Most Popular Fraud Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Fraud Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Florida Authorities Charge 4 in Fraudulent Roof Claims, Issue Warrant for Contractor
Dec 4 2023 // Florida authorities have announced the arrest of four people in connection with an alleged scheme to deliberately damage roofs in order to qualify them for insurance claims. And another contractor well known to insurers...
#2 17 Florida Sheriff’s Deputies Charged with Stealing $500,000 in Pandemic Relief Funds
Oct 17 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seventeen Florida sheriff`s deputies appeared in court on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds. The Broward County deputies, who are charged...
#3 Louisiana Insurance Producer Arrested for Fraud, Theft
Mar 28 2024 // A Baton Rouge, Louisiana insurance producer was arrested for insurance fraud and theft, the Louisiana State Police announced this week. The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit Baton Rouge Field Office...
#4 Couple Staged Half Million Dollar Fraud Against Theater Nonprofit, Insurer Claims
May 21 2024 // Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. is suing a Connecticut couple the insurer alleges defrauded its insured, a Florida theater nonprofit, by using the organization’s checking and credit card accounts for more than a...
#5 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,...
#6 NC Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud After Photos Show Him Ziplining
Feb 8 2024 // A 73-year-old postal worker pleaded guilty this week to more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation fraud after social media postings showed him engaged in rigorous physical activity, including ziplining at Niagara...
#7 Officials Say California Family Arraigned for Auto Insurance Fraud Filed 40-Plus Claims
Feb 2 2024 // Shannon Ninio, 60, of North Hills was arraigned for insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found she and her husband, Moshe Ninio, allegedly stole customers’ personal information and...
#8 Alabama Sales Rep and Clinic Owner Sentenced in $28M Billing Fraud Scheme
Mar 25 2024 // A medical sales representative and a pain clinic owner in Alabama have been sentenced to years in prison for their roles in a long-running, $28 million fraud scheme that involved a compounding pharmacy, unneeded nerve...
#9 Vintage Ferrari Owners’ Favorite Mechanic Charged With Theft, Fraud
Apr 11 2024 // Few mechanics post photos of themselves on Venetian canals, brag about buying $30,000 artworks or frequent the George V Hotel in Paris and Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. But this was the life Donnie Callaway portrayed via...
#10 Officials Say California Family Arraigned for Auto Insurance Fraud Filed 40-Plus Claims
Feb 19 2024 // Shannon Ninio, 60, of North Hills was arraigned for insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found she and her husband, Moshe Ninio, allegedly stole customers’ personal information and...
#11 Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says
Jun 6 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled this week that two of those...
#12 Kansas Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Jan 22 2024 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Kansas man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. Cloise Allen, age 46, pled guilty in the District Court of Sedgwick County to one...
#13 Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud
Mar 13 2024 // An Iowa woman was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) and one count of Theft in the 2nd Degree (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance...
#14 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...
#15 Iowa Nurse Charged With Insurance Fraud
Jun 18 2024 // An Iowa woman was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony), following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Amanda Manatt, age 35, of...
#16 15 Californians Charged in Complex Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
May 14 2024 // More than a dozen Southern California residents are reported to have conspired to create fraudulent insurance claims to illegally collect more than $350,000. They were arrested last week after an investigation reportedly...
#17 FBI: Alaska Airlines Passengers Told They Might Be Crime Victims
Mar 27 2024 // The FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might be victims of a crime. “I’m contacting you because we have identified you as a possible...
#18 Former Maryland Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $369K
Apr 8 2024 // A former Maryland title insurance agent recently pleaded guilty to carrying out a multi-year theft scheme netting her more than $369,000, according to the state attorney general. Cheryl Leigh Gray was a licensed insurance...
#19 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,...
#20 Workers’ Comp Fraud Task Force Uncovers $30M Scheme in California
Jun 12 2024 // A pair of businessmen were arraigned on multiple felony counts including insurance fraud, grand theft, and tax fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found they allegedly underreported over $29.2...
