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- February 2012 (16)
- 02: Gold Digging Workers’ Comp Fraudster Convicted (0)
- 02: Fraud Made Easier with Stolen Doctor IDs (0)
- 03: 26 People Arrested for Unemployment Fraud (0)
- 06: FL Senate Passes PIP Fraud Bill (0)
- 07: VA Rescue Squad Charged with Fraud (0)
- 08: PA Man Facing Fraud Charge for Phantom Deer “Crash” (0)
- 09: NY Gains 18 Arrests for Workers’ Comp Fraud (0)
- 13: For one CA Man: Go-kart Racing Equals Fraud (0)
- 13: Woman Fakes Cancer Claims: Gets Probation and $94K Fine (0)
- 15: Demolition Derby Chop Shop Raided for Insurance Fraud (0)
- 15: Hillsborough County Staged Accidents Decrease Significantly (0)
- 16: Cell Phone Store Owner Charged with $700,000 Fraud (0)
- 17: 3 Insurance Agents Charged with $100 Million Fraud (0)
- 20: “Operation Bandidos” Nets 4 in Auto Insurance Scheme (0)
- 21: FL Gov. Rick Scott Stages Crashes for On-lookers (0)
- 22: WI Man Indicted for Arson, Mail Fraud and Murder-for-Hire (0)
- January 2012 (20)
- 03: A look back at 2011: 5 Weird Insurance Claims (0)
- 05: Insurance Fraudster Not Dead, Arrested in Canada (0)
- 05: Employee Accused of Torching Restaurant After Meeting with Insurance Agent (0)
- 06: Scammer gets 5 Years for Windshield Repair Insurance Fraud (0)
- 09: Attorney Charged with Fraud, Perjury, Attempted Theft (0)
- 10: Quon Arson Indictment Dismissed: Still Under Fire on Other Charges (0)
- 11: 90% of Dade County PIP Clinics Probed Deemed to have “Irregularities” (0)
- 13: Love Triangle Burned by Arson (0)
- 16: LAPD Sergeant Arrested for Fraud (0)
- 17: Canadian Staged Accident Ring Leader Pleads Guilty (0)
- 18: Man Arrested For Faking Death (0)
- 19: Air Traffic Controller Guilty For $700K WC Fraud (0)
- 23: Arsonist Tripped Up by “How-To Start a Fire” Manual (0)
- 24: Fake Lawyer, Bogus Claim, Real Indictment (0)
- 24: Down on the Alpaca Farm: Mail Carrier Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud (0)
- 25: MA Dentist Guilty of Medicaid Fraud: Using Paper Clips in Root Canals (0)
- 26: Louisiana Staged Accident Ring Busted (0)
- 27: PA Chiropractor Sentenced for Fraud and Assault (0)
- 30: Staged Accident Caught on Security Camera (0)
- 31: FL Staged Accident Trio Arrested (0)
- December 2011 (18)
- 01: Questionable Claims on Rise According to NICB Quarterly Report (0)
- 01: NC Man Convicted in $2.7M Workers’ Comp Scam (0)
- 02: From Prada to Prison: the Story of a Wannabe ‘Real Housewife’ (0)
- 06: WV Man Pleads Guilty to Staging Crashes (0)
- 07: TX Man May Ride Straight to Prison for Harley Fraud (0)
- 08: “Operation Running Man” Chases Down Another (0)
- 12: Man Accused of Self-Mutilation for Insurance Money (0)
- 13: Hail Damage Sting Sends 3 Georgia Roofers to Jail (0)
- 14: Miami Mother-Daughter Duo Arrested for Role in Staged Accident Ring (0)
- 15: Aetna Sues Doctors and Hospital for Outrageous Charges (0)
- 16: LAUSD Officer Sentenced in Shooting Hoax (0)
- 19: PA Chiropractor Admits to Fraud and Assault (0)
- 20: Drug Dealer Adds Insurance Fraud To Rap Sheet (0)
- 22: Feds Sink NJ Plot to Collect Insurance (0)
- 27: Two OH Men owe over 200K for Comp Fraud (0)
- 28: “Stolen” Art Found in Owner’s Home (0)
- 29: Dr. Suess Indicted for Medicaid Fraud (0)
- 30: MA Glass Repair Operator Pleads Guilty to Fraud (0)
- November 2011 (19)
- 01: Four Alleged Staged Accident Fraudsters Arrested in Miami (0)
- 02: Pill Slinging Ex-Pharmacist Charged with 213 Counts of Insurance Fraud (0)
