A multi-agency enforcement unit conducted a sweep April 1 that has to date resulted in the arrests of 27 suspects following a year-long undercover investigation into auto body insurance fraud. Warrants were issued by the District Attorney’s offices in Sacramento, …
California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators are seeking additional victims in the case of a West Sacramento insurance agent/broker who sold phony policies to more than two dozen construction firms, bilking them out of approximately $750,000. Terry Lowell Ballard, 48, …
Two Florida men are facing workers’ compensation fraud charges after insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services conducted investigations of numerous construction sites in and around Okeechobee recently. Investigators with the Division of Insurance Fraud, Bureau of Workers’ …
Investigators with Florida’s Department of Financial Services, Division of Insurance Fraud, seized hundreds of records from a medical clinic and arrested the three owners on charges of organized scheme to defraud, insurance fraud and grand theft following a joint investigation …
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that he is pursuing a bill to prevent abusive sales practices of annuities sold to seniors. Ellen Daniels from Tampa agrees something needs to be done. Daniels’ mother, despite being terminally ill, was …
A 25-year-old Central Washington man, Fernando Palestino, has pleaded guilty in Chelan County Superior Court to first-degree theft, second-degree perjury and first-degree identity theft after he was caught working at a variety of jobs while he was collecting workers’ compensation …
Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company, has sued San Diego County chiropractor William Wu under California’s Unfair Competition Law for unlawful and fraudulent billing acts and practices. The lawsuit, filed in San Diego County …
A 37-year-old former resident of Snohomish County, Timothy Smith, has pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to first-degree theft after he was reportedly caught working for various employers while collecting workers’ comp for an injury. Smith was working for …
Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the arrests of nine suspects by the California Urban Auto Fraud Task Force for embezzlement, conspiracy and tax evasion in connection with an “insider” insurance scam. Investigators made the arrests in the Calif. cities of …
Two Vancouver, Wash.-area construction companies and a Port Angeles contractor are the first to lose their registration as a result of action taken by the Wash. Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for failure to pay workers’ compensation premiums. The …
