Tag Archives: Insurance fraud

Warm weather is high season for crooked contractors to cheat homeowners with bogus repairs, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud warns. Severe rainstorms, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes and wild fires are in season, we’re reminded on the first anniversary of the tornado … Continue reading →

DETROIT, MI — Detroit Public Schools suspended 18 employees and identified 14 former employees involved in unemployment benefit fraud as a result of an investigation completed this week by the district’s Office of Inspector General, according to a statement from … Continue reading →

Authorities have reportedly uncovered a ring of scam artists who ripped off insurance companies to the tune of about $170,000 by staging car accidents and seeking payouts for faked injuries, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office. Teddy … Continue reading →

A statewide scheme targeting more than 200 senior citizens deceived into spending thousands of dollars for home care services they never received culminated in the arrests of four Philadelphia-area men, the state Attorney General said this morning. The fraud spread … Continue reading →

Early this week, two insurance investigators in Louisiana were found shot to death whilst in the midst of a fraud investigation. The incident caused concern amongst state regulators who have been railing against the prevalence of fraud in Louisiana. http://liarcatchers.com/insurance_fraud.html … Continue reading →

Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa, the leader of Bergen County’s largest police department and scion of one if its most eminent political dynasties, faces 23 years behind bars after being found guilty Wednesday of insurance fraud and official misconduct. After … Continue reading →

ALBANY, N.Y. — Insurance regulators plan to start kicking crooked doctors out of New York’s no-fault program next month, calling them linchpins in fake-accident scams that cost insurers and ultimately policyholders hundreds of millions of dollars. Regulations are set to … Continue reading →

The ringleaders behind a $1.4 million insurance scam veered little from the script that worked the first time in 2007, authorities say. To start, they found accomplices who rented big houses in South Miami-Dade, which they then filled with used … Continue reading →

A Jersey City man was arrested yesterday on charges he received more than $52,000 in life insurance funds intended for his estranged brother, according to prosecutors. Darrell Walker, 53, was charged with second-degree insurance fraud and faces up to 10 … Continue reading →