A Kansas City, MO, man who formerly lived in Columbia, MO, pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a $1.1 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents, as well as to his role in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief benefits.
  June 23, 2023   AutoBodyNews Auto Fraud Liability Missouri

The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has warned the OKCoin exchange over fake insurance claims on its advertising materials and social media.
  June 22, 2023   CoinGeek Fraud Legislation & Regulation

Cybersecurity Ventures estimates cybercrime will take a $10.5 trillion toll on the global economy by 2025. If it were measured as a country, the underground cybercriminal economy would be the third largest in the world after the U.S. and China.
  June 20, 2023   Insurance Thought Leadership Fraud Risk Management Technology

The courtroom was impassioned, to say the least, and downright angry at what they were hearing. In our post-COVID-19 reality, the claimant in a workers’ compensation case was presenting lengthy testimony by video. The judge sat calmly as the claimant spoke about a seemingly horrific injury.
  June 15, 2023   CLM Magazine Fraud Workers' Compensation

Detectives with the Plano Police Department said suspected thieves stole more than $2.5 million worth of trucks and SUVs from around North Texas. Details about the alleged crimes, which reads like a crime series on a streaming platform, were detailed in an arrest probable cause affidavit.
  June 15, 2023   NBC DFW Auto Fraud Texas

Despite the industry’s stodgy reputation, insurance is often ahead of the curve, embracing new technologies that improve efficiency, enhance customer experience and increase profitability.
  June 13, 2023   Insurance Thought Leadership Fraud Insurance Industry Technology

Lawyers for the family of Alex Murdaugh’s late housekeeper Gloria Satterfield -- who died after a fall at the family’s home in 2018 -- have responded to Murdaugh’s motion to vacate his confession of stealing over $4 million in insurance money meant for Satterfield’s family.
  June 12, 2023   WCBD Fraud Liability South Carolina

According to court documents, on September 23, 2020, Denis Vladmirovich Molla falsely reported to the Brooklyn Center Police Department that his camper had been intentionally set on fire. He claimed that he witnessed three unidentified individuals near his residence at the time of the incident, accompanied by an explosion.
  June 12, 2023   Claims Pages Staff Auto Fraud Technology Minnesota

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer made an announcement regarding the arrest of Kiyuana Pasley, a former claim adjuster for Progressive Insurance. Pasley faces serious charges including one count of Organized Fraud, 11 counts of Insurance Fraud, and 11 counts of Grand Theft.
  June 5, 2023   Claims Pages Staff Fraud Florida

Houston law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates has been accused of a litany of questionable, and potentially illegal, practices in recent months. Now, a group of former employees of an estimating company say their former employers likely conspired with the firm to hike up the value of Hurricane Ida claims by exaggerating damages.
  May 30, 2023   The Advocate Fraud Litigation Property Louisiana Texas

For its third annual Contractor Fraud Awareness Week, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has chosen to highlight the issue of post-disaster contractor fraud. According to NICB, approximately 10% of the $92 billion catastrophe losses suffered by insurers in 2021 went towards post-disaster fraud.
  May 24, 2023   Insurance Business Catastrophe Fraud

In a significant development, Wells Fargo has reached a settlement agreement to pay $1 billion to resolve a class action lawsuit accusing the bank of misleading investors about its progress in rectifying its practices following the notorious fake accounts scandal. If approved by the court, this settlement would rank among the largest recoveries ever obtained from a securities class action lawsuit, according to attorneys representing the plaintiffs.
  May 18, 2023   Claims Pages Staff Fraud Litigation

Researchers at a leading cryptocurrency tracing company have bad news for Washington: Ransomware is back, and it might be worse than ever.
  May 17, 2023   Politico Fraud Technology

To bolster innovation, insurers are turning to a technology that, in its short lifetime, has already created massive changes in business and the world. Generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that can create content, rather than simply analyzing existing data, has been at the core of experiments in trying to optimize insurer processes, predict risk and develop customized policies for individual customers.
  May 16, 2023   Insurance Thought Leadership Fraud Technology Underwriting

A woman from Coral Gables found herself caught in an insurance scam after an alert witness helped authorities unravel her deceitful plot. Silvia Maria Almeida, along with her passenger, Milton Yunielki Acosta, attempted to deceive the police by falsely reporting a collision between her black Mercedes-Benz and a pickup truck in Hialeah Gardens. However, their inconsistencies and a witness’s intervention exposed their fraudulent scheme.
  May 15, 2023   Claims Pages Staff Auto Fraud Florida

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