- 03: Man and Ex-Wife Indicted for Role in Deadly 2001 Blaze (0)
- 04: FL Governor Rick Scott Takes on PIP Fraud (0)
- 05: 5 Orlando Residents Arrested for Staged Crash (0)
- 07: Florida Continues Crackdown on Staged Accidents (0)
- 08: MA Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Fraud (0)
- 09: FL Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty in $25 Million Scam (0)
- 10: CA Couple Plead Guilty to $2M Comp Premium and Tax Fraud (0)
- 11: Man Charged With Poisoning Wife With Nicotine For Insurance (0)
- 14: FBI Has Questions for 1-800-ASK-GARY (0)
- 15: Leader of “Body Shop of Horrors” Sentenced (0)
- 17: Axe Wielding Durango Business Owner Accused of Fraud (0)
- 17: Oklahoma Ambulance Service Under Scrutiny by Media for Billing Practices (0)
- 21: Son Found Guilty of Mother’s Murder
- 22: Fraud Still Costing FL Drivers Millions (0)
- 23: Michigan Podiatrist Clipped on Fraud Charges (0)
- 28: California Capper Gets 1 Year for Role in $154M Insurance Scam (0)
- 30: 3 Tampa Residents Arrested for Insurance Fraud (0)
- October 2011 (20)
- 03: PA Man Allegedly Burned Home to Pay Divorce Settlement (0)
- 04: $100 Million Fraudster gets 60 Years (0)
- 05: Two NJ Men Plead Guilty to Auto Theft Ring (0)
- 06: CA Fraud Ring Disbanded (0)
- 07: Fraudulent Broker Pleads Guilty to Bogus Policy after 20 Drown (0)
- 10: Eight Collared in NC Staged Accident Ring (0)
- 12: Florida Tries to Fix PIP Insurance (0)
- 12: IL Man Allegedly Set Fire to His Apartment (0)
- 13: Allstate Seeks Another $4.5M (0)
- 14: Fugitive Insurance Con Hauled Before Judge: 10 Year Sentence Affirmed (0)
- 17: Driving Misses Daisies: Staged Car Accident in Flower Shop? (0)
- 18: Ex-Judge Sues Companies he was Convicted of Defrauding (0)
- 19: Alleged Fraud Ring Drives 9 to Jail (0)
- 20: Former Pastor Gets Life in Prison (0)
- 21: “Operation Brakes on Fakes” Stops 19 (0)
- 25: 24 New Yorkers Charged in Fraudulent Billing Scam (0)
- 26: Miami Staged Accident Scam Nets 5 (0)
- 27: Fraudulent Billing in Full “Bloom” with PA Chiropractor (0)
- 28: Another Guilty Plea in Ethan Allen Tragedy (0)
- 31: Eleven Charged, FBI says Hundreds of NY Rail Workers Committed $1B Fraud (0)
- September 2011 (21)
- 01: Mesa Murderer William Miller Found Guilty
- 02: Arson Explosion Leads to Manslaughter Charges (0)
- 06: Couple Charged with Arson, no Perks for the Purks (0)
- 07: Fake Robbery Followed by Stress Claim Leads to Fraud Conviction
- 08: Woman Gets 10 Years for Fake Death Claims – Fugitive from Justice
- 09: MD Jury Clears Accused Murder-For-Hire Brothers (0)
- 12: MI landlord Charged with Arson and Insurance and Tax Fraud (0)
- 13: LAUSD Officer Found Guilty in Shooting Hoax (0)
- 13: Three Nabbed in Alleged Murder for Insurance Scheme Awaiting Extradition
- 14: NC DOI Arrests 7 for Staged Accident Ring (0)
- 15: Tom Hanks and Wife Sue Former Insurance Agent for Alleged Fraud (0)
- 16: “Operation Forgery Factory” gets PA Woman 6-15 years (0)
- 20: Florida Insurance Officials and Insurers Hold Staged Crash Workshop (0)
- 20: Ohio BWC Gains $400K from Medical Equipment Company (0)
- 23: Greedy Former Insurance Broker Gets 5.5 to 16.5 Years for Ponzi Scheme
- 23: SC Store Owner Charged with Arson
- 26: DMV Employee Arrested for Insurance Fraud (0)
- 29: Fire and Flood Claims Land Business Owner in Hot Water
- 29: Texas Pastor, Son Accused of Murder
- 29: Commerce Insurance Awarded Over $8.1 Million
- 30: Alleged No-Fault Conman Captured, Extradited From Puerto Rico to NY (0)
