All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2018 // Officials in South Carolina say a rising number of staged automobile crashes are becoming a problem in the state.The Post and Courier of Charleston cited authorities who said faked crashes were part of a scam that resulted...
Mar 9 2018 // The former owner of towing company was convicted of fraud in Houston after buying insurance coverage after a wreck and then filing a claim with the wrong date, the Texas Department of Insurance announced.Mohamad Awad, the...
Mar 9 2018 // A Delaware-based auto service contract company is under investigation following complaints from customers around the country.The News Journal reports that a recorded message at American Standard Auto Protection in...
Mar 7 2018 // The ride-hailing company Uber broke Pennsylvania law when it failed to notify potential victims, including thousands of drivers, for a year after it discovered hackers had stolen their personal information, said the state...
Mar 6 2018 // Kobe Steel Ltd said on Tuesday its CEO will step down to take responsibility for a widespread data fraud scandal, although doubts remain over a corporate culture mired in malfeasance and the possibility of future...
Mar 5 2018 // A former insurance agent and former claims representative have been charged with felonies following separate investigations by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau.Former insurance agent Nicholas Menough, 37,...
Mar 5 2018 // A Georgia insurance agent from Pierce County has been arrested and charged with 28 counts of insurance fraud, according to a statement from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens.Dana Larson Bowen, 52, of Blackshear,...
Feb 28 2018 // Public school officials in suburban Oklahoma City have approved a private financial settlement with a food distribution company accused of fraudulently overcharging the district by more than $700,000.Terms of the...
Feb 28 2018 // Lying about your weight on an online dating site? Checking out who won the Falcons game from your work computer? Using your computer hacking knowledge as an “ethical hacker?” Those actions may become illegal if...
Feb 26 2018 // A father and son were sentenced in early February in a case involving insurance fraud perpetrated against Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co., the Iowa Insurance Division reported.Richard H. Hartman, age 69, of Manchester,...
Feb 23 2018 // The Chinese government on Friday seized control of Anbang Insurance Group Co. Ltd and said its chairman had been prosecuted, dramatically illustrating Beijing’s willingness to curtail big-spending conglomerates as it...
Feb 16 2018 // New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued guidance reminding all virtual currency entities licensed by New York State, including those that hold a money transmitter license, that they are required to...
Feb 16 2018 // A Virginia woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for an identity fraud scheme that included publishing a fake death notice. The Daily Press reports 50-year-old Alexandra Hatcher also has to pay almost $203,000...
Feb 16 2018 // Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced that Jamar Marlyn Jones, of Edgewood, Md., pleaded guilty and was sentenced on one count of a felony theft scheme having a value of at least $10,000 but less than...
Feb 16 2018 // A Georgia insurance agent from Pierce County has been arrested and charged with 28 counts of insurance fraud, according to a statement from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens.Dana Larson Bowen, 52, of Blackshear,...
Feb 15 2018 // A former insurance agent in Bettendorf, Iowa, has been sentenced to five years’ supervised probation for insurance fraud, the Iowa Insurance Division reportedBillie J. Holmberg pleaded guilty in Scott County District...
Feb 15 2018 // Cyberattacks cost financial-services firms more to address than any other industry and the rate of breaches in the industry has tripled over the past five years, according to a report from Accenture and the Ponemon...
Feb 15 2018 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says today’s vehicles are loaded with expensive parts and technology that do more than increase the costs of repairs, even in minor accidents. The organization says those...
Feb 12 2018 // A $10,000 emerald has been reported missing from a North Carolina science museum, more than three weeks after it was last seen. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that a representative from the Asheville Museum of Science...
Feb 9 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to give about $245 million in stock to settle the high-stakes trade-secret theft lawsuit brought by Waymo, resolving a conflict that already cost the ride-hailing giant its top driverless car...