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Automotive Lift Institute Reports Counterfeit Gold Certification Label Found in Ontario, Canada

July 30, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

Budget Automotive Equipment label

The Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) warned of counterfeit gold “Certified Automotive Lift” labels being applied to automotive lifts. The ALI safety notification said that that certain automotive lifts from Budget Automotive Equipment Inc. installed in Ontario and possibly other Canadian provinces or U.S. States may bear a fraudulent declaration of compliance and product certification intended […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automotive LIft Institute, Canada, Fraud, Ontario, Safety

Massachusetts Auto Dealer Pays $1 Million for Exploiting State Unemployment System During Pandemic

January 20, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

According to Commonwealth Attorney General, company encouraged furloughed employees who were collecting state unemployment benefits to work without pay. Massachusetts car dealer Colonial Automotive Group, Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million in penalties to settle claims that it took advantage of state unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, Attorney General Maura Healey announced. Following […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Attorney General, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, Fraud, Lawsuit, Massachusetts, Unemployment Insurance

Pennsylvania Towing Company Owner Among More than Dozen Charged with Conspiring to Commit $24 Million PPP Loan Fraud

October 7, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

A Florida recording artist and a Pennsylvania towing company owner have been charged for their alleged participation in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Diamond […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, Fraud, Lawsuits, Paycheck Protection Program, Towing

Tokio Marine Indonesia Implements Shift AI Anti-Fraud Technology

September 29, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Shift Technology announced that PT Asuransi Tokio Marine Indonesia has deployed Shift Technology’s Force fraud detection solution for auto claims. As a result, the technology will become a crucial element in the insurance carrier’s overarching fraud prevention strategy. Tokio Marine Indonesia is one of the largest general insurers in the country.  “Through our work with […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agreements Signed, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Fraud, Shift Technology, Tokio Marine

Massachusetts Collision Repair Facility Owner Charged with Tax Fraud

August 13, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

The owner of Everett and Worcester, Mass. auto body repair facilities was charged yesterday with a payroll tax scheme resulting in a $292,231 tax loss.  This is not Haddad’s first run in with authorities, in 2019 Haddad was charged with auto insurance fraud by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Haddad pleaded not guilty to the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fraud, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Tax

North Carolina Attorney General Secures $68,000 Judgment Against Two Charlotte Collision Repair Shops

February 21, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

North Carolina lawsuit

Judge also bans owner from operating an auto repair business for three years over deceptive trade practices and Motor Vehicle Act violations. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced Wednesday that his office secured a $68,564.35 consent judgment against the owners of two collision repair facilities in Charlotte, N.C. A judge found Sterling Leonard Gabriel, […]

Filed Under: Category 1, News Tagged With: Attorney General, Fraud, Insurance Fraud, Lawsuits, North Carolina

California Insurance Commissioner Now Under Fire Over Use of Public Funds for Housing

September 11, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

CWD Lara Letter

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara who apologized last week for taking reelection campaign donations from insurance industry executives and their families is under the spotlight again. Following a report in Politico that Insurance Commissioner Lara billed the state for his Sacramento apartment,  a consumer group has called on California officials to investigate to determine the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Fraud, Insurance Commissioner

Maryland Used Auto Parts and Scrap Dealers Convicted of Tax Fraud

June 10, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

A married couple in Clinton, Md. were convicted by a federal jury on June 7 of one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and four counts of filing false income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fraud, Lawsuits, Maryland, Recycled Parts, Tax, U.S. DOJ

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Steps Down

May 17, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck announced yesterday that he is suspending himself from office. This means he will be absent from making decisions with regard to the daily operations of the Department of Insurance. In his absence, Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner Drew Lane will perform the duties of the Insurance Commissioner as provided for by […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fraud, Georgia, Indictment, Insurance Commissioner, Lawsuits

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Indicted for $2 Million Fraud Scheme

May 15, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim C. Beck was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.  The 38-count indictment alleges that Beck stole more than $2,000,000 from his former employer, the Georgia Underwriting Association, during the five years just prior to Beck’s election to statewide office in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Fraud, Georgia, Indictment, Insurance Commissioner, Lawsuits

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