Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Delaware Woman Indicted for $16K of Fraudulent Insurance Claims
Aug 12 2019 // A Wilmington, Del., woman was indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury for insurance fraud and other felony charges. Theresa T. Milton was indicted on seven felony counts of insurance fraud, one felony count of theft...
Missouri Man Gets Prison Sentence for Stolen SUV Scheme, Must Repay $213K
Aug 9 2019 // A 38-year-old Kansas City man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy to steal sport utility vehicles and pickups from other states and taking them to Kansas...
2 Maryland Men Charged with Stealing $8M in Disaster Aid Funds
Aug 8 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted two Maryland men on charges they stole the identities of natural disaster victims and fraudulently registered for millions of dollars in life-saving relief funds. Federal prosecutor Robert...
It’s Not Easy to Pin Identity Theft on a Specific Data Breach
Aug 6 2019 // Equifax 2017. Marriott 2018. Capital One 2019. Data breaches through hacking attacks are distressingly common these days, and personal details about you can lead to identity theft, such as credit cards and loans in your...
Connecticut Worker Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Larceny
Aug 6 2019 // A Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS) employee was has been arrested and charged with fraudulently collecting more than $4,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Elizabeth Torres, age 58, of...
Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Pleads Guilty in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 5 2019 // A tobacco farmer in Kentucky has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false claims on crop insurance policies. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Keith A. Foley submitted the plea July 22 and admitted to fraud totaling...
Car Thefts Up 60% in Southwest Georgia City
Jul 29 2019 // Police in one southwest Georgia city say they’re seeing a spike in stolen cars. Albany police say vehicle thefts are up 60 percent so far over the same period a year ago. That’s 159 vehicles reported stolen so...
Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud
Jul 26 2019 // The Iowa Insurance Division reported that insurance agent Christine Wilson, age 43, of Moravia, has been charged with two counts of Fraudulent Submissions (Class D Felony). The charges against Wilson stem from an...
17K Oysters Stolen from Florida Seafood Company
Jul 26 2019 // Pensacola Bay Oyster Co. posted photos on Instagram of more than 35 empty bags that were tossed into a wooded area along the beach in East Bay on Tuesday. They’re offering a reward for information that leads to the...
U.S. Criminally Charges Ohio Opioid Distributor with Profiting from Epidemic
Jul 22 2019 // An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives on Thursday were charged with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were being misused. Federal...
Investigation Indicates Widespread Fraud in the New York City Towing Industry
Jul 19 2019 // New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Lorelei Salas has announced an investigation into the tow truck industry that suggests widespread insurance and workers’ compensation...
New Jersey Man Charged in Murders Facing Insurance Fraud Charge
Jul 18 2019 // A New Jersey man charged with killing his brother and the brother’s wife and two children is facing a new charge of insurance fraud. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office refused to give any details of the...
U.S. Opens Criminal Probe Into J&J Denials of Cancer Risks from Baby Powder
Jul 15 2019 // The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation into whether Johnson & Johnson lied to the public about the possible cancer risks of its talcum powder, people with knowledge of the matter said. The...
Miami Insurance Agent Arrested in $1.7M Fraud Scheme
Jul 15 2019 // A former Miami insurance agent has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1.7 million in insurance premiums from two insurance premium finance companies, according a statement from Florida CFO Jimmy...
The Potential of Artificial Intelligence
Jul 15 2019 // In a viral State Farm commercial, Oscar Nunez, playing the role of a friendly, helpful insurance agent, disparages any insurance company that utilizes artificial intelligence in support of customer service...
Minnesota Construction Workers’ Lawsuit Accuses Employer of Wage Theft
Jul 11 2019 // A group of Rochester, Minnesota-area construction workers are pursuing a wage theft claim, testing a new state law that aims to clamp down on companies that don’t pay for labor. Minnesota Department of Labor and...
Georgia Makes 49 Insurance Fraud Arrests in First Half of 2019
Jul 11 2019 // Agents from the Georgia Department of Insurance Fraud Investigations Division made 49 arrests in the first half of 2019 and are set to pass the total number of arrests from last year (60) in just the third calendar...
California Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in $250K Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jul 3 2019 // A California Department of Insurance, Employment Development Department and U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service investigation that uncovered a complex unemployment insurance fraud scheme has now led to...
Georgia County Commissioner Accused of Stealing from Insurance Clients
Jul 3 2019 // A county commissioner in coastal Georgia says he’s innocent after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he took money from clients of his insurance business. The Brunswick News reports Glynn County Commissioner...
Georgia Conducts Statewide Insurance Fraud Raids; Makes 8 Arrests in 10 Days
Jul 2 2019 // Agents in the Fraud Investigations Division at the Georgia Department of Insurance made 8 arrests as a part of an insurance fraud round up, according to a statement from GADOI. The round up consisted of several raids...
