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#1 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,...
#2 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...
#3 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...
#4 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...
#5 Attempted Bribe Doesn’t Stop Jurors From Convicting Defendants in $40M Fraud Scheme
Jun 10 2024 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury convicted five Minnesota residents and acquitted two others on Friday for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $40 million from a program that was supposed to feed children during the...
#6 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...
#7 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...
#8 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,...
#9 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...
#10 Fleming Files Lawsuit Against James River, Alleging Fraud During JRG Re Acquisition
Jul 17 2024 // Fleming Intermediate Holdings filed a lawsuit against James River Group Holdings Ltd., alleging it had been defrauded during its $300 million acquisition of JRG Reinsurance Co. Once the deal agreement was signed in...
#11 New Talc-Related Class Action Lawsuit Goes After J&J for Fraudulent Conveyance
May 22 2024 // With recent news that Johnson & Johnson is going forward with a third bankruptcy plan of a subsidiary to settle tens of thousand of lawsuits that its talc products cause cancer, a class-action lawsuit was filed today...
#12 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...
#13 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...
#14 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 —...
#15 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...
#16 Orchestrator of $60 Million New York Auto Insurance Fraud Gets 10 Years in Prison
Jun 4 2024 // A New Jersey man who orchestrated a 13-year long, $60 million no-fault automobile insurance scam in New York has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bradley Pierre was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Gardephe...
#17 Bybit Hit by Crypto’s Worst Hack With Almost $1.5 Billion Stolen
Feb 24 2025 // Crypto exchange Bybit said it was hacked, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of almost $1.5 billion worth of tokens in the biggest theft ever committed in the industry. Researchers believe North Korean...
#18 BlackSuit Cybercrime Gang Blamed in CDK Hack That Roiled Car Dealers
Jun 25 2024 // A hacking group called BlackSuit is behind the cyberattack on CDK Global that’s paralyzed car sales across the US, according to Allan Liska, a threat analyst at the security firm Recorded Future Inc. The cybercrime...
#19 California Advances Legislation Cracking Down on Auto Theft, Stolen Goods Resellers
May 24 2024 // The California Senate approved a bipartisan package of 15 bills this that would increase penalties for organized crime rings, expand drug court programs and close a legal loophole to make it easier to prosecute auto...
#20 Prosecutor Says Golden Toilet Was Stolen From English Palace in ‘Audacious Raid’
Feb 27 2025 // It was not your typical smash-and-grab burglary and the booty was precious: a toilet worth more than its weight in gold. The one-of-a-kind 18-carat gold toilet was swiped in under five minutes from Blenheim Palace, the...
