All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 14 2023 // New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago.The new devices, which also include a...
Apr 13 2023 // Seven members of an organized theft crew were arrested yesterday and charged in connection with stealing catalytic converters from more than 470 vehicles in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. For the alleged ringleader,...
Apr 13 2023 // A Boston woman recently guilty in federal court in Boston to her role in a scheme to defraud an insurance provider for physical therapy services that were not provided to patients.Gyulnara Bayryshova pleaded guilty to one...
Apr 13 2023 // Five defendants were arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found a landscaping company some of the defendants owned allegedly...
Apr 12 2023 // An East Hartford man has pleaded guilty to participating in a stolen catalytic converter trafficking ring.Bryant Bermudez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and...
Apr 12 2023 // A California Department of Insurance-led investigation with assistance from the California Department of Justice has resulted in the arraignment of 12 suspects on more than 110 felony counts including conspiracy, insurance...
Apr 11 2023 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Gregory Magedman, 77, of Fullerton, California, appeared in court on one felony count of grand theft by embezzlement after allegedly failing to give an insurance payment to a...
Apr 6 2023 // Walsh Construction Co. and Melo’s Rodbusters, Inc. have agreed to pay $1.24 million collectively to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they participated in a fraudulent scheme to take advantage of the federal...
Apr 5 2023 // An Australian government-backed service for victims of identity theft blasted a plan to toughen privacy laws amid an explosion of online data theft, saying it would spur compromised companies to pay ransom and invite more...
Apr 3 2023 // The city of Buffalo has filed suit against Kia and Hyundai seeking to hold the carmakers responsible for the rash of auto thefts caused by their alleged failure to include industry-standard anti-theft technology.Buffalo...
Mar 31 2023 // Richemont is building a digital platform to help police forces worldwide fight theft of luxury watches and jewelry.The platform is open to the entire luxury industry and owners can register their collections using the...
Mar 28 2023 // The city of St. Louis, Missouri, said on Monday it was joining a number of major U.S. cities that are suing Korean automakers Hyundai Motor 005380.KS and Kia Corp 000270.KS for failing to install anti-theft technology in...
Mar 24 2023 // When it comes to investigating SIU claims, metadata can be extremely revealing and may even provide evidence that a crime, such as insurance fraud, occurred. In simple terms, metadata is data that provides information...
Mar 24 2023 // Eliu Canales, 43, was arraigned this week on 54 felony counts of insurance fraud, assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving after a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance and San Joaquin...
Mar 22 2023 // A Mississippi doctor will not spend time in jail after pleading guilty to federal misdemeanor charges for his role in a health care fraud scheme that prosecutors said cost insurers about $515 million.Dr. Gregory Auzenne,...
Mar 21 2023 // A group of 22 U.S. state attorneys general on Monday blasted Hyundai Motor 005380.KS and Kia Corp 000270.KS and said they need do more to address problems with millions of U.S. vehicles that are prone to theft.Last month,...
Mar 20 2023 // As the costs and consequences of education escalate, educational institutions at all levels face a rapidly growing slate of property and liability risks, including increasing sports liabilities and coverage for...
Mar 17 2023 // Federal authorities say dozens of artifacts stolen in the 1970s from museums in several states and dating back as far as the French and Indian War have been returned to the institutions.The FBI announced Monday at a...
Mar 16 2023 // A Texas public insurance adjuster accused of stealing more than $268,000 in insurance claims from multiple victims has been indicted by a grand jury in Kimble County.A Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) investigation...
Mar 15 2023 // A Massachusetts man described by authorities as the ringleader of a group that used stolen identities to buy multiple vehicles worth a total of more than $1.5 million has pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft charges,...