Arrested in N.Y. for Alleged Accident Staging, Insurance Fraud
Jan 9 2015 // New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the arrests of five individuals for their alleged roles staging auto accidents in New York’s Nassau and Suffolk counties to fraudulently receive insurance...
Florida PIP Report Shows Reduction in Rates and Fraud
Jan 9 2015 // Florida’s attempt to lower the cost of personal injury protection (PIP) automobile coverage is making progress as insurers’ rates have declined due in part to lower losses and fewer fraudulent claims. The...
