All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2022 // A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate three mothers who requested anonymous donors.The jury found that Dr. Paul B. Jones and his...
May 2 2022 // A South Florida man has been charged in connection with what appears to be a new twist on auto insurance fraud.State and local authorities said that Victor Van Vickery, 33, of Delray Beach, claimed to be in a Uber ride...
Apr 29 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Narek Harutyunyan, 31, of Camarillo, California, was sentenced this week in Ventura County Superior Court on two felony counts of grand theft after Harutyunyan reportedly stole insurance...
Apr 27 2022 // As the number of catalytic converter thefts has soared nationwide, one Alabama auto repair shop has begun building anti-theft cages that cover the pollution-control devices.Dean and Cory Parker, owners of Dean’s Auto...
Apr 25 2022 // North Carolina authorities have charged two men with fraud and theft after they submitted photographs of fires that never occurred.Antonio Collins, 32, of Greensboro, obtained $11,122 from State Farm Insurance after he...
Apr 22 2022 // The UK seized 2 million pounds ($2.61 million) from a London-based fintech firm, saying that the funds were linked to a $150 million U.S. wire fraud conspiracy.QPay Europe Ltd., which offers due diligence and underwriting...
Apr 21 2022 // Alabama sheriff’s deputies this week arrested a man they say buried a Hummer six years ago after filing an insurance claim on the vehicle. Bruce Parnell was taken into jail in Washington County, in southwest Alabama,...
Apr 20 2022 // Former California insurance agent Marc Leigh Miles, 71, formerly of Irvine, and currently residing in Eagle, Idaho, was arraigned on nine felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud, and forgery after allegedly stealing...
Apr 19 2022 // The United States has linked North Korean hackers to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency tied to the popular online game Axie Infinity, the U.S. Treasury Department said on...
Apr 18 2022 // The owner and operator of an Arlington, Massachusetts-based insurance agency has been convicted by a federal jury in Boston of fraudulently receiving government disability benefits.Patrick Quinn, an ex-Marine who said he...
Apr 18 2022 // Maria Caceres an Indiana travel agent was sentenced last week to 30 months in federal prison following her conviction of wire fraud, to which she had previously plead guilty.According to court records, the 56-year old...
Apr 18 2022 // Two physical therapists and five other Miami people were arrested last week and charged with running an extensive auto insurance fraud ring, staging accidents and billing insurers as much as $161,000.Florida’s...
Apr 18 2022 // Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, California, was arraigned on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly creating fraudulent...
Apr 18 2022 // It’s a crime that siphons untold billions from the economy — but many people have never heard of it.Business Email Compromise scams involve criminals hacking into email accounts, pretending to be someone...
Apr 14 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance agent David Lance Hall, 64, of Bakersfield, California, was arraigned this week in Kern County Superior Court on six felony counts of theft and misappropriations of fiduciary funds after...
Apr 12 2022 // California utility PG&E Corp. has reached settlement agreements with district attorneys representing Northern California counties to avoid prosecution over two major wildfires, with the company agreeing to pay $55...
Apr 12 2022 // It’s a crime that siphons untold billions from the economy — but many people have never heard of it.Business Email Compromise scams involve criminals hacking into email accounts, pretending to be someone...
Apr 12 2022 // The new CEO of Hertz says he’s working to fix a glitch in the rental-car giant’s systems that has led to some of its customers being wrongly accused of stealing cars they had rented.Stephen Scherr, who took...
Apr 11 2022 // A man prosecutors said was a leader of a conspiracy that involved bribing 911 operators, hospital workers, and police officers to obtain the confidential information of tens of thousands of New York and New Jersey motor...
Apr 11 2022 // Adan Deniz, 43, a contractor from Santa Clarita, California, was arraigned today on 21 felony counts of forgery, theft by false pretense, and workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly creating fraudulent...