Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Shaq Hacked: Shaquille O’Neal’s Custom Range Rover Stolen in Transport
Oct 31 2025 // A $180,000 Range Rover customized for NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal was stolen in Georgia earlier this month, and law enforcement is still on the hunt for it. The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office in northeast...
Hacking Firm Boss Pleads Guilty to Stealing, Selling Secrets
Oct 31 2025 // A former director at a US military contractor that sells computer vulnerabilities pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing and reselling $35 million in trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker whose clients include the...
California Attorney General Charges Eight in Bay Area Auto-Theft Ring
Oct 31 2025 // The California Attorney General filed felony charges against eight people in connection with the theft of 19 vehicles throughout the U.S. with a combined value of more than $800,000. The complaint, filed in Alameda County...
Five Correctional Department Employees Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Oct 31 2025 // Five current and former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) employees were arrested this week for separate schemes to defraud DOCCS and the state’s workers’ compensation...
Hacking Firm Boss Pleads Guilty to Stealing, Selling Secrets
Oct 30 2025 // A former director at a US military contractor that sells computer vulnerabilities pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing and reselling $35 million in trade secrets to a Russian cyber-tools broker whose clients include the...
Court Dismisses Securities Fraud Charges Against Fashion Designer Cole’s Brother
Oct 29 2025 // The brother of designer Kenneth Cole says he was vindicated on Monday by a federal appeals court’s decision to overturn his criminal fraud conviction. Neil Cole said he’s been fighting over a decade to clear...
JPMorgan Chase Fights Paying $115M Legal Tab for Convicted Fraudsters
Oct 27 2025 // For nearly three years, JPMorgan Chase has picking up the legal tab of Charlie Javice and Olivier Amar, the two convicted fraudsters who sold their financial aid startup Frank to the bank. But the two have racked up an...
Employee Accused of Stealing 47 Vehicles From Car Rental Site at Airport
Oct 27 2025 // An employee allegedly stole 47 vehicles from an Avis Budget site at an upstate New York airport and rented them out around the region, police said Friday. The car rental company reported to authorities that the vehicles,...
Rivian Agrees to Pay $250 Million to Settle IPO Fraud Lawsuit
Oct 24 2025 // Rivian has agreed to settle a 2022 class-action lawsuit by paying $250 million to some shareholders who had alleged the electric vehicle maker defrauded investors over vehicle prices when it went public, according to a...
GEICO Sues Medical Firms in Florida, NY Over Alleged No-Fault Auto Fraud
Oct 23 2025 // GEICO is taking aggressive action against medical firms in Florida and New York, accusing them of leading multimillion-dollar, no-fault auto insurance fraud schemes. In a lawsuit filed this month in federal court in Tampa,...
Japanese Companies Brace for More Attacks as Cybercrimes Climb
Oct 23 2025 // The recent wave of cyberattacks against Japanese businesses has exposed critical weaknesses in the country’s corporate digital defenses, fueling fears of further disruption to sales and supply chains.In the past...
Kansas Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Oct 22 2025 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Cherokee county man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. William Owens, age 71, pleaded guilty in Cherokee County District Court to one...
Jewelry Stolen From Louvre Valued at 88 Million Euros, Paris Prosecutor Says
Oct 22 2025 // Thieves who staged a daring daylight heist at the Louvre museum in Paris made off with jewels worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102.63 million), Paris public prosecutor Laure Beccuau said on Tuesday. “It is...
Florida AG Issues Criminal Subpoenas for Roblox, Says Platform Puts Children at Risk
Oct 21 2025 // Two weeks after the Kentucky attorney general filed suit, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office is issuing criminal subpoenas to Roblox Corp., calling the video gaming platform a “breeding ground...
North Carolina Supreme Court Lets Stand Greg Lindberg’s Civil Fraud Liability
Oct 21 2025 // The North Carolina Supreme Court has decided that it will not, after all, review another legal filing by convicted insurance entrepreneur Greg Lindberg. The Oct. 17 ruling lets stand a 2023 decision by the state Court of...
France’s Louvre Museum Closes After Jewels Stolen in Robbery
Oct 20 2025 // The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Sunday after several pieces of jewelry were stolen in a robbery. France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati reported the incident on her social media account, without...
Miami Construction Owner, an Illegal Immigrant, Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 14 2025 // A construction firm owner in Miami greatly underreported his company’s payroll, defrauding a workers’ compensation insurer of more than $380,000 in premiums, Florida authorities said Monday. Jose Arias-Reyes,...
Qantas Says Stolen Customer Data Posted Online After Cyberattack
Oct 14 2025 // Qantas Airways Ltd. said customer data stolen during a cyber incident in July has been released online, and that it’s working with security experts and Australian authorities to determine the extent of the...
NC Woman Faces 170 Felony Charges in Insurance Fraud Involving Stolen GLP-1 Drugs
Oct 10 2025 // A North Carolina woman has been busy over the last three years, illegally obtaining weight-loss medication, administering it to people, and defrauding insurance companies of more than $87,400, the state Department of...
Construction Supervisor on Maryland Projects Admits to Stealing Wages
Oct 7 2025 // A York, Pennsylvania construction supervisor pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme that defrauded construction workers of wages on University of Maryland projects, officials have reported. According to Maryland...
