All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 4 2025 // More than 22,100 suspects were arrested, nearly 17,100 cases were referred for prosecution and roughly $150 million in stolen property was recovered in two years though state-funded work with law enforcement agencies,...
Aug 1 2025 // Espionage cost Australia $12.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a study by ASIO and the Australian Institute of Criminology.The figure includes the direct costs of known espionage incidents, including state-sponsored theft...
Jul 30 2025 // In the fourth set of criminal charges filed against him since last September, a former Baltimore County insurance agent and financial advisor has been charged with obstruction of justice and fabricating physical evidence,...
Jul 28 2025 // Tea, an app that lets women anonymously comment and review dates with men, said it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 user images.A Tea spokesperson confirmed the hack to Reuters on Saturday,...
Jul 28 2025 // U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life said on Saturday that hackers stole the personal information of the majority of its customers, financial professionals, and select Allianz Life employees in the United States.The insurance...
Jul 25 2025 // A Kentucky tobacco warehouse manager at the center of a long-running crop insurance fraud scheme has agreed to pay millions in restitution for his role in enabling the fraud.Thomas Kirkpatrick, of Danville, pleaded guilty...
Jul 24 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. In the latest episode of What’s Brewing, Pete, Jared, and host Nicole return to discuss the ongoing surge in strategic cargo theft. A recent six-month...
Jul 22 2025 // Britain plans to ban public sector bodies and operators of critical national infrastructure, including the state-run health service, local councils and schools, from paying ransom demands to cyber criminals, it said on...
Jul 22 2025 // A former chief executive of two clothing technology companies was released on $1 million bail Friday after pleading not guilty to charges alleging she cheated investors of over $300 million over the past six...
Jul 21 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is suing a group of lawyers and medical providers in Los Angeles who it says have made fraudulent insurance claims that cost the company millions in legal fees — the third such lawsuit it’s...
Jul 21 2025 // A Bettendorf, Iowa insurance public adjuster has been charged with forgery and identity theft, the Iowa Insurance Division (IID) announced.Dennis Flaherty, age 74, of Moline, Illinois, was charged with one count of Forgery...
Jul 21 2025 // An Illinois chiropractor was sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to repay more than $2.3 million, following convictions on multiple charges related to a scheme to defraud Medicare and twelve other insurance...
Jul 17 2025 // A district judge this month sentenced sentenced Evette “Betty” Osuegbu, 62, of Granite City, Illinois to 15 years in federal prison for her role in a string of arsons and insurance fraud stretching from 2014 to...
Jul 10 2025 // A Maryland husband and wife have been sentenced to 12 years in prison and four years in prison, respectively, after their convictions for a $20 million scheme to commit insurance fraud.In addition to their prison...
Jul 10 2025 // Qantas Airways Ltd. said personal information belonging to 5.7 million customers, ranging from names and addresses to phone numbers and meal preferences, were stolen in last week’s cyberattack, as the fallout from...
Jul 8 2025 // Armed thieves robbed a truck carrying 33 tons of gold and silver concentrate belonging to Grupo Minero Bacis, costing the company millions of dollars in losses.Assailants blocked the semi-truck with two white-colored...
Jul 7 2025 // A New York specialty insurance managing underwriter for contractors and construction risks has sued a New York City personal injury law firm and dozens of medical providers, alleging a wide-ranging scheme to defraud...
Jul 2 2025 // A Maryland woman has been indicted on two counts of felony theft for allegedly stealing funds from a general contractor and from the state’s backup auto insurer.Attorney General Anthony G. Brown said an Anne Arundel...
Jul 1 2025 // A former aide to an Alabama congressman, previously sentenced for health care fraud, has been cleared of insurance fraud and other charges related to claims made on her mother’s car in 2022.Sherry McCormick, who was...
Jun 27 2025 // The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, on Thursday called on countries to take stronger action to combat illicit finance in crypto assets, warning that gaps in regulation could have...