Archive for the ‘Insurance Fraud’ Category
Cell Phone Store Owner Charged with $700,000 Fraud
A California man who owns a cellular telephone store has been sentenced forr his involvement in over 2,000 fraudulent insurance claims, which ended up costing insurance companies over $700,000.
According to IFAwebnews.com, Andy Jungsik Kim, 37, pled guilty and received three years and four months in...
February 16th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Demolition Derby Chop Shop Raided for Insurance Fraud
Georgia state investigators say a DeKalb County repair garage is at the center of a fraud investigation. It was raided by agents from the Insurance Commissioner’s Office who were armed with a search warrant, guns, and suspicions of an insurance fraud ring.
According to WSB-TV, when the shop’s...
February 15th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More
Woman Fakes Cancer Claims: Gets Probation and $94K Fine
According to TheBlaze, a Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to nine years of probation and ordered to repay almost $100,000 in insurance money that she obtained through payments of false cancer treatments for her and her husband. What a horrible thing to falsify.
Back in August, Deborah Brown, 52,...
February 13th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
For one CA Man: Go-kart Racing Equals Fraud
Who would ever think that Go-Kart racing could get you into huge trouble with the law? Obviously not Tony Roey Stevenson, who has been convicted of insurance and worker’s compensation fraud after a day at a local fun park.
According to the Redding Record Searchlight and the Shasta County District...
February 13th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
NY Gains 18 Arrests for Workers’ Comp Fraud
One New York man is among the 18 who were arrested in a state-wide crackdown on workers’ comp fraud.
According to Business First, after an investigation was done by the fraud bureau of the State Department of Financial Services (DFS), John Czechowski was charged with third degree insurance fraud, grand...
February 9th, 2012 | 4, Insurance Fraud | Read More
PA Man Facing Fraud Charge for Phantom Deer “Crash”
A PA man is facing a felony charge for filing a fraudulent insurance claim with Nationwide Insurance Company. The reason? He swerved to miss a phantom deer.
According to borough Police Chief Jason Gill and The Luminary, Benjamin Stewart, 20, claimed that his 2002 Subaru Impreza was damaged in a minor...
February 8th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
VA Rescue Squad Charged with Fraud
A federal indictment that was unsealed on February 2nd charges a Saltville Rescue Squad with fraud, alleging that they falsified doctor’s signatures and sent $2.65 million worth of fraudulent billing slips to insurance companies
According to TriCities.com and federal prosecutors, for nearly six years...
February 7th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
FL Senate Passes PIP Fraud Bill
The apparently broken personal injury protection (PIP) laws in Florida have often been a very hot topic for discussion, but the Florida Senate has now cleared a PIP Fraud Bill, SB 1860.
According to the Insurance Journal, the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved the bill, which was...
February 6th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
26 People Arrested for Unemployment Fraud
Some New York jails might be extra crowded after over 2 dozen people were arrested for defrauding the state out of more than $192,000 in unemployment insurance benefits.
Each person was working while claiming unemployment benefits, but police do not believe these individuals were working together.
According...
February 3rd, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More
Fraud Made Easier with Stolen Doctor IDs
If fraud wasn’t prevalent enough these days already, stealing the identities of doctors and then using those identities to commit fraud is apparently becoming easier.
According to MedPage Today and an article from two doctors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the widespread...
February 2nd, 2012 | 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