Insurance Insider Faked Losing Unborn Child In Auto Accident

A Brandon woman is being investigated for fraud stemming from a 2013 accident where she claimed her unborn child was killed.
October 31, 2016 Fraud Liability Florida

Arsonist To Insurers: Check Fire Claims More Closely

Kenny Allen was a likable fellow. He went to church, coached youth basketball in the Muncie, Ind. area, and was making his way through life with limitless potential ahead. He also lived in a secret world: He was an insurance thief.
October 31, 2016 Fraud Property Indiana

Insurer Sues Memphis Recording Studio, Tenants For Insurance Fraud

An insurance company that paid more than $2.8 million in claims after an arson fire damaged a historic music recording studio in Midtown now wants its money back.
October 31, 2016 Fraud Litigation Property Tennessee

Racketeering Charges Detail Scam To Defraud Workers’ Comp Fund

A chain of Cleveland area medical clinics that specialize in treating injured workers, its former co-owner and a doctor who worked there have been indicted on criminal racketeering charges.
October 27, 2016 Fraud Workers' Compensation Ohio

Trump Took $17M In Insurance For Damage Few Remember

Donald Trump said he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, but The Associated Press found little evidence of such large-scale damage.
October 26, 2016 Fraud Property Risk Management Florida

Farmer Suspects Arsonist Destroyed His Costly Equipment, Again

A Hempfield Township family is offering a hefty reward after their costly farming equipment is destroyed in a fire. Tom Logan of Logan Family Farms said his John Deere tractor and combine caught fire around 3 a.m. Sunday at a property he rents for his two sons in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County.
October 25, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Fraud Pennsylvania

Florida Roofing Contractor Accused Of AOB Fraud

The focus of an I-team investigation is now facing felony charges. The story exposed Hightower Restoration and its manager Duane Michael Cottier in May after dozens of homeowners complained about jobs that were paid for but never finished.
October 25, 2016 Fraud Property Florida

Surveillance Reveals Claimant Worked While Collecting Disability Benefits

A recreational vehicle salesman who claimed he couldn’t work because of an on-the-job injury has been ordered to pay back more than $81,000 in state disability benefits.
October 24, 2016 Fraud Workers' Compensation Washington

Deer Season Brings Out Insurance Scammers

The fall season in Pennsylvania not only brings with it changing foliage and apple cider, but also the increased chances that drivers are more likely to encounter deer.
October 17, 2016 Auto Fraud Pennsylvania

Qualified Fire Investigators Back Insurers Against Arson, Bad-Faith And Subro Claims

There is no lack of cases involving arsonists setting fire to buildings and vehicles to defraud their insurance companies. The 2015 Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame includes two shocking arsons. Fortunately, many such crimes are uncovered by well-trained fire investigators.
October 12, 2016 Education & Training Fraud Property

Why Developing Case Law Will Affect Long-Distance Fraud Cases

There can be no question that, as new technologies emerge, they present both opportunities and challenges to litigation, particularly in the insurance fraud arena.
October 7, 2016 Fraud Litigation

Driver Caught On Video Ditching Lexus In Florida Canal

In late August, James Tassi Jr.’s 2015 Lexus crashed into a canal near Delray Beach. It went just as he’d planned, according to state officials.
October 5, 2016 Auto Fraud Florida

Mob Associate Led Elaborate Body Shop Scam

“I live my life to cheat insurance companies. My high every day is to cheat insurance companies.” So went the mantra of body-shop owner and reputed Philadelphia mob associate Ron Galati.
October 4, 2016 Auto Fraud Pennsylvania

Arkansas Insurance Department Prosecutes U-Haul Crash Fraudsters

"In this case, I’m not sure that there ever was a crash," Ryan James, with the Arkansas Insurance Department, said. As U-Haul locations across Central Arkansas load up their trucks for law abiding customers, the Arkansas Insurance Department is unloading a conviction on a woman they say hitched onto a U-Haul for insurance fraud.
October 4, 2016 Fraud Liability Arkansas

Public Adjuster Arrested For Ripping Off Fire Victims

Jose Manuel Villa, 60, of San Clemente, a former licensed public adjuster, was arrested today at his home in San Clemente on multiple felony counts of embezzlement, grand theft, and forgery after allegedly cashing claim checks with counterfeit endorsement seals and stealing a total of $400,000 from fire victims in the Los Angeles area.
September 29, 2016 Fraud Property California
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