New York Fraud Scams Taking Deadly Turn

Numerous staged accidents take place all across the country every month, several of which are happening in New York. While often the actors stage their crashes with their co-conspirators, however, several involve crashes where accident victims don’t even know they’re being used as a prop in a crime....

April 3rd, 2012 | Staged Accidents | Read More

Allstate Seeks $2 Million for Alleged Fraud Scam

Allstate Insurance Co. has officially filed their first lawsuit this year for insurance fraud. They are naming 27 defendants in New York and seeking to recover $2 million from companies that allegedly set up fake medical businesses for no-fault automobile insurance claims. According to InsuranceNewsNet.com,...

March 19th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Dozens More Doctors Causing Suspicion

Right on the heels of the huge $279 million no-fault car insurance scam, New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo stated that the state has already found 135 more physicians whose billing practices are bringing out the red flags for fraud. According to the New York Daily News, after the February 29th takedown...

March 13th, 2012 | 3, Insurance Fraud | Read More

16 Arrested for Staged Accidents in NY

It seems that staged accidents and no-fault insurance laws go hand in hand. Sixteen more people were arrested in New York, a state with No-Fault Laws, for their alleged roles in staging accidents acting as drivers and passengers. According to The Wall Street Journal and State Attorney General Eric...

March 7th, 2012 | 4, Insurance Fraud | Read More

9 More Doctors Named in No-Fault Insurance Scam

Along with the arrest of Dr. Joseph Vitoulis –the subject of our previous story, several new names are coming out in connection with what is being called “the largest single no-fault automobile insurance fraud ever charged.” In total, ten doctors were arrested, including Dr. Vitoulis, but...

March 5th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

NY Doctor Accused of No-Fault Insurance Scam, Again

One NY doctor is in a great deal of trouble for pulling off a no-fault insurance scam worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He’s not the only one in trouble however, because state officials were supposed to be monitoring him due to the fact that this isn’t the first time he pulled this type of scam. According...

March 5th, 2012 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

3 Insurance Agents Charged with $100 Million Fraud

Three insurance agents based in New York and Florida are in deep financial and legal trouble. They were charged with using straw buyers to obtain over $100 million in life insurance policies that they resold to third-party investors. According to onlinequoteinsurance.org and Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney...

February 17th, 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

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

Eleven Charged, FBI says Hundreds of NY Rail Workers Committed $1B Fraud

The ride on the gravy train might soon be over for hundreds of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) employees suspected of having cheated their way to big pensions in what FBI officials are calling a $1 billion fraud scandal. They are said to have gone as far as paying doctors to say they were unable to work,...

October 31st, 2011 | Scandalous Schemes, s | Read More

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