All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 8 2026 // A federal judge sentenced a Pembroke Pines insurance broker to almost three years in prison and millions of dollars in restitution for leading a scheme that fraudulently enrolled thousands of people—many of them...
Jan 6 2026 // The Virginia wage theft statute does not extend to protect employee commissions, the state Supreme Court has ruled.The Virgibia Supreme Court wrote that, in the plain meaning, the term “wages” ordinarily is...
Jan 5 2026 // Valais public prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the operators of Le Constellation Bar in Crans Montana, Switzerland, after a fatal fire that broke out on New Years Eve.Following the initial...
Jan 2 2026 // A Fort Worth business owner who received nearly $5 million from local customers for unfinished custom home building and remodeling projects pled guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy charge on Dec. 30, 2025, announced United...
Jan 2 2026 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt this week announced a Sedgwick county man has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for insurance fraud. Shawn Gales, age 37, pleaded guilty on December 18, 2025, in Sedgwick...
Dec 31 2025 // A wide net cast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FBI has landed its final catch—prison time for the last of six Kentucky farmers and a warehouse manager found guilty of a long-running tobacco crop-insurance...
Dec 30 2025 // The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies, the Wall Street Journal reported.Google and Verizon are among a list of companies...
Dec 30 2025 // A shipment of lobster meat worth $400,000 that was being held in a Massachusetts cold storage facility never made it to the Costco stores in the Midwest where it was supposed to be delivered.Instead, it appears it was...
Dec 23 2025 // Keep an eye on that sleigh, Santa—holiday cargo theft events increased 82% between 2020 and 2024.“The holiday period creates conditions criminals exploit—reduced oversight, facility closures, and high-value...
Dec 23 2025 // A former chief executive officer of a statistical agent that compiles data from insurance companies for state insurance departments has been sentenced on charges related to her theft of millions of dollars from the...
Dec 22 2025 // A Louisiana man was sentenced this month to 115 months in federal prison for his involvement in an alleged multi-state vehicle theft.U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Christopher Don Byerley, age 45, of...
Dec 22 2025 // The 79-year-old former CEO of a health care software firm was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of more than $1 billion in fraud tied to falsely billing Medicare for durable medical equipment and other...
Dec 19 2025 // An estimated 2.45 million cars on the road likely have their odometers rolled back, 14 percent more than last year, according to vehicle history provider CARFAX.There was just a 4 percent increase between 2023 and 2024....
Dec 17 2025 // The lead defendant in a $1.5 million chop shop conspiracy was sentenced in U.S. District Court last week to 84 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio announced.Kahrese Tracey Scott...
Dec 17 2025 // The hacking group “ShinyHunters” said on Tuesday it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish it.Although Reuters could not immediately...
Dec 17 2025 // Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia agreed to retrofit 7 million U.S. vehicles to address theft concerns and install prevention equipment on all new vehicles to resolve an investigation by a bipartisan coalition of 35...
Dec 15 2025 // A new broker is now suing Howden US and a pair of former employees for allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets.Last week Aon Risk Services Cos. filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...
Dec 12 2025 // Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Office has filed felony charges against Jeffrey Griffin, operating as Griffin Quality Construction in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas, for allegedly...
Dec 9 2025 // A Louisiana anti-fraud law will serve as the new national model for fighting insurance fraud.The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) has adopted Louisiana‘s amended insurance fraud law as its new...
Dec 9 2025 // The owner of a historic Minnesota resort has been charged with arson and insurance fraud more than a year after a fire destroyed the property.Bryce Campbell, 41, of Two Harbors, Minnesota., was taken into custody last...