Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
South Carolina Seeing Record Number of Insurance Fraud Complaints
Oct 30 2023 // South Carolina in 2022 saw a record number of complaints about insurance fraud, and has almost matched the number through the first 10 months of this year. And some state lawmakers are now looking into the reasons for the...
Member of Crew Tied to 490 Catalytic Converter Thefts Pleads Guilty
Oct 30 2023 // A Springfield, Massachusetts man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston last week to his role in a regional organized theft crew that stole catalytic converters from over 490 vehicles. According to Acting U.S. Attorney...
New Jersey Man Admits Role in Interstate Luxury Car Theft Ring
Oct 27 2023 // A New Jersey man has admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars stolen from towns in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, reported U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger. Malik Baker...
Bankman-Fried Could Take Stand at Fraud Trial Over FTX Collapse
Oct 26 2023 // Sam Bankman-Fried could take the stand at his fraud trial as soon as Thursday, when prosecutors are set to finish presenting their case accusing the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX of stealing billions...
Theft of 2 Million Dimes Linked to Truck Cargo Robbery Spree
Oct 25 2023 // Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The...
California Insurance Agent Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing from Small Business Owners
Oct 24 2023 // Erin Lee McCarroll, 49, of Laguna Beach, California, was arraigned on 27 felony counts including grand theft and forgery after a California Department of Insurance investigation found she allegedly stole more than $62,000...
Chemours Faces Dutch Criminal Probe on Emitting Forever Chemicals
Oct 23 2023 // Chemours Co. and its legal predecessor E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co will face a Dutch criminal investigation for the potential harmful effects of emitting forever chemicals in the Netherlands. Prosecutors said it...
Nebraska Sheriff Charged With Filing Fraudulent Auto Insurance Claim
Oct 20 2023 // ORD, Neb. (AP) – A small-town Nebraska sheriff has been charged with filing a fraudulent auto insurance claim to get the repairs to his yellow 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo paid for. The complaint filed against Valley...
Ransomware Criminals Aiming at Third-Party Vendors in Hunt for ‘Big Game’
Oct 20 2023 // Ransomware victims have become less likely to pay extortion demands, but cyber criminals are changing their tactics by hitting third-party vendors and using data exfiltration instead of encryption when making ransom...
New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Firms Gemini, DCG, Genesis for Alleged Fraud
Oct 19 2023 // bankruptcybakruptNew York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued cryptocurrency firms Genesis Global, its parent company Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Gemini for allegedly “defrauding” investors of...
17 Florida Sheriff’s Deputies Charged with Stealing $500,000 in Pandemic Relief Funds
Oct 17 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seventeen Florida sheriff`s deputies appeared in court on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds. The Broward County deputies, who are charged...
500K Vehicles Stolen in H1 2023; Dodge Chargers Top List
Oct 16 2023 // Vehicle thefts continue to plague the nation, according to a new report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The report was released to coincide with National Crime Prevention Month. Nearly 500,000...
Insurance Broker in Menendez Corruption Case Allegedly Got Senator’s Help With Fraud Case
Oct 16 2023 // The defendants in the corruption case involving U.S. Senator Robert Menendez include a former New Jersey insurance broker who was convicted of premium fraud in 2011 and lost his insurance license. Jose Uribe allegedly got...
Warrant Issued for Former Washington Lawyer Accused of Stealing Insurance Settlement
Oct 16 2023 // A Bothell, Washington man was added to Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Insurance Fraud Most Wanted list. Clinton Jonathan “Sonny” Behrends failed to appear at his arraignment after being charged by...
Maryland Teens Ages 14-15 Killed in Crash Involving Stolen Kia Fleeing Traffic Stop
Oct 12 2023 // Three teenagers were among four people killed in a fiery crash involving a stolen SUV fleeing from an attempted traffic stop in Maryland, police said on Monday. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Marquay Swann,...
How Alleged Florida Theft Ring Led to Pastor’s ‘Anointed Liquidator’ eBay Account
Oct 11 2023 // A St. Petersburg pastor and head of a drug recovery program, along with his wife, mother and others, is awaiting trial after authorities say he ran a theft ring that stole tools from Home Depot and sold them on eBay for...
California Business Owner and Office Manager Charged for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 11 2023 // Bobby Levell Gilbert, Jr., 66 of Santa Ana, California, and owner of B & J Tree Service, has been charged with 96 felony counts for alleged wage theft, denial of workers’ compensation benefits to employees,...
Is Mar-a-Lago Worth $1 Billion? Valuations at the Core of Trump’s Fraud Trial
Oct 10 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — How much is Donald Trump`s Mar-a-Lago worth? That`s been a point of contention after a New York judge ruled that the former president exaggerated the Florida property`s value when he said...
Physician and Pharmacists Charged in Texas for $170M Fraud Scheme
Oct 6 2023 // A 13-count indictment was unsealed today charging two pharmacists and a physician for their roles in a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud, kickback and money laundering scheme. A federal grand jury in Houston returned...
New Jersey Insurance Agent, Contractor Arrested on Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges
Oct 6 2023 // A New Jersey insurance agent and the owner of painting company were arrested this week on allegations of insurance fraud. Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll and Morris County Chief of Detectives Robert McNally...
