Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trends in Auto Thefts Add to Rising Claim Costs
Jan 22 2024 // Vehicle theft rates continue to put pressure on the personal auto insurance market. CCC Intelligent Solutions said in its year-end report that the number of vehicle thefts in the U.S. increased 2% in the first half of 2023...
Man Pleads Guilty to One of New York’s Biggest No-Fault Insurance Frauds Ever
Jan 22 2024 // A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating an estimated $70 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies in New York. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams reported that Bradley Pierre of Closter,...
Iowa Man Sentenced for Disaster-Related Insurance Fraud
Jan 18 2024 // An Iowa man was sentence last week to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to crimes of insurance fraud. Timothy Daryle Sletten, age 32, of Marshalltown, was sentenced on January 11, 2024. The charges against Sletten...
Texas Woman Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 17 2024 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ruth Castilleja of Baytown, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Castilleja reported an on-the-job...
Former Finance Manager of WV Disaster Assistance Sentenced to 3 Years for Theft
Jan 16 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former finance manager of a nonprofit organization that assists West Virginia disaster victims was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for the theft of $871,000 from the...
Alabama City Councilman Charged With Insurance Fraud
Jan 16 2024 // Alabama authorities last week charged a city councilman with insurance fraud, alleging that he falsely claimed he had purchased a BMW vehicle. Derrick Griffin, a councilman in Prichard, next to Mobile, was indicted by a...
New York Seeks $370 Million in Damages in Trump’s Civil Fraud Trial
Jan 9 2024 // New York state lawyers increased their request for penalties to over $370 million Friday in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial. He retorted, “They should pay me.” The exchange came as lawyers for...
Court Says Bulk of GEICO’s $2.3 Million Fraud Case Belongs in Arbitration
Jan 5 2024 // Insurer GEICO has been dealt a setback in its efforts to get back $2.3 million in what it alleges were fraudulent medical and chiropractic service charges it paid to several clinics under New Jersey’s no-fault...
Medical Biller Charged With Stealing $1 Million in Workers’ Compensation Payments
Jan 4 2024 // New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrest and arraignment of a New Jersey man for allegedly stealing more than $1 million that was intended to be paid to doctors who provided medical care to injured...
Florida Labor Supplier Sentenced to 12 Months for Tax, WC Insurance Fraud
Jan 4 2024 // The head of a Tampa-area labor supplier has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to defrauding the IRS and workers’ compensation insurers out of millions of dollars. A federal judge in Tampa...
How to Commit Insurance Fraud (Without Even Trying)
Jan 4 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Once upon a time, in Michigan… A licensed life insurance agent went door-to-door, posing as a Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) employee....
Top East Insurance Journal Fraud Stories of 2023
Jan 2 2024 // About 10% of property/casualty insurance losses can be traced to fraud, according to the industry’s Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Insurance Journal publishes an average of 22 fraud stories a month. Insurance...
Allstate Sues Florida Pain Clinics, Alleging Millions in Fraudulent Billings
Jan 2 2024 // After an Allstate Insurance investigation alleged that a well-known Florida pain clinic had conspired with an injury law firm and had fraudulently billed the auto insurer for unnecessary surgeries and risky procedures,...
California Lawsuit Says Grocer Broke Law by Asking Job-Seekers About Criminal Histories
Dec 27 2023 // California sued the Ralphs supermarket chain, alleging that it violated state law by asking job-seekers whether they had criminal records and illegally rejecting hundreds of applicants. The California Civil Rights...
Delaware Hospital System to Pay $47 Million to Settle Billing Fraud Claims
Dec 27 2023 // Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals,...
Georgia Lawnmower Man Wanted on Charges of Filing False Claim on ‘Stolen’ Mower
Dec 26 2023 // Georgia authorities were searching for an Atlanta-area landscaper who has been charged with falsely claiming that one of his commercial-grade lawnmowers had been stolen, then collecting $19,000 from his insurance...
Indiana-Based Health Network Settles Medicare Fraud Case, Agrees to Pay $345 Million
Dec 21 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indianapolis-based health network has agreed to pay the government $345 million to resolve charges it defrauded Medicare by overpaying doctors who referred patients to its facilities, prosecutors...
Man Pleads Guilty to One of New York’s Biggest No-Fault Insurance Frauds Ever
Dec 19 2023 // A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $60-$70 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies in New York. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams reported that Bradley Pierre of Closter, New Jersey,...
New York Fund Receives $7.75 Million After Workers’ Compensation Fraud Prosecution
Dec 18 2023 // Law enforcement officials announced the final sentencing in their prosecution of an $18 million workers’ compensation fraud case and the return of $7.75 million to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF). Manhattan...
Trends in Auto Thefts Add to Rising Claim Costs
Dec 14 2023 // Vehicle theft rates continue to put pressure on the personal auto insurance market. CCC Intelligent Solutions said in its year-end report that the number of vehicle thefts in the U.S. increased 2% in the first half of 2023...
