Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
White House Touts $1 Billion in Grants to Fight Cybercrime
Sep 19 2022 // The Biden administration has called on states and local governments to apply for new cybersecurity grants worth $1 billion over four years. The move is part of US efforts to beat back attacks from criminal hackers, who...
Hot Wheels: 5 States Top the List for Stolen Cars
Sep 19 2022 // Colorado led the nation in 2021 with the highest overall vehicle theft rate but California once again held the top spot for the number of cars stolen overall. That’s according to the National Insurance Crime...
How Fraud Probe for Florida’s Guarantee Insurance Led to Payroll, Tax Convictions
Sep 14 2022 // The name Guarantee Insurance is not one that is likely to be recalled with fondness by many Floridians. The workers’ compensation carrier in 2017 was declared insolvent, a rarity in what is one of the most profitable...
Oil Company Settles Criminal Cases In California Spill
Sep 12 2022 // An oil company on pleaded guilty in federal court to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year, a spill that closed miles of shoreline and shuttered...
Hot Spots for Hot Cars: Colorado Leads U.S. in Vehicle Theft Rate, California in Overall Thefts
Sep 6 2022 // Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, and Colorado are all places where your car is most likely to be gone in 60 seconds. Vehicle thefts have skyrocketed in many areas of the U.S., according to the recently released...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
Sep 5 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
Paper Finds Employers Increasingly Willing to Hire Workers With Criminal Records
Sep 2 2022 // Newswise — A new paper in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that many American businesses are willing to hire workers with criminal records. Such companies become even...
Five Men Charged in Multi-State Catalytic Converter Theft Scheme
Aug 29 2022 // U.S. District Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery in Connecticut announced the unsealing of a nine-count indictment that charges five men with federal offenses related to their participation in a stolen catalytic converter...
Texas Barbecue Owner, Manager Indicted in $350,000 Workers’ Fraud Scheme
Aug 26 2022 // The owner of an East Austin, Texas restaurant and her manager have been indicted and summoned to appear in Travis County District Court for their alleged role in a $350,000 workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Allison...
Louisiana Woman Pleads Guilty to FEMA Fraud
Aug 22 2022 // Schshinetia Anderson, age 44, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, pled guilty on August 11, 2022 to FEMA fraud announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The defendant is scheduled to be sentenced before the Honorable Mary Ann...
Iowa Man Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Aug 22 2022 // Thomas Stephanie, age 46, of Washington, Iowa, was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
Aug 19 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
Alleged Head of California Auto Insurance Fraud Crew Arraigned on 39 Felony Counts
Aug 15 2022 // Branden Heywood, 30, of Chino, California was arraigned on 39 felony counts of insurance fraud after an investigation found he allegedly acted as the leader of a “paper collision” ring to collect more than...
Wife of Former Texas Trucking Magnate Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Aug 12 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced last week that Francis Hall, the former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking turned herself into Bexar County authorities. There had...
North Dakota Resident Charged in ATV Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 11 2022 // The Cass County, North Dakota State’s Attorney’s office, in conjunction with the North Dakota Insurance Department, have brought charges against a resident of Cass County for committing insurance fraud. Paul...
Miami PT Clinic Managers Convicted in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 10 2022 // A Miami woman now living in North Carolina is awaiting sentencing after she was convicted of paying kickbacks and defrauding insurers of more than $34 million for physical therapy services that were never provided. A...
Surveillance, Posts Lead to Arrest of California Mechanic for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 5 2022 // Richard James McGee, 47, of San Bernardino, California, was arraigned today on two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found he allegedly...
State Farm Alleges $2.6M Auto Insurance Fraud by New Jersey Chiropractors, Doctors
Aug 5 2022 // Insurer State Farm is fighting what it says is a fraudulent medical scheme that has been exploiting New Jersey’s personal injury protection (PIP) benefits law since 2014. The insurer is seeking to recover $2.6...
U.S. Crypto Company Nomad Hit by $190 Million Theft
Aug 3 2022 // U.S. crypto firm Nomad has been hit by a $190 million theft, blockchain researchers said on Tuesday, the latest such heist to hit the digital asset sector this year. Nomad said in a tweet that it was “aware of the...
Connecticut Law Focuses on Teens Charged With Repeat Motor Vehicle Thefts
Jul 25 2022 // Connecticut has updated its criminal justice laws to speed up law enforcement’s responses when young people are charged with repeated motor vehicle theft and other crimes. Gov. Ned Lamont has signed the bipartisan...
