Engineer Receives 28 Months For Nearly $200K Disability Fraud
A Spotsylvania jury has recommended a 28-month prison for a county man who defrauded an insurance company out of nearly $200,000 in disability payments while he was working in another state.
August 1, 2017
Fraud
Life & Health
Virginia
Man Indicted For Insurance Scams Involving Aircraft, Autos And A Boat
The pilot of a Beech Baron involved in a highly publicized ditching in the Gulf of Mexico in 2012 has been indicted for insurance fraud. Theodore Wright and two other men, Shane Gordon and Raymond Fosdick, have been charged with several counts as part of a larger investigation that also involved an old Citation, an exotic car and a boat.
July 31, 2017
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Fraud
Marine
Texas
Oklahoma Family Uncovers Buried SUV, A 15-Year-Old Case Of Insurance Fraud
An SUV found buried in a familys 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 were 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



