Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: March
Apr 9 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of March 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
Washington Commissioner’s ‘Insurance Fraud Most Wanted’ Suspect Extradited
Apr 8 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s criminal investigations unit has extradited Kreidler’s “insurance fraud most wanted suspect” Jessica Epler from Pennsylvania to face felony charges...
UN Shipping Agency Seeks to Clamp Down on Rogue Shipping Companies
Apr 5 2019 // The United Nations’ shipping agency is working on tougher measures to clamp down on rogue shipping companies trying to use flag registries fraudulently to conceal their activities, officials said. All commercial...
Washington Woman Charged with Insurance Fraud
Apr 5 2019 // Elizabeth Delgado, of Pasco, Wash., was charged in Franklin County District Court with one count each of filing a false insurance claim and second-degree attempted theft after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner...
Woman Accused of Insurance Fraud, Setting Fire to Nebraska Bar She Was Buying
Apr 4 2019 // A woman has been accused of setting fire to a bar she was buying in the central Nebraska town of Arnold. Custer County Court records say 54-year-old Jane Chestnutt is charged with three felonies: arson, criminal mischief...
Louisiana Charter School Bus Services Firm Accused in Insurance Fraud Scam
Apr 4 2019 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has served the owners and an employee of Scholars First LLC, a provider of bus transportation services to several New Orleans-area charter schools, with cease and desist (C&D)...
Massachusetts Auto Repair Shop Owner Charged in $170K Vehicle Fraud Scheme
Apr 3 2019 // A Shrewsbury, Mass., man who owns two automotive repair businesses has been indicted in connection with a motor vehicle fraud scheme in which he damaged vehicles and stole $170,000. Adam Haddad was indicted last week by a...
Gristina Joins Great American as Fine Art Specialist in Fidelity/Crime Division
Apr 2 2019 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has hired Andrew Gristina as divisional director in its Fidelity/Crime Division. A fine art specialist, Gristina will oversee the management and underwriting of the...
Florida Pharmacist Convicted in $100M Pharmacy Fraud Scheme
Apr 2 2019 // A Florida pharmacist was sentenced last month to 120 months in prison followed by three years supervised release for his role in a massive compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, which impacted private insurance companies,...
Attorney Turned Criminal Apologizes to Insurers for Giant Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 1 2019 // Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal who netted $700,000 a year by sending San Diego workers’ compensation claimants to...
Texas Body Shop Owner Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 1 2019 // A Travis County body shop owner was sentenced on March 13 to 10 years of probation after pleading guilty to reporting wrecks that never took place and damaging vehicles to increase insurance payouts, the Texas Department...
Massachusetts Insurance Agency CEO Charged in $270K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 29 2019 // The president and CEO of a Taunton, Mass., insurance agency has been indicted in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme that left client companies uninsured. David Pietro of Sandwich, Mass., and his company, DGP...
Miami Insurance Agent Arrested for Stealing $620K in Premiums
Mar 29 2019 // A former licensed insurance agency owner was arrested in Florida after allegedly stealing more than $620,000 in insurance premiums, according to a statement from Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy...
New Jersey Men, Associated Companies Charged in $1.4M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 28 2019 // Four New Jersey men and six of their associated businesses were charged with first-degree conspiracy and money laundering in connection with a bank scheme involving the deposit of nearly $1.4 million in phony or forged...
UK Insurers Pay Record £1 Million ($1.3 Million) Each Day for Vehicle Thefts: ABI
Mar 28 2019 // A surge in vehicle thefts, including keyless car crime, has led to motor insurers paying out a record £1 million (US$1.3 million) every day, according to figures published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). See...
Pennsylvania Treatment Firm Accused of Exploiting Addicts, Insurers
Mar 27 2019 // The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office charged the co-founder and former executives of an addiction treatment firm and accused them of profiting off addicts by fraudulently billing insurance companies for tens of...
Supreme Court Upholds SEC on Scope of Securities Fraud Liability
Mar 27 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court reinforced the Securities and Exchange Commission’s powers, upholding sanctions against an investment banker found to have duped investors about a startup company’s financial...
Every Day, More Than 200 Cars with Keys Inside Are Stolen in U.S.: NICB
Mar 27 2019 // U.S. motorists appear to forgetting one of the earliest lessons of car ownership: Don’t leave the keys in the car. The National Insurance Crime Bureau reports that the number of vehicles stolen because drivers left...
Arkansas Insurance Department Warns of Fake Auto Policy Scam
Mar 26 2019 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr is warning consumers in his state to be wary of individuals posing as car insurance agents to sell fraudulent policies at car dealerships. In a media release, Kerr said the...
U. of Minnesota Worker Charged with Stealing $134K in Computers from School
Mar 26 2019 // A former University of Minnesota employee who admitted to stealing iPads from Target is also accused of the using school funds to purchase 78 computers over 14 months and sell them for personal profit, according to...
