Insurance Investigator News

N.C. Authorities Indict Two Fraud Ring Members Implicated in 480 Bogus Crash Claims Since 1992

August 10, 2005 Frankie Louis Alston and Darin Antonio Mason have been indicted in connection with an alleged auto insurance fraud ring in Siler City, N.C. that filed at least 480 bogus auto crash claims in Chatham and Randolph counties since 1992. Insurance companies paid out an estimated $2 million on the claims. Advertisement Investigators N.C. Authorities Indict Two Fraud Ring Members Implicated in 480 Bogus Crash Claims Since 1992

Insurers Hail N.Y. Physician Decertification Fraud Reform

Insurance companies are applauding New York Gov. George Pataki for signing legislation that they say will assist them in their efforts to fight insurance fraud. Pataki signed A.8376, the physician decertification bill, which decertifies physicians from receiving payment under the no-fault system when the physician engages in deceptive billing or fraudulent practices. “This is a Insurers Hail N.Y. Physician Decertification Fraud Reform

Police Complete Insurance Fraud Study

WTOP RICHMOND, Va. – If you live in Virginia, chances are you have been a victim or know someone who has been a victim of insurance fraud. Nearly half of Virginians fit into one of those two categories, according to a study by Virginia State Police. The telephone survey was conducted among 400 residents in Police Complete Insurance Fraud Study

Insurance Journal Reports $120,000 In Ditched Vehicles Offered For Sale to DFS Undercover Officers

Insurance Journal Reports Eight individuals have been apprehended in West Palm Beach, Fla. for attempting to claim more than $120,000 in auto insurance theft benefits; but, there was one hitch, they attempted to “ditch” the vehicles by selling them to undercover officers. According to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO, the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Journal Reports $120,000 In Ditched Vehicles Offered For Sale to DFS Undercover Officers

Florida Ins Certifiicate Fraud Bust

NSURANCE FRAUD Tuesday, July 26, 2005 An insurance scheme that targeted truck drivers ends with the arrest of a Florida woman. Rosa Bajdor is accused of selling phony insurance certificates, ranging in price from 5 hundred to 15 hundred dollars. The certificates bore the name of Canal Insurance, one of the nation`s largest insurers for Florida Ins Certifiicate Fraud Bust