INSURANCE JOURNAL REPRINT By Barry Zalma In California and several other states, before a car can be insured, the agent must photograph …
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November 25, 2013
REVISTING THE KAITLYN ARQUETTE CASE It’s been nearly two decades since Southern California fraud defense attorney Michael Bush introduced me to one …
There’s no doubt about it. When economic times are difficult, the number of claims submitted on stolen/burned cars goes up. The reasons …
August 1, 2013
In an indictment issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, Leroy Nelson could very well be in …
May 1, 2013
Some stories make you want to laugh and cry. For the victim. For the bad guys. This is one of those stories. …
Targeting Penske, Ryder and Budget rental companies, Berk County residents Jason Jones, Thomas Oliver and an (as yet) unnamed third participant. using …
January 24, 2013
Armen Aivazian, owner of the Sayat Nova restaurant in Glendale, California, has been arrested and charged with four counts of felony insurance …
January 24, 2013
Cleveland, OH; Columbia, SC; Detroit, MI; Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Las Vegas, NV; Little Rock, AR; Los Angeles, CA; Memphis, TN; Miami, …
January 13, 2013
In what could be termed as one of the largest insurance fraud sentences received by a single individual, Tony Lucius Francis has …
January 5, 2013
By Rob Painter The following story is fictitious. It is, however, based on a true story – one which covers a period …
January 5, 2013
By Leslie Kim WARSAW POLAND, OCTOBER 2, 1997: We are very, very far from home. It is evident everywhere; and once again, …
January 5, 2013
In the summer of 1997, after authorities became weary of the proliferation of organized auto theft rings in south Florida, a multi-agency …
January 3, 2013
That’s all they bothered to go after: Porsches, Jeep Wranglers, Mercedes, etc. A routine business inspection at a Santa Ana, California, …
January 3, 2013
Auto theft is the most costly property crime in the nation. Los Angeles County residents have 89,000 vehicles stolen each year, valued …
The Southeast Regional Sting Project (SRSP) was an 11 month long multi-agency undercover task force aimed at penetrating the stolen property network …
The statistics are alarming. Car theft cost $8 billion nationally last year. Almost two million vehicles are stolen each year in …
December 31, 2012
On the ladder of international organized crime, drug trafficking ranks number one. In second place, and sneaking up fast, is auto theft. …
December 31, 2012
Now that we’ve got your attention… Eight members of an insurance fraud ring were arrested for their alleged involvement in surgically stripping …
December 30, 2012
Cranston, Rhode Island, police officer Kevin Grant and Tara Devoren, his former girlfriend, tell completely different stories of events that transpired beginning …
December 30, 2012
Perhaps his yearly salary for teaching emotionally disturbed children just wasn’t enough? Maybe he simply grew tired of his 1991 Chevy Blazer? …
December 30, 2012
It is a problem that has reached global proportions. A 1996 Lexus is not safe; a 1973 Pinto is not safe. And …
December 30, 2012
By Ed McArdle Fraudsters, thieves and con men of all types love rental cars and the companies that rent them: what scamp …
December 29, 2012
No, we’re not talking about politicians here; we’re talking about stolen car parts: more specifically, air bags. The Highway Loss Data …
It started when Progressive donated $25,000 to the state police to assist in setting up a sting operation. It ended in the …
December 29, 2012
SOURCES: MARKETLINE INTERNATIONAL(European) NICB (USA) Country Cars Stolen per 1,000 UK 22.0 France 12.5 Norway 11.6 Belgium 9.1 Italy 8.4 Netherlands 7.2 …
December 29, 2012
A stolen car ring operating between San Diego, Seattle, Newark, Buffalo and the Ukraine came to a screeching halt on August 13th …
By Susan Clarke “Once upon a time, there were two brothers, three 1967 Corvette convertibles, three phony insurance claims and five phony …
December 29, 2012
Here’s how it works: Each claim involves a luxury car that is stolen, and stripped of its audio system, seats, interior door …
By Steve Pastis Changes in the U.S. Customs’ Operation Outlook program, influenced by the National Insurance Crime Bureau, will make it increasingly …
December 28, 2012
A 1938 MG TA Tickford, valued at $125,000, was only one of the nine classic cars reported lost by Dr. George H. …
By Steve Pastis A focused enforcement effort to fight Oldsmobile Cutlass thefts in the San Francisco Bay area has already started showing …
December 28, 2012
By Susan Clarke What is an airbag? Well, it depends on your point of view. If you are a typical consumer, an …
December 28, 2012
New York Law Journal – Reprint with Permission Not only was the group of car thieves organized, they also had expensive tastes …
December 26, 2012
Along with fluctuations in the overall economy, comes the spawning of new forms of insurance fraud. Take, for instance, Gap Insurance Fraud, …