Latest Fraud Headlines
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California Man Arraigned on 14 Counts of Insurance Fraud in ‘Paper Collision’ Scheme
Dec 20 2021 // Farrukh Hussain, 37, of Eastvale, California, was arraigned on 14 felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly stealing consumers’ identities to file 14 fraudulent insurance claims with six different insurance...
Former Maryland Public Adjuster Sentenced for Theft, Insurance Fraud
Dec 16 2021 // A former Maryland public adjuster has been sentenced for theft and insurance fraud. Tashoia Starr Grant, of Street, Maryland, was sentenced on two counts of theft scheme with a value between $10,000 but less than $100,000,...
Restaurant Owner, Niece Face Prison for Arson, Insurance Fraud
Dec 16 2021 // A New York restaurant owner and his nephew’s wife are facing up to 25 years to life in prison after being charged with first degree arson. Zef Gjurashaj, of Newburgh, and his nephew’s wife, Marina Gjurashaj, of...
Unlicensed California Agent Charged with 80 Felony Counts in Alleged Premium Thefts
Dec 16 2021 // Juan Carlos Martinez, 56, of Yorba Linda, California, has been charged with 12 counts of grand theft, 34 felony counts of forgery, 34 counts of insurance fraud, and one count of money laundering, after allegedly collecting...
US Lawmakers Propose Bill Making Staged Collisions Federal Crime
Dec 10 2021 // U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Henry Cuellar have introduced a bill that would make it a federal crime to stage a vehicle collision and fraudulently claim financial damages. Graves (R-LA) and Cuellar (D-TX) say the...
California Farm Labor Contractor Arraigned in Alleged $1.8M Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Dec 10 2021 // Alfredo Casas, 62, of Stockton, California, has been arraigned on 15 felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft and tax evasion. Casas allegedly underreported payroll for his farm labor contracting business by over $1...
Washington Insurance Agent Sentenced to 2 Years in Wire Fraud Case
Dec 9 2021 // A Snohomish, Washington, insurance agent was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in the theft of premium payments from clients. Vicki Boser, owner of InsuranceTek, Inc., pleaded guilty in...
Google Sues Russians for Alleged ‘Borderless’ Organized Cyber Crime Operation
Dec 9 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is suing two Russian nationals it claims are part of a criminal enterprise that has silently infiltrated more than a million computers and devices around the world, creating “a modern...
Judge Rules Goldman Sachs Must Again Face 2008 Securities Fraud Class Action
Dec 9 2021 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc .must again face a class action by shareholders who said they lost $13 billion because the Wall Street bank hid conflicts of interest when creating risky subprime securities before the 2008...
California Man Arraigned on 14 Counts of Insurance Fraud in ‘Paper Collision’ Scheme
Dec 6 2021 // Farrukh Hussain, 37, of Eastvale, California, was arraigned on 14 felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly stealing consumers’ identities to file 14 fraudulent insurance claims with six different insurance...
Two Carolina Women Charged in Separate Insurance Fraud Cases
Dec 6 2021 // Two women have been charged with insurance fraud, one in connection with expired car insurance and one for providing false cancer treatment invoices, the North Carolina Department of Insurance announced. Clarlese Hobdy,...
Florida DFS Adds More Property Insurance Fraud Investigators
Dec 6 2021 // Florida’s Department of Financial Services has added 13 employees, 10 of whom are sworn law enforcement officers, to investigate property insurance fraud in the state, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis...
Organized Fraud Ring in California Sentenced for 15 Staged Collisions
Dec 6 2021 // Los Angeles, California residents Victor Valle-Diaz, 55, Eduardo Retana, 25, and Ausencio Gomez, 46, were sentenced to serve in state prison after pleading no contest to charges of insurance fraud and assault for their...
New York Man Indicted for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 2 2021 // A Bronx, New York, man has been indicted on grand larceny, insurance fraud and additional charges for falsely claiming he was fully disabled and unable to work at his state job so he could collect more than $35,000 in...
Former Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud
Nov 30 2021 // A former West Des Moines, Iowa insurance agent was recently charged with one count of insurance fraud – presenting false information, a Class D Felony. Tanya A. Schettler, age 48, was arrested on Nov. 24 and booked into...
Organized Fraud Ring in California Sentenced for 15 Staged Collisions
Nov 29 2021 // Los Angeles, California residents Victor Valle-Diaz, 55, Eduardo Retana, 25, and Ausencio Gomez, 46, were sentenced to serve in state prison after pleading no contest to charges of insurance fraud and assault for their...
New Jersey Man Indicted in Connection with Auto Insurance Fraud Scam
Nov 22 2021 // A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was indicted for allegedly causing fraudulent automobile insurance applications to be submitted on his behalf in an attempt to avoid paying the policy premiums. John A. Loor (also known as...
Hair Affair: Carolina Man Claiming Hair in Burger Charged with Insurance Fraud
Nov 18 2021 // A Georgia man who claimed he found a hair in his McDonald’s hamburger has now been charged with insurance fraud. Ronnie Bernard Truesdale, 41, of Raleigh, was arrested this week after authorities determined that he...
Cargo Theft Cases Down in Q3 Compared to Highs of 2020: CargoNet
Nov 16 2021 // There were 359 supply chain theft and fraud incidents across the United States and Canada in the third quarter of 2021, according to CargoNet. They included 294 total theft incidents that involved theft of a trucking...
Theft Down, Weather Losses Up in Homeowners
Nov 15 2021 // Catastrophic weather events such as wildfires, hurricanes and floods caused 39% of home insurance claims in 2020 – the highest percentage in the last six years. According to the 2021, LexisNexis Home Trends Report,...
