Category Archives: Consumer Fraud
Caretaker accused in $9 million theft from elderly resident at Alabama assisted living facility
An east Alabama woman has been arrested involving the theft of $9 million from a resident at an Etowah County assisted living facility. Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest of Lisa Daugherty. She is 54 and lives in Attalla. Daugherty was arrested on a warrant by agents of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud… Read More »
Jury tells Aetna to pay $25M to late cancer patient’s family
A jury has ordered Aetna to pay more than $25 million to the family of an Oklahoma City woman who died a year after the insurance company refused to cover a type of radiation therapy. Jurors found that Aetna doctors didn’t spend enough time reviewing Orrana Cunningham’s case before denying her coverage for proton… Read More »
Wells Fargo to pay $110 million to settle fake account class action lawsuit
Wells Fargo is currently facing — and trying to get out of — a dozen class action lawsuits involving a fake account fiasco that saw bank employees opening millions of bogus, unauthorized accounts in customers’ names. Now Wells says it has agreed to settle the oldest of those disputes, and that the settlement could… Read More »
Equifax, Transunion pay $23 million in fines for misleading consumers
The nation’s three largest credit reporting agencies — TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian — not only collect consumers’ financial information to assist lenders in gauging whether or not someone is qualified for a loan, fit for a job, or can afford a place to live, they also provide people with credit-related products and resources that… Read More »
