Latest Fraud Headlines

All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Virginia County Police Report Some Success Against High-End Theft Rings

Aug 22 2024 // It took seven people, 15 seconds and a fire extinguisher. With that, a seven-person crew from Pennsylvania made off with more than $60,000 in luxury goods from the Chanel store in the posh Tysons Galleria mall in northern...

Crimes Against Customers: Part 1 – Financial Crimes

Aug 13 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Insurance compliance is serious business. Falling out of compliance can have real consequences for everyone from insurance agencies, carriers, MGAs, and MGUs, to...

SEC Sues Over Alleged $650 Million Global Crypto Fraud

Aug 13 2024 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised over $650 million from more than 200,000 investors worldwide,...

Hyundai, Kia Software Upgrades Cut Theft Rates By More Than Half, HLDI Finds

Aug 9 2024 // Anti-theft software upgrades provided for Hyundai and Kia vehicles regularly targeted by thieves has cut theft rates by more than half, according to new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute.Theft rates of the...

Georgia Woman Charged with Insurance Fraud After Claimed Injuries

Aug 6 2024 // A woman in north Georgia has been charged with insurance fraud after she claimed that a “personal care device” caused injuries that cost as much as $350,000 to treat.Kamala Anderson, 45, of Snellville, was...

3 Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud After Washington Insurance Commissioner Investigations

Aug 6 2024 // Three suspects pleaded guilty to insurance fraud in May and June after investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit.The fraud cases included a suspect from Qatar...

Justice Deptartment Launches Whistleblower Program Aimed at Corporate Crime

Aug 5 2024 // The U.S. Justice Department on Aug. 1 debuted its first-ever whistleblower program offering monetary awards to tipsters who report certain types of corporate misconduct, an effort designed to ratchet up the pressure on...

Colorado Man Sentenced for Role in $268K Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme

Aug 2 2024 // A Colorado man who aided a former insurance claims adjuster in an auto insurance claims scheme was sentenced this week.In 2020, Brassfield, 55, of Aurora, reportedly aided former Travelers Insurance employee Colette Palin,...

South Alabama Woman Charged With 11 Counts of Insurance Fraud

Jul 30 2024 // An Alabama woman was arrested after she was indicted by a grand jury, charged with multiple counts of insurance fraud. Allison Dawn Benton Davis, 53, of Dothan, was charged with 11 counts of insurance fraud, according to...

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Appointed Receiver of Fraudulent Investment Companies

Jul 25 2024 // The Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen was appointed the receiver of Beckstone Partners, LLC (Beckstone), DesFined, LLC (DesFined), East King Management, LLC, and The Corporate Leasing Company, LLC to wind down the...

Wife of Ex-Texas Trucking Magnate Sentenced in $9M Work Comp Fraud Scheme

Jul 24 2024 // The wife of a former San Antonio trucking magnate was sentenced this month in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme.Frances Hall, former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking, was sentenced for her role in a scheme to avoid $9...

USAA Renter’s Insurance Policyholder Charged with Multiple Counts of Fraud

Jul 24 2024 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown reports that a grand jury for Prince George’s County has handed down two indictments charging an Upper Marlboro woman with insurance fraud.According to Brown, Rhonda Keisha...

Jacksonville Jags Sue Financial Employee Convicted of Stealing $22M From Team

Jul 23 2024 // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have filed a lawsuit against a former employee who is serving prison time after pleading guilty to stealing $22 million from the NFL team’s virtual credit card...

Former Postal Worker Sentenced to Probation for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Jul 22 2024 // A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Delaware who defrauded taxpayers of almost $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has been sentenced to probation. Lakisha Hines was sentenced Thursday after pleading...

Man Admits to Tracking Drivers, Programming Keys, Stealing and Reselling Vehicles

Jul 17 2024 // A New Jersey man has admitted to orchestrating a multistate car theft and fraud ring that involved tracking drivers, programming keys, stealing their cars, and reselling their vehicles.U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger...

Fleming Files Lawsuit Against James River, Alleging Fraud During JRG Re Acquisition

Jul 17 2024 // Fleming Intermediate Holdings filed a lawsuit against James River Group Holdings Ltd., alleging it had been defrauded during its $300 million acquisition of JRG Reinsurance Co.Once the deal agreement was signed in November...

Viewpoint: Deepfake Fraud Is On the Rise. Here’s How Insurers Can Respond

Jul 17 2024 // It is interesting—and telling—that one of the concerns around generative artificial intelligence has to this point largely revolved around copyright infringement. The most high-profile lawsuits around GenAI have so far...

Fraud’s Foe: How MFA Shuts the Door on Cybercriminals

Jul 15 2024 // As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, securing user identities is paramount. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a formidable defense, requiring multiple verification methods to authenticate identity. This...

Iowa Woman Sentenced for Pet Insurance Fraud

Jul 11 2024 // An Iowa woman was sentenced on July 2, 2024 after pleading guilty to Tampering With Records (Aggravated Misdemeanor) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau.Sarah Rahm, age 39, of...

Crypto Hacking Thefts Double to $1.4B in First Half 2024

Jul 8 2024 // The amount of cryptocurrency stolen in hacks globally more than doubled in the first six months of 2024 from a year earlier, driven by a small number of large attacks and rising crypto prices, blockchain researchers TRM...