Best Read Fraud Headlines
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#1 UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs
Jun 20 2025 // To the untrained eye, the red shipping container at Felixstowe looked no different to the thousands of others stacked up at Britain’s busiest seaport. Destined for Africa, its contents were listed as “household...
#2 How One Florida Engineer Charged Others With Fraudulent Insurance Reports, Testimony
Sep 3 2024 // He’s been called a “do-gooder,” a “troublemaker” and a whistleblower. And he may be the best friend the Florida property insurance industry has. A mechanical engineer based in Edgewater,...
#3 Former Baltimore County Insurance Agent Charged With Crimes for 4th Time
Jul 30 2025 // In the fourth set of criminal charges filed against him since last September, a former Baltimore County insurance agent and financial advisor has been charged with obstruction of justice and fabricating physical evidence,...
#4 Uber Alleges Inflated Injury Bills in Los Angeles Insurance Fraud Lawsuit
Jul 21 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. is suing a group of lawyers and medical providers in Los Angeles who it says have made fraudulent insurance claims that cost the company millions in legal fees — the third such lawsuit it’s...
#5 Former Art Adviser to DiCaprio, Other Wealthy Clients Sentenced for $6.5 Million Fraud
Mar 21 2025 // A New York art adviser who once counted actor Leonardo DiCaprio among her wealthy patrons was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to cheating clients out of $6.5 million in connection with...
#6 Old Damage, New Claim: Davies Risk Head Notes Rise in ‘Soft Fraud’ in Southeast
Dec 3 2024 // With multiple hurricanes rocking Florida and other parts of the Southeast this year, claims professionals have said they are seeing a trend toward “soft fraud,” with more policyholders attempting to include...
#7 Crypto Crime Spills Over From Behind the Screen to Real-Life Violence
Jun 4 2025 // A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom and his finger cut off. A couple in Connecticut were carjacked, beaten and thrown into a van. All, authorities allege, were...
#8 Appellate Judges Skeptical of New York Civil Fraud Case Against Trump
Sep 27 2024 // Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him...
#9 Texas to Create Task Forces to Target Oil Field Thefts
Jun 23 2025 // At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler County Sheriff dispatches his...
#10 Facebook, Nvidia Ask Supreme Court to Spare Them From Securities Fraud Suits
Nov 4 2024 // The U.S. Supreme Court is set to consider bids by two tech giants – Meta’s Facebook and Nvidia – to fend off federal securities fraud lawsuits in separate cases that could make it harder for private litigants to...
#11 Screwber and Fake GPS: The $40 Million Dollar Ridesharing Fraud Scheme
Aug 30 2024 // Two men have been charged with conducting a six-year scheme in which they allegedly scammed a ridesharing company and customers out of $40 million in fraudulent “surge” fees by selling hacked smartphones and...
#12 Sugar Executive Charged With Stealing $28 Million From Candy Firm Mars
Mar 31 2025 // Before his arrest Wednesday, Paul Steed was a respected sugar market expert for a subsidiary of famed candymaker Mars Inc. He served on a U.S. trade advisory committee for sweeteners as well as on industry group boards,...
#13 Norcross Defense Team Pans Racketeering Case as ‘Crime Thriller With No Crime’
Sep 26 2024 // Lawyers for New Jersey insurance executive and political power broker George Norcross III say the state’s 111-page indictment against him and others for alleged racketeering is a “crime thriller with no...
#14 Boeing Agrees to Resolve US Criminal Case Over 737 Crashes
May 27 2025 // Boeing Co. has reached a tentative agreement with the US Justice Department that would allow the planemaker to avoid criminal charges for two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets more than six years ago. The settlement was...
#15 Allianz Life Says Majority of US Customers’ Data Stolen in Hack
Jul 28 2025 // U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life said on Saturday that hackers stole the personal information of the majority of its customers, financial professionals, and select Allianz Life employees in the United States. The...
#16 Homeowners Insurance Does Not Cover Cryptocurrency Theft, 4th Circuit Affirms
Oct 29 2024 // A federal appeals court has affirmed that a homeowners insurance policy does not cover the theft of cryptocurrency because the loss of a digital currency does not involve a “direct physical loss” as required by...
#17 Fourth Gang Member Sentenced for Thefts of Warhol, Pollock Art and Yogi Berra Rings
Mar 18 2025 // A Pennsylvania man who was part of a group that stole paintings by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock among other valuables was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to theft of major...
#18 Women’s Dating App Tea Reports 72,000 Images Stolen in Security Breach
Jul 28 2025 // Tea, an app that lets women anonymously comment and review dates with men, said it has suffered a data breach, with hackers gaining access to 72,000 user images. A Tea spokesperson confirmed the hack to Reuters on...
#19 Hollywood Car Stunts Turn Into Real Crimes With Street Takeovers
Sep 30 2024 // California, the birthplace of hot rod culture and televised police chases, is cracking down on a surge in deadly street takeovers. Often organized through social media, these chaotic events — also known as sideshows —...
#20 Study Stirs Debate on Real Impact of Litigation, Fraud on Property Insurance
Sep 12 2024 // An academic paper published in the Journal of Insurance Regulation seems to have rekindled the debate over how much of an impact litigation and fraud have had on property insurance losses and premiums, particularly in...