- August 2011 (22)
- 01: “Operation Sitting Duck” Convicts 20
- 02: NJ Ring of Chiros and Runners Dismantled
- 03: Puffer Fish Toxin Lands Man Possible Life Sentence
- 04: Insurance Agent Guilty of Selling Phony Policies (0)
- 05: Orange County Surgery Scam Falls Apart (0)
- 08: FL Clinics Searched in Pill Mill Investigation (0)
- 10: Investigators Disband Multistate Car Theft Ring (0)
- 11: No Pain, No Gain: Bodybuilding Ex-Firefighter on Trial for Fraud
- 12: Philly Mint Police Officer Charged with Fraud
- 15: Guilty: Woman Turns Car into Molotov Cocktail for Insurance Money (0)
- 16: Insurance Agents in a “Pickell” After Stealing Premiums
- 18: Bodybuilding Ex-Firefighter Acquitted
- 18: NC Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Arson, and Lying for Painkillers
- 19: Attorney’s Alleged Suicide Plot Leads to Arson, Fraud and Drug Arrest
- 22: Will the Real Willie Coachman Please Stand Up?
- 23: Suspect in Robyn Gardner Disappearance Tries to Cash Insurance Policy
- 24: Auto Glass Fraudster Ordered to Pay over $1.6 Million (0)
- 25: CA Lawyer Shot Down by “Phantom Menace”
- 26: Tampa Staged Accidents Spreading Like the Plague (0)
- 29: Allstate Files 32nd Insurance Fraud Lawsuit in 8 Years (0)
- 30: Deceased Doctor Still Treating Patients?
- 31: For Scammers in NY, Crime Can Pay (0)
- July 2011 (17)
- 02: Dupage Prosecutor Foils Flimsy Fake Death Claims
- 06: Alleged Insurance Scheme Leads To Deadly Standoff
- 07: Officer Turns Criminal in Kickback Scheme
- 11: Seven of “Operation Forgery Factory” Plead Guilty
- 12: Owners of Majestic Repair Shop Plead Guilty
- 13: Kern County Cracks Down on Comp Fraud
- 14: FL Authorities Continue Crackdown on Staged Crashes
- 18: CA Man Arrested for Fraud Scam Against Elderly
- 19: L.A. Deputies Convicted for Fraud: Are Overtime Cuts to Blame?
- 20: Fake Insurance Agent Sells Fake Insurance Policies
- 22: TX Couple Fraud Scheme Foiled by Automatic Headlights? (0)
- 22: CT Fraud Ring: Lawyers, Doctors and Chiros! Oh My!
- 25: Home Kitchen Fires Becoming More Prevalent
- 26: Houghtaling Couple is Hightailing it to Prison
- 27: Bus Camera Develops Fraud Case
- 29: Husband’s Fake Death Costs Woman Two Years
- 29: Investigating Insurance Fraud through Social Media
- June 2011 (19)
- 02: $50 Million in Life Insurance Issued to Fake Billionaire (2)
- 02: Real Estate Developer Arrested for Insurance Fraud (0)
- 03: Former N. Providence Town Council President Pleads Guilty to Fraud (0)
- 06: TN Man Denied New Trial After Convicted of Killing Wife (0)
- 08: Two Louisiana Fraud Investigators Killed in Murder-Suicide (0)
- 09: Louisiana Trio Arrested for Insurance Fraud (0)
- 10: $100 Million Fraud Trial Gets Underway
- 13: NJ Man Sentenced for Role in Auto Theft Ring
- 14: CA Doctors Charged with Over 880 Counts of Fraud
- 15: Florida Nabs “Insurance Agent” in $2.7 Million Premium Scam
- 16: Bismarck Couple Can’t Get Story Straight: Accused of Fraud
- 17: At Play While on Comp? Oxnard Police Officer Charged With Fraud
- 20: 32 Texas “Quacks” Arrested for Fraud
- 21: School Bus Drivers Arrested for Fraud
- 23: Target Targeted in Fake Slip and Fall
- 24: Neck “Injury” Lands Woman in Prison
- 27: Body Shop Charged: Beating up Cars for Profit
- 28: Four GA Residents under Fire for Arsons
- 29: Chevy not Heavy: Fraud Scam Leads to Jail Time
- May 2011 (15)
- 02: Two PA Men Caught in “Hail” of a Scheme
- 04: Marine Charged with Murder-for-Hire Scheme (0)
- 04: Pine Hills FL Clinic Mired in Fraud Charges (0)
