Archive for the ‘Insurance Fraud’ Category
Windstorm Claim Wafts Woman into Court
Less than five months after being convicted of insurance fraud, a woman is facing yet another felony charge for allegedly trying to attain an undue insurance payment.
Cheryl Tchida was arrested on April 1st by Woodbury police and jailed on suspicion of defrauding an insurance company.
Three days later...
April 15th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Tampa Woman Netted in Crackdown of Staged Accidents
A Tampa woman has been one of the latest people arrested as the city cracks down on “crash for cash” scammers. Tina Marie Figueroa’s arrest was the result of a year-long investigation that involved staged accidents and insurance fraud.
According to The Miami Herald, officials noted Monday that...
April 14th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud, Staged Accidents | Read More
Florida’s Fraud Division Captures a “Most Wanted”
With a fascinating alias like “Sexy Telfort,” you would think that Erline Telfort would be wanted for something much more exciting than organized fraud and criminal conspiracy. The Broward County woman was arrested last week, after the launch of the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud’s new “Most...
April 13th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Fast Cars, Fast Money, Fast Track to Jail?
If the name Mikel Mewbourn sounds familiar, it’s because he was accused of insurance fraud stemming from a house fire in 2008. Mewbourn was one of three men who were accused of planning to defraud the banks that backed the mortgage for the Greenwood Village mansion. He was listed as one of the...
April 7th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud, Staged Accidents, s | Read More
CA Man Boards “Operation Money Train”
According to Monterey County District Attorney Dean D. Flippo, Guillermo Virgen Lopez, of Salinas, pled guilty on Thursday to a felony charge of auto insurance fraud; and it only took until the third day of his jury trial.
As noted by The Californian, Lopez was arrested as part of an undercover operation...
April 6th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More
Firefighter Accused of Arson
How do you quickly go from being a firefighter to being a felon? The short answer is set your house ablaze to collect on your insurance policy, which is what Parsons, Kansas fire officials suspect one of their firefighters, Carl Ray, of doing.
Ray, a Southeast Kansas firefighter for four years,...
April 1st, 2011 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Workers’ Comp Investigation Brings in 13 Arrests
Due to a concentrated effort to crackdown on people who are receiving unjustifiable Workers’ Compensation benefits, 13 people in eight different counties have been arrested.
According to the New York State Insurance Department many of the accused were working side jobs while collecting benefits...
March 31st, 2011 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
“Operation Big Fish” Reels in Another
There were nine new criminal charges filed today against a Glendale attorney, John Akopian. He is said to have been caught up with a group of lawyers and chiropractors who were charged in a staged accident fraud ring in October 2009 as part of “Operation Big Fish.”
The new charges follow...
March 31st, 2011 | 2, Insurance Fraud, Rings & Mills | Read More
Insurer Files Suit on Suspicious Flood of Flood Claims
We’ve heard of people who are accident prone, but one house in Indiana is apparently prone to flooding. The house at 6300 Arthur Street in Merrillville has allegedly racked up over $260,000 in damages in the past few years from numerous floods. However, not everyone believes these claims.
Insurance...
March 24th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Philly Cop Arrested for Fraud
Everybody knows that when a car gets stolen you call the police so they can hopefully locate the vehicle. But what happens when one of the cops appears to be in on it?
In an attempt to avoid a costly car-loan payment, a Philadelphia cop –Sergeant Dwayne Darby along with Kariem Mangum, allegedly filed...
March 14th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
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Repeatedly Burning Furniture Earned Scammers Millions
May 18, 2012
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NJ Police Chief Guilty of Misconduct, Insurance Fraud
May 17, 2012
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Golf Tournament “Insurer” Charged with Fraud after Refusal to Honor Hole-in-One
May 17, 2012
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NJ Man Admits to Being “Runner” for Chiropractor
May 15, 2012
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CA Dentist Arrested for Insurance Fraud
May 14, 2012