Apple Struggles To Tackle iPhone Repair Fraud In China, Which Cost Apple Billions Of Dollars A Year
The Information is reporting today on Apples five-year struggle to tackle iPhone repair fraud. The scheme centres around crime gangs who were buying or stealing iPhones, removing valuable parts like CPUs and screens, and then claiming their devices were broken at Apple Stores and getting the Genius to replace them under warranty. The parts were then sold on.
October 9, 2018
Fraud
Technology
As Storms Keep Coming, FEMA Spends Billions in Cycle of Damage and Repair
In the exact spot where Hurricane Katrina demolished the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, a new $105 million jail now hovers 19 feet above the marsh, perched atop towering concrete pillars. Described by a state official as the “Taj Mahal” of Louisiana corrections, it has so much space that one of every 27 parish residents could bunk there.
October 8, 2018
Catastrophe
Fraud
Twin Cities Chiropractors Sentenced In Insurance Fraud Scheme
Two Twin Cities chiropractors have been sentenced for participating in separate multi-million dollar insurance fraud conspiracies.
October 3, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Minnesota
Thousands Of Peoples Insurance Appeals Went To A Doctor Feds Say Is A Fraud
For years, Spyros Panos seemed like a successful orthopedic surgeon, seeing dozens of patients a day and bringing in millions of dollars in fees for his suburban New York medical group.
October 2, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Fraud
Life & Health
Litigation
Workers' Compensation
11 Charged In $6.8 Million Insurance Fraud Case Involving Addiction Treatment Operations
The owner and an employee of a Fountain Valley-based treatment facility, along with five doctors and four so-called body brokers, have been arrested and charged in what authorities say was a scheme to fraudulently bill insurance companies millions of dollars for experimental, unnecessary and potentially harmful surgeries on recovering addicts, the Orange County district attorneys office announced Wednesday.
September 27, 2018
Fraud
Life & Health
Florida City Files $9.7M Lawsuit Against Insurers Of Utility Equipment Manufacturer
A group of insurance companies are reportedly on the hook for the sum of $9.7 million relating to an accident that occurred two years ago.
September 26, 2018
Fraud
Florida
Fraud Prevention: Connecting The Dots With Data
Insurance companies with legacy systems can find it extremely challenging to bring their data together because of different data formats and system access methods.
August 31, 2018
Fraud
Risk Management
Technology
Miami-Dade Police Lieutenant, Public Adjuster Charged With Insurance Fraud And Grand Theft
The Miami-Dade Police Department announced Tuesday one of their own has betrayed the badge. The department said a Miami-Dade police lieutenant has been arrested and charged with scheme to defraud, insurance fraud and grand theft.
August 16, 2018
Fraud
Property
Florida
Italian Police Bust Bone-Breaking Insurance Fraud Gangs
Eleven people from the Sicilian capital Palermo have been arrested, police said. They include a hospital nurse who would procure painkillers for the victims in order to lessen their screams as their bones were broken.
August 10, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Weird
Woman Files Two Fraudulent Claims For Engagement Ring That Ex Kept
A Renton Woman pleaded not guilty to one charge of first-degree theft and two counts of filing a fraudulent insurance claim in King County Superior Court on Monday.
August 9, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Fraud
Washington
Father, Friend Charged In Fatal Arson-Insurance Scheme
A botched arson-for-hire plot left a Scranton man dead and his father and a homeowner charged with murder. It was a simple plan, police said. Brett Sweeting Jr., 26, would set fire to Chad Kenowskis home at 52 Roosevelt St. in Scranton, then flee the blaze with his father and getaway driver, Brett Sweeting Sr.
August 8, 2018
Fraud
Property
Pennsylvania
Woman Found Responsible For $83 Million Health Insurance Fraud
A Loudoun County, Virginia, woman who ran a sleep study clinic has been convicted on charges of running a health care fraud that siphoned $83 million from Medicare and private insurers.
August 2, 2018
Fraud
Virginia
Video Shows Contractors Intentionally Causing $18K In Damage During Roof Inspections
A Columbus roofing contractor has been charged with intentionally vandalizing the roofs of two homes in Muscogee County, Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said in a release Friday.
July 31, 2018
Fraud
Property
Georgia
SIU Busts Claimant Who Requests $55K More Than Original Scam Paid Out
A Grand Junction man accused of filing two insurance claims for the theft of the same road bicycle, and another for a home burglary that his girlfriend at the time said never occurred is facing fraud charges.
July 25, 2018
Fraud
Property
Colorado
Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty To Insurance Fraud Charges After Collecting $100K On Theft Claim
A former high-ranking member of the Prattville Police Department has pleaded guilty to fraud and theft charges.
July 25, 2018
Fraud
Property
Alabama



