Oklahoma Family Uncovers Buried SUV, A 15-Year-Old Case Of Insurance Fraud

An SUV found buried in a family’s backyard is now two tons of evidence in a crime nearly 15-years-old. The 2003 Chevy Trailblazer was discovered in the middle of a trail on a property in the 19000 block of Bethel Road.
July 28, 2017 Auto Fraud Weird Oklahoma

Floridian Admits To Staged Crashes To Collect Insurance

A 20-year-old West Palm Beach man was arrested Wednesday and charged with committing more than $20,000 worth of insurance fraud for claiming that injuries he already had were the result of two car crashes he staged with another man.
July 28, 2017 Fraud Liability Florida

Former NYPD Officer Sentenced For False Claim On Torched Car

Carlos Becker, 40, a former police officer with the New York City Police Department and Hempstead resident, was sentenced Thursday morning to two years in prison for submitting a false insurance claim after directing accomplices to burn his car.
July 26, 2017 Auto Fraud New York

Insurance Fraud Charge For Texan Who Ditched BMW In Mexico

Police arrested a Harlingen man nearly nine months after they say he committed insurance fraud, according to a news release from the Harlingen Police Department. Police arrested Arnulfo Celis III, 48, on Tuesday after arrest warrants were issued, stemming from an October 2016 report.
July 26, 2017 Auto Fraud Texas

Arson Dogs Detect And Deter Insurance Fraud

Some of the strongest noses in the country were in a burn house in Yarmouth learning how to sniff out arson. The smell of soot and fresh ash is poignant after a house fire, but even through those strong odors dogs like Deacon are able to find what his partner and senior fire investigator Mark Roberts is looking for.
July 20, 2017 Fraud Maine

Philadelphia Fire Department Official Charged With Insurance Fraud

Yolanda Stallings was an up-and-comer in the Philadelphia Fire Department. The website, which we’re told is in need of an update, calls her an “Executive Chief of Strategic Planning”. It shows the 14-year-veteran “…is the first African American female to serve on the PFD Executive Team as a high ranking official.”
July 19, 2017 Auto Fraud Pennsylvania

Doctors Among 412 Charged in Largest Opioid And Health Care Fraud Takedown in US History

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against 412 people, including 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their roles in what Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling the largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history.
July 14, 2017 Fraud Life & Health Florida Michigan Texas Utah

Arrests Across The U.S. In Opioid Treatment Fraud Operation

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is poised to announce a major law enforcement action this week targeting health-care fraud, focusing on opioid treatment programs exploiting Obamacare insurance plans, according to two people familiar with the matter.
July 13, 2017 Fraud Life & Health California Florida Illinois

Pennsylvania Man Alters VIN, Falsely Claims Theft Of His Skid Steer

A Carbon County man lied to collect insurance in February when he reported his $42,000 construction vehicle stolen from an Upper Macungie Township work site, investigators said.
July 13, 2017 Excess & Surplus Lines Fraud Pennsylvania

Blue Cross the Country: Nationwide Addiction Treatment Scams Bilk Insurers

Drug users, desperate to break addictions to heroin or pain pills, are pawns in a sprawling national network of insurance fraud, an investigation by The Boston Globe and STAT has found.They are being sent to treatment centers hundreds of miles from home for expensive, but often shoddy, care that is paid for by premium health insurance benefits procured with fake addresses.
July 12, 2017 Fraud Life & Health Delaware Florida Pennsylvania Virginia

Judge Allows Pacemaker Data In Arson, Fraud Trial

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind to use data from a beating heart as evidence, a Butler County judge ruled Tuesday that evidence from a pacemaker used to get a Middletown man indicted for arson can be presented at trial.
July 12, 2017 Fraud Property Technology Ohio

Insurance Agent Charged For His Own Workers’ Comp Fraud

A Washington state insurance agent has been charged with felony theft for a workers’ compensation scam. James C. Kooy, 53, has been accused of claiming he was too disabled to work while running his own insurance agency. Authorities say he fraudulently received more than $233,000 in benefits.
July 10, 2017 Fraud Washington

Duo Arrested For Insurance Fraud And Arson That Injured Firefighter

Two men are behind bars accused of intentionally setting fire to their home near Magnolia earlier this month. One firefighter was injured battling the blaze when he fell through a hole in the second floor.
July 3, 2017 Fraud Property Texas

Clues Led To Arson, Insurance Fraud Charges Against Auto Shop Owner

A DuBois man accused of torching his auto repair shop last year in hopes of cashing in on the insurance payment remains in jail, his charges bound to a higher court.
June 29, 2017 Fraud Property Pennsylvania

Ex-Insys Employee Pleads Guilty In U.S. Opioid Drug Probe

A former employee of Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded guilty on Monday to having conspired to defraud insurers into paying for an expensive fentanyl-based drug that is at the heart of an investigation into the company.
June 20, 2017 Fraud Litigation Massachusetts
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