All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2018 // Ten days ago, a Banksy print valued at about $40,000 was stolen from a Canadian exhibit of the artist’s work. It was a seemingly effortless crime—a man walked in, took the work off the wall, and walked out—but...
Jun 25 2018 // A Trinity, Fla., man has been sentenced to five years’ probation, with the first six months to be served on home detention, for making a false statement in connection with his workers’ compensation benefits.As...
Jun 22 2018 // Investors’ shaky confidence in virtual currencies took another hit after crypto exchange Bithumb, ranked seventh in the world by traded value on Coinmarketcap.com, suffered a hack that saw about 35 billion won ($32...
Jun 20 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County grand jury has indicted attorney Leslie Casaubon of Lewisville, Texas, on three counts of workers’ compensation...
Jun 20 2018 // Police across South Carolina are trying to find a man who is taking cars from dealerships across the state. Sumter County deputies said Monday the man most recently stole a new car from a Sumter dealership, drove it to...
Jun 18 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by a New York investment banker banned from the industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a case that could limit the scope of those who can be held...
Jun 18 2018 // The New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) this year released a report outlining a record number of data breach notices filed with the office in 2017 – the highest since NYAG started receiving data breach...
Jun 15 2018 // Lower workers’ compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.That revelation is expected...
Jun 15 2018 // A Delaware couple has been arrested for insurance fraud after filing false medical claims for an automobile accident that never occurred, leading their insurance provider to be billed more than $100,000.“We take...
Jun 14 2018 // The Iowa Insurance Division reported that a Madrid, Iowa, insurance agent has been charged with fraud after an investigation by the division’s fraud bureau.The IID said Joy Marie Heldt, age 48, was charged with...
Jun 13 2018 // Dr. Gary Royce Wisner, 61, of Lodi, Calif., is scheduled for arraignment today at the San Joaquin County Superior Court on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly bilking insurers out of more than $700,000 by...
Jun 13 2018 // New York’s highest court on Tuesday curbed the state attorney general’s ability to fight fraud on Wall Street, awarding a victory to Credit Suisse Group AG as it tries to end an $11 billion lawsuit over risky...
Jun 13 2018 // A restoration contractor company owner has been arrested over an alleged assignment of benefits (AOB) fraud scheme that impacted 19 homeowners in eight Florida counties and one Texas county, according to a statement from...
Jun 12 2018 // Federal law enforcement officials announced a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes used to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including senior...
Jun 8 2018 // A central New York orthopedic surgeon has been sentenced for running an ongoing scheme that defrauded the workers’ compensation system by nearly $87,000.Dr. Gregory B. Shankman, of Clinton, N.Y., was sentenced in...
Jun 6 2018 // An Alabama farmer has been charged with stealing crop insurance money and federal prosecutors want him to repay more than $919,000. The Dothan Eagle reports Dexter Day Gilbert was charged Thursday in U.S. District Court...
Jun 5 2018 // A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in an arson insurance fraud scheme that spanned multiple Florida counties and was ordered to pay $1.9 million towards restitution to the more than 14...
Jun 4 2018 // A fraudster who masqueraded as the son of a victim of the Grenfell Tower fire has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.Mohammad Gamoota, 31, claimed his father died in the London blaze so he could be entitled to some...
Jun 4 2018 // North Carolina has stepped up its efforts to identify businesses not complying with state workers’ compensation laws which it says has resulted in a significant increase in fines collected compared to the same time...
Jun 4 2018 // A business owner in Gwinnett County, Ga., has been arrested and charged with one count of insurance fraud after presenting a fraudulent certificate of insurance coverage, according to a statement from Georgia Insurance...