Insurance fraud

NEW YORK, NY (October 25, 2007) -- New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced arrests in connection with “Operation Home Alone,” the sweeping investigation of fraud in the home health industry. The arrests include 16 home health aides, two registered nurses and a home care patient alleged to have defrauded Medicaid through improper billing and no-show jobs.    » read more »

October 22, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny announced today the conviction of Scott Baldwin for the crime of Insurance Fraud, relative to a claim he made for an injury to his tooth.    » read more »

October 17, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw, announced that an Essex County pharmacist and the pharmacy he operated were convicted in absentia yesterday of health care claims fraud and Medicaid fraud for submitting more than $15,000 in phony prescription claims to the Medicaid program.    » read more »

October 8, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny announced today the conviction of Joseph Arcidiacono for one count of Insurance Fraud, under RSA 638:20.    » read more »

October 5, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Warren County man was sentenced today for a disability insurance fraud.

According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Mark A. Matyas, 37, of Hardwick, was ordered by Superior Court Judge John Pursel in Warren County to serve two years probation and pay a $5,000 civil insurance fraud fine. The sentence is pursuant to Matyas’ June 14 guilty plea to a criminal accusation charging him with third-degree insurance fraud.    » read more »

October 4, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny announced today the indictments of Travis Powell and Richard Currie for automobile insurance fraud.    » read more »

October 04, 2007 -- WORCESTER – Today, a West Dennis, Massachusetts man was arraigned on charges he schemed to collect approximately $19,000 in insurance proceeds by falsely reporting to his insurance company and to police that his car had been stolen. Luigi Campobello, age 53, of West Dennis, was charged with Automobile Insurance Fraud (1 count), Larceny Over $250 (1 count), False Reports to Police Officers (1 count) and False Reports to Police Officers of Motor Vehicle Theft (1 count).    » read more »

October 03, 2007 -- FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 2, 2007) – The Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) is investigating reports that an unidentified company is selling health insurance in Kentucky without proper authorization.

A flyer, which has been faxed to consumers in Kentucky, does not specify a company name but offers a health care plan with monthly premiums ranging from $199 for single coverage to $359 for families. The flyer specifically states, “This is health insurance – not discount healthcare!”

KOI learned of the flyers from an insurance agent in northern Kentucky.    » read more »

Arrest is first by NY State-Nassau County Medicaid fraud task force

MINEOLA, NY (October 1, 2007) - New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen M. Rice today announced the arrest of a home care agency operator and an associate for a litany of Medicaid-related crimes that were committed to bankroll extravagant lifestyles. The arrests were the result of an investigation by the Medicaid fraud task force Attorney General Cuomo and the District Attorney Rice launched in January.    » read more »

October 1, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny announced today the indictments of Kim Falle and Terri Chase for automobile insurance fraud.    » read more »

September 28, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Long Branch podiatrist was sentenced today for billing Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield more than $200,000 for medical services he never rendered.    » read more »

September 26, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that an Essex County chiropractor has pleaded guilty today for his role in an insurance fraud scheme.

According to Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown, Samuel Sbarra, 49, Nutley, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Donald J. Volkert, Jr. in Essex County to a criminal accusation charging him with third-degree attempted theft by deception.    » read more »

September 21, 2007 -- WORCESTER – Today, three people were indicted in connection with an insurance fraud scheme that included the staging of two motor vehicle collisions in Worcester, Massachusetts. A Worcester County Grand Jury returned indictments against Eric Bonnette, age 24, Mercy Encarnacion, age 29, and Damaris Matos, age 39, all of Worcester, charging each with two counts of Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud and four counts of Conspiracy to Commit Motor Vehicle Insurance Fraud. Additionally, Bonnette was charged with one count of Assault and Battery.    » read more »

September 21, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Manalapan dentist was sentenced today for an insurance billing scam.    » read more »

Company Received More Than $4,000,000 for Services Never Rendered

BALTIMORE, MD (September 20, 2007) - Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Guy Anthony Bell, 44, of the 2700 block of Tallow Tree Road in Woodstock, pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to two counts of felony Medicaid Fraud for his role in billing the Medicaid program for more than $4,000,000 for services that were never performed. In all, Mr. Bell knowingly directed his employees to submit over 20,000 false statements to the Medicaid Program.    » read more »