Detectives from the California Department of Insurance, arrested four people November 16 for allegedly ripping off four auto insurers for more than $34,000 by filing fraudulent insurance claims. One additional suspect was taken into custody Thursday, November 15, 2018. All suspects were booked into the Sacramento County Jail. Investigated by the Urban Auto Fraud Task […]
New Jersey Kicks Off Insurance Fraud Awareness Month with Ad Campaign Urging the Public to Report Fraud
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) Insurance Fraud Awareness announced the launch of an advertising campaign urging the public to report insurance fraud and put a stop to a crime that costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year. The initiative, which coincides with October’s Insurance […]
California Auto Insurance Appraiser Sentenced to 10 Years for Insurance Fraud
Following conviction on 10 felony counts of insurance fraud for role in stage collision ring, appraised sentence to state prison. Collision repair facility operator also faces charges. Erwin Raul Mejia, 42, of Van Nuys, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison following his conviction on 10 felony counts of insurance fraud for his role […]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Accuses Two Collision Repair Shops of Fraud
Repair facility in Merced accused of insurance fraud. Sacramento body shop accused of defrauding customers. The California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) announced it has filed accusations of fraud against two collision repair centers. An accusation against FH & Sons Auto Body & Paint, a registered auto body shop located in Merced, Calif., has been […]
New Jersey Governor Nominates Tracy Thompson as Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy officially nominated Tracy Thompson to become insurance fraud prosecutor of the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, a position which is subject to the advice and consent of the State Senate. Thompson has been acting insurance fraud prosecutor. “I am confident that Tracy Thompson’s nomination as insurance fraud prosecutor will further […]
Chair of NAIC Antifraud Task Force Elected to Executive Committee of Antifraud Coalition
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak, chair of the NAIC’s Antifraud Task Force, has been named to the executive committee of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. He was elected unanimously to the position. “John Doak brings a valuable dual viewpoint to the Coalition’s mission, both as a state insurance regulator and national anti-fraud leader. This […]
North Carolina Insurance Department Adds 15 Agents to Fight Fraud
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is expanding the department’s criminal investigations division as part of his vision to eliminate insurance fraud in North Carolina. On March 16, 15 new special agents were sworn – in by State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jackson as officers to the NCDOI Fraud Control Group – nearly doubling the […]
Tracy Thompson Named New Jersey Insurance Fraud Protector
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that three longtime public servants will assume the leadership of key Divisions within the Department of Law and Public Safety. Michelle Miller will lead the Division of Law, Veronica Allende will serve as the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice, and Governor Murphy will nominate […]
Manhattan District Attorney Charges Collision Repair Facilities as Part of Illegal Monopoly That Dominated Towing Industry in New York City
Towing and collision repair firms alleged part of organized crime operation that maintained “Violent Monopoly” in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island. Alleges hundreds of thousands of dollars of insurance fraud. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, and New York City Department of Investigation (DOI) Commissioner […]
California Collision Repair Shop Owner Among 22 Charged with Auto Insurance Fraud
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office announced that 19 Santa Clara County, Calif. residents have been charged with operating a fraud ring which faked numerous car accidents. Three additional suspects from Butte and San Benito Counties have also been charged. The fictional accidents – which were often reported as caused by a distracted driver […]