An Increase in Identity Theft, Cybercrime Predicted in 2025 January 16, 2025 The forecast for identity theft scams and cybercrime in 2025 is bleak, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)....
Four Charged In $10 Million No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme October 18, 2024 Four men have been charged with defrauding New York auto insurers by allegedly submitting more than $10 million in fraudulent...
California Insurance Broker Sentenced for Identity Theft May 8, 2024 Robert Kirby Wells, 64, of Woodland, California, was sentenced this week to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft....
Boston Agent Charged With Creating Fake Insurance Policies to Collect Commissions April 26, 2024 A Boston man has been charged with a fraud scheme in which prosecutors say he collected about $45,000 in unearned...
Carolina Insurance Agent Charged with ID Theft, Taking out Secret Life Policy September 11, 2023 North Carolina authorities have charged a Charlotte-area insurance agent with identity theft after he reportedly took out a life insurance...
Employee Impersonators Scam $2M from Pennsylvania Banks’ Customers, Officials Say August 28, 2023 A theft ring stole nearly $2 million from bank customers in central Pennsylvania in an elaborate scheme in which the...
Fraudulent Filings in Massachusetts Could Be Distorting U.S. Jobless Claims Reports May 18, 2023 Fraudulent filings for state unemployment insurance aid in Massachusetts could be distorting U.S. weekly unemployment claims data, economists warned on...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency August 19, 2022 Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that...
Massachusetts Woman Gets Six Years in Prison for Embezzling from Nonprofits June 30, 2021 A Massachusetts woman who embezzled about $1.4 million from two nonprofits where she worked has been sentenced to six years...
Romance Scammers Are Ready to Steal More Than Hearts Around Valentine’s Day February 11, 2021 With Valentine’s Day only a few days away, officials are warning about identity theft and cyber scams that leave hearts...