All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 23 2025 // The former manager of the Harvard Medical School Morgue this week pled guilty to interstate transport of stolen human remains.Acting U.S. Attorney Attorney John Gurganus in Pennsylvania reported that Cedric Lodge, of...
May 22 2025 // Thames Water tops a list of water companies under criminal investigation for pollution by the UK government, a move that could complicate efforts to turn around the beleaguered British utility.The firm, which serves about...
May 22 2025 // The owner of a San Jose-based security company was sentenced after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly uncovered a multiyear scheme to underreport payroll and avoid paying workers’...
May 20 2025 // EY failed to spot a major fraud by main shareholders of UAE hospital operator NMC Health in what lawyers for the firm’s administrators described as disgraceful auditing, at the start of a roughly $3 billion London...
May 19 2025 // Cargo theft across the U.S. and Canada continued to rise in 2024, with three states making up the bulk of losses, a new report shows.Multimodal hubs in California, Texas, as well as around Chicago, continue to be top...
May 19 2025 // Four individuals, including attorneys, were charged after an investigation reportedly revealed a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud scheme allegedly targeted Spanish-speaking workers and involved the illegal...
May 16 2025 // A former food delivery driver pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to steal more than $2.5 million from DoorDash by getting the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred, federal prosecutors said.Sayee...
May 14 2025 // With a growing share of insurance executives viewing generative artificial intelligence as a tool for streamlining and improving functions like fraud detection, Deloitte predicts that AI technologies could save the...
May 13 2025 // Marks & Spencer Group Plc said some personal customer data was stolen by hackers as the British retailer continues to investigate and manage a highly-damaging “cyber incident.”The stolen data does not...
May 13 2025 // A federal judge sentenced a McAllen woman who reportedly helped commit property and title fraud schemes to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release.Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane also ordered Mayela...
May 12 2025 // A Texas woman has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud which resulted in approximately $620,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced last week.Cora Chantail Custard, a 35-year-old who had...
May 9 2025 // New York law enforcement officials reported that 20 men and women have been indicted and charged with participating in a scheme to steal cars throughout New York City and its suburbs.The vehicles — which officials said...
May 7 2025 // Thousands of rail passengers in Spain were hit with delays after copper cables used in the signaling system of a high-speed line traveling south from Madrid to Seville were stolen at five locations, authorities said...
May 5 2025 // North Carolina authorities last week charged a man with 21 felonies, including insurance fraud and theft, after he reportedly stole identities and filed false auto claims with four insurance companies. Damain Rayshawn...
May 5 2025 // It shouldn’t be surprising that the number of reported cybercrime complaints to the feds rose again. Almost daily I hear from someone I know about a new threat, hack, or fishy AI call. The most recent was in my own...
Apr 30 2025 // Three Rhode Island men have been charged in federal court in Providence for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of catalytic converters, announced Acting U.S....
Apr 29 2025 // Cargo theft across the U.S. and Canada continued to rise in 2024, with three states making up the bulk of losses, a new report shows.Multimodal hubs in California, Texas, as well as around Chicago, continue to be top...
Apr 28 2025 // Four individuals, including attorneys, were charged after an investigation reportedly revealed a large-scale workers’ compensation fraud scheme allegedly targeted Spanish-speaking workers and involved the illegal...
Apr 25 2025 // Prosecutors in Connecticut announced sentencing of two men involved in catalytic converter theft and trafficking.Alexander Kolitsas, 31, of Wolcott, was sentenced in Hartford to 60 months in prison, followed by two years...
Apr 23 2025 // Cybercrime of all stripes cost victims globally more than $16 billion dollars last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a report released on Wednesday.The losses—a one-third increase over 2023—were largely...