- 10: Man Charged With Murder To Cover Up Arson (0)
- 12: Former New Orleans Aviation Director Lands in Prison for Fraud (0)
- 13: “Operation No Pain No Gain” Relinquishes Over 50 Warrants (0)
- 16: TX Accident Ring Defendants Arrested (0)
- 17: LAUSD Officer Indicted in “Shooting Hoax” (0)
- 19: Three Charged in Insurance Fraud Investigation in FL (0)
- 20: Insurers Awarded $4 Million in MA Chiropractor Fraud Case (0)
- 23: Suspicious MRI business files for bankruptcy (0)
- 24: Allstate Seeks $2.1 Million for Insurance Fraud
- 25: Seven Arrested for Louisiana Insurance Fraud (0)
- 27: Insurance Fraud Program Holds YouTube Video Contest
- 31: Insurance-Scam-Turned-Murder Perpetrators Sentenced (0)
- April 2011 (20)
- 01: Firefighter Accused of Arson
- 04: Couples’ Take on ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ (0)
- 06: “Operation Busted Wings” Nets 5 Arrests (0)
- 06: CA Man Boards “Operation Money Train” (0)
- 07: Fast Cars, Fast Money, Fast Track to Jail? (0)
- 08: Brilliant Fraudster Boards Bus AFTER “Accident” (0)
- 11: Nine Schools on Lockdown after Officer Shooting Hoax (0)
- 13: Florida’s Fraud Division Captures a “Most Wanted” (0)
- 14: Lawbreakers Sentenced in $6.2 Million Fraud Scheme
- 14: Tampa Woman Netted in Crackdown of Staged Accidents
- 15: Windstorm Claim Wafts Woman into Court (0)
- 18: Hero to Hoax? (0)
- 19: Sturgis City Manager’s Insurance Fraud Trial Begins (0)
- 20: Forklift Fraud Ring Exposed (0)
- 21: Indiana Woman Found Guilty of Insurance Fraud and Murder (0)
- 22: Insurance Claims Rep Accused of Insurance Fraud (0)
- 25: Miami Chiro Charged with “Crooked” Insurance Scam (0)
- 26: Fraudulent Claims “Runner” Pleads Guilty (0)
- 27: Star Witness in Salem Fraud Trial Takes the Stand
- 28: Niece Accused of Cashing Dead Aunt’s Benefit Checks (0)
- March 2011 (19)
- 01: Two L.A. Attorneys Caught in “Operation Big Fish”
- 02: Drivers Are Paying the Price for Staged Accidents in Tampa
- 03: Florida’s Largest PIP Bust Lands 17 Arrests
- 07: Former Patrolman “Cut” Down in Fraud Scheme
- 08: Boston Cop Falls from the Top
- 09: MA Body Shop Beats Up Cars For Cash
- 11: 5 Georgia Women Nabbed in “Ring of Fire” (0)
- 11: “Fake” Robbery Leads to “Real” Jail Time (0)
- 14: Philly Cop Arrested for Fraud (0)
- 15: Roselle Mayor Pleads Not Guilty in “Christmas Crash” (0)
- 16: FBI Sting “Crashes” Auto Accident Ring (0)
- 17: Insurer Found Liable for Fraud (0)
- 18: Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to $200K Insurance Scam
- 23: Staged Accident “Victims” Caught on Video
- 24: Insurer Files Suit on Suspicious Flood of Flood Claims
- 29: Waco Man, Wacko Stunt? (0)
- 30: Fraud Felon Silvi Wants Father’s “Murderer” Found (0)
- 31: “Operation Big Fish” Reels in Another (0)
- 31: Workers’ Comp Investigation Brings in 13 Arrests (0)
- February 2011 (5)
- January 2011 (9)
- 05: Final Arrest in “Operation Back Breaker”
- 07: FBI “Cracks” Pennsylvania Chiro Scam
- 11: 21 Busted for Connection to L.A. Fraud Ring
- 12: “Bros” Get 30 Days for 37 Staged Crashes
- 14: FL Crackdown on Staged Accidents Continues
- 18: Sex, Lies, Murder for Insurance…
- 25: Shocking Murder For Insurance Scheme Ends With 3 Convictions
- 26: 10 Arrested and 6 more Wanted for NC Staged Accident Ring
- 28: Tampa Couple and 3 others Busted for Staging Crashes
- December 2010 (8)
- 02: Son Charged With Killing Mother For Life Insurance
- 10: Investigators Crackdown on PA Chiro
- 16: Fake Policies…Fake Country?
