Fire Expert Witness Testimony Helps Convict Arsonist

Julia Calipo has been found guilty on all eight charges for setting her east Erie home on fire in 2015 to collect insurance money. The judge also revoked Calipo’s bond and issued a warrant for her arrest.
September 22, 2016 Fraud Property Pennsylvania

Man Admits To Inflating Burglary Claim With Fake Receipts

A man who defrauded State Farm Insurance of $19,553 in a claim stemming from an alleged burglary pleaded guilty to a felony Monday in Niagara County Court.
September 21, 2016 Fraud Property New York

Wreck Artists Add Billions To Auto Injury Claims Payouts

Whenever Doris Maxey backs out of a parking spot, she honks her horn as a warning. “I am very cautious,” Maxey, 90, said. “I honk, and I look and look, because I don’t want to run over my postman.”
September 21, 2016 Fraud Liability

How Does Corporate Culture Fuel Fraud? Start With Volkswagen And Wells Fargo

Steve Morang just couldn’t stand it. After reading my column about the deception committed by both Volkswagen and Wells Fargo WFC +1.56% against their customers, he simply had to reach out by email to register his outrage.
September 20, 2016 Fraud Risk Management

Judge Awards Chubb $12.3M In Adjuster, Contractor Fraud Case

When fires devastated luxury homes in Fairfield and Westchester counties, a Chubb Corp. insurance adjuster was there to assess damages and start the restoration process. But Chubb did not know that its own adjuster was colluding with a contractor he hired to estimate repair costs.
September 19, 2016 Fraud Litigation Connecticut

Restaurant Co-Owners Charged With Arson

Tina Diakos pleaded not guilty last week to an indictment charging her with the March fire that leveled Jerzeez the Diner in Vernon. Diakos’ boyfriend, and co-owner of the diner, also pleaded not guilty to the indictment charging him with conspiracy to to burn down the restaurant.
September 15, 2016 Fraud Property New Jersey

Is No-Fault Auto Insurance To Blame For High Rates, Fraud?

Michigan House members returned to work this week to decide whether they’ll give the state’s motorists a break on their highest-in-the-nation auto insurance premiums.
September 12, 2016 Auto Fraud Liability Michigan

CNA Collected $22K In Fraudulent Comp Benefits

A Waterbury woman was arrested today and charged with illegally collecting $22,000 in Workers’ Compensation benefits.
ROSAURA RODRIGUEZ, age 51, of 161 Prospect Street, Waterbury, was arrested by Inspectors from the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney on an arrest warrant charging her with one count of Fraudulent Claim or Receipt of Benefits.
September 7, 2016 Fraud Workers' Compensation Connecticut

Body Shop Owner Jailed For $85K Worth Of Inflated Claims

The former owner of a Darby Borough auto body shop was sentenced to 23 months of intermediate punishment Thursday after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and receiving stolen property.
September 6, 2016 Auto Fraud Pennsylvania

Kenworth Semi-Trailer Truck Destroyed By Arson, Owner Arrested

Two northern Maine men have been charged with burning a commercial tractor trailer truck. The State Fire Marshal’s Office have arrested the owner of the truck 47 year old John Craig, from Masardis, and his employee 23 year old Richard Gilman of Millinocket.
August 31, 2016 Fraud Maine

$1.7M PIP Fraud Ring Busted In South Florida

Federal agents have arrested two women and a man, after linking them to a ring that staged fake car crashes to defraud insurance companies through massage therapy and chiropractor services for “victims” who didn’t need medical treatment, according to federal court records.
August 29, 2016 Fraud Liability Florida

Surveillance Reveals A Non-Disabled Comp Claimant

A Tacoma-area man faces a felony theft charge after he was caught working while receiving more than $81,000 in workers’ compensation disability payments.
August 23, 2016 Fraud Workers' Compensation Washington

Family Attempted To Cash In By Torching Bentley

A man pleaded guilty Friday to torching a $139,000 Bentley he and his parents purchased at a Bergen County car dealership in a insurance scheme.
August 22, 2016 Auto Fraud New Jersey

Pennsylvania Councilman Submits Resignation, Admits To Auto Insurance Fraud

Lebanon City Councilman Tony Matula said he plans to resign from office after being charged on Monday with falsifying an accident report by the Office of the Lebanon County District Attorney.
August 16, 2016 Auto Fraud Pennsylvania

D.A.’s Office Uncovers Sophisticated Car Theft And Insurance Fraud Ring

Bogus insurance. Fraudulent registrations. Stolen cars disguised and resold to unsuspecting customers. Those were some of the tactics prosecutors say were used by dozens of people and three corporations in what they described as an auto-theft and insurance-fraud ring that operated in Philadelphia for years.
August 12, 2016 Auto Fraud Salvage Pennsylvania
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