- 22: Judge Hands Down 15 Year Sentence for Deadly Arson
- 23: Chiropractor Dodges Jail Time
- 23: “Glass For Cash” Ends With Jail Time
- 29: Judge Sentences Man For Role in Deadly Staged Accident
- 30: “Operation Back Breaker” Collars 11
- November 2010 (5)
- October 2010 (10)
- 05: Guilty of Eating Glass for Cash
- 07: Miami Adjusters Arrested in Fraud Ring
- 11: Police Detective Charged in Comp Fraud
- 11: “Crash for Cash” Nets 10 More
- 20: Police Chief Indicted for Insurance Fraud
- 21: Murder Charges Dropped in Arson Case
- 21: LAPD Rookies Charged with Fraud
- 27: Louisiana “Dirty Dozen”Indicted for Staged Crashes
- 27: Florida Chiro Clinic Charged With Fraud
- 27: Trigger Man Charged in “Murder for Insurance”
- September 2010 (7)
- 01: Pastor Confesses to Murder for Life Insurance
- 02: Arson Investigator Charged in Fire-for-Hire Scheme
- 09: Corrections Officer in the Hot Seat
- 10: Eight Busted at “Corrupt” N.Y. Clinic
- 15: Chiro “Mistakes” Medical Treatment for Gym Memberships
- 23: NC Trio Arrested for Staged Hit-and-Run
- 29: Attorney Caught Playing With Fire
- August 2010 (8)
- 02: “Popsicle” Gets 4 to 10 in the Cooler
- 05: Justice Served to “Phantom Funeral” Ring
- 05: U.S. DOJ Charges 6 for Life Insurance Scam
- 12: Black Widow Caught in a Web
- 18: ‘Trip and fall’ Ring Lands in Court
- 23: NC Farm Bureau Says Eight is Enough
- 24: And the Award for Best Actress Goes to…
- 27: Staged “Slip and Falls” on the Rise
- July 2010 (8)
- 01: Two Teens Connected to Macias Murder
- 08: Texas Rancher’s Death Linked to Insurance Fraud
- 09: Father & Son Accused of Staging Crashes
- 16: Seven Indicted in Staged Accident Ring
- 23: Durham Ring Full of Bull
- 27: Fugitive’s Widow Escapes Jail Time
- 29: No Honor Among Thieves
- 30: “Crash For Cash” Nabs Another Clinic
- June 2010 (11)
- 03: Pennsylvania Fugitive Apprehended
- 07: Denver’s Dirty Dozen Derailed
- 07: “Operation Straight Body” Charges 53
- 07: Pastor and Son Charged in 2005 Church Arson
- 15: Deputy Arrested on Fraud Charges
- 15: Captured Fugitive Commits Suicide
- 17: Texas Doc Charged with Fraud
- 18: “Shooting” for Early Retirement
- 25: Six Arrested in Comp Fraud Sweep
- 29: Family Affair: Murder for Life Insurance
- 29: Serial Fraudster Sentenced to 51 Months
- May 2010 (7)
- April 2010 (8)
- 01: Personal Injury Attorney Charged in Fraud Ring
- 07: Pennsylvania Judge’s Conviction Upheld
- 19: Arrests Made In Doctor Shopping Ring
- 20: Former Columbus Cop Avoids Jail Time
- 22: Eight More Arrested in San Diego Fraud Ring
- 26: 22 Rounded Up in “Operation Crash for Cash”
- 27: Farmers SIU Gets the Assist
- 29: Massachusetts Cracks Down on Chiro Ring
- March 2010 (1)
