Latest Fraud Headlines
All the headlines from our Fraud Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fighting Insurance Fraud: A Long-Term Win for the Industry
Apr 21 2025 // Fraud has long plagued the insurance industry, particularly in sectors like New York construction and habitational real estate. From staged trips and falls to fraudulent claims orchestrated by networks of bad...
New York Inspector Uncovered $2.7 Million in Workers’ Compensation Fraud in 2024
Apr 17 2025 // New York State’s Inspector General said her office identified $2.7 million in workers’ compensation fraud in 2024, a nearly 30% increase compared to 2023. Inspector General Lucy Lang also reported there were 14...
Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse Manager Indicted in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
Apr 16 2025 // Prosecution of widespread crop insurance fraud in Kentucky has continued with the indictment of a tobacco warehouse manager who allegedly facilitated some of the schemes. Thomas H. Kirkpatrick, manager of Farmers Tobacco...
Five Charged in Multi-Million-Dollar Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 15 2025 // Five people have been charged in a large-scale insurance fraud scheme involving misrepresented life insurance policies that resulted in fraudulent commissions totaling over $1.4 million. The five, which include a former...
Idaho Bail Agent Convicted of Insurance Fraud for Mishandling Funds
Apr 15 2025 // An Idaho man pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for diverting fiduciary funds for personal use. Johnny Mateo Robles, Jr. of Twin Falls, pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for diverting...
Houston Resident Charged in $35M Fraud Scheme
Apr 14 2025 // A 62-year-old Houston resident has admitted to laundering proceeds from a large-scale bank fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. William Mills admitted that from 2014 to 2023, he conspired with others...
Arizona Reported 15% Decrease in Vehicle Thefts in 2024
Apr 11 2025 // The Arizona Automobile Theft Authority reported that Arizona vehicle thefts decreased by 15% in 2024, marking a second straight year of decline. Data compiled by the AATA’s Auto Crime Tracking shows that Arizona had...
Women Charged With Insurance Fraud After SUV Found in Mississippi River
Apr 8 2025 // On March 21, authorities in Vicksburg, Mississippi, received a 911 call about a stolen vehicle. Moments later, they had another call, about a partly submerged vehicle in the Mississippi River near a landing. The submerged...
New Jersey Law Targets ‘Near Crime Wave’ of Retail Theft
Apr 8 2025 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill into law setting tougher penalties for retail theft and calling for a dedicated effort to combat organized retail theft. The new law establishes and upgrades certain crimes...
Oracle Tells Clients of Second Recent Hack, Log-In Data Stolen
Apr 4 2025 // Oracle Corp. has told customers that a hacker broke into a computer system and stole old client log-in credentials, according to two people familiar with the matter. It’s the second cybersecurity breach that the...
California Plumbing Contractor Ordered to Pay $1M for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 3 2025 // A plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of a workers’ comp fraud prosecution. Daniela G. Birdwell, 41, owner of GPS Plumbing, pleaded...
Britain’s Co-op Group Says Retail Crime Cost it $105 Million in 2024
Apr 3 2025 // Britain’s Co-op Group said on Thursday that losses from shoplifting in its food retail business rose by over 14% to 80 million pounds ($105 million) in 2024, or more than half of its adjusted operating profit. The...
Another Kentucky Farmer Pleads Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud
Apr 1 2025 // A Kentucky farmer is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal crop insurance program of almost $1.5 million. Robert Thomas Hunt, of Taylor County in central Kentucky, asked grain haulers to sell...
AIG Can Continue Trade Secret Theft Allegations Against Dellwood
Mar 31 2025 // About a year into the litigation between American International Group and startup Dellwood Insurance Group, a federal judge will allow much of AIG’s lawsuit to proceed against its newest potential competitor in the...
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,...
Eight Corvettes Stolen from Kentucky Plant But Found Later, Some with Minor Damage
Mar 27 2025 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Thieves took eight Corvettes from the lot of a Kentucky automobile plant where the legendary muscle car is built, but officers recovered the vehicles and made an arrest, police said. The cars were...
Washington, Nevada and Oregon Saw Biggest US Vehicle Theft Drops in 2024
Mar 27 2025 // Washington, Nevada and Oregon had the biggest percentage drops in vehicle thefts in the U.S. in 2024, according to a new report that shows vehicle thefts nationally fell by 17% in 2024 from a year earlier, marking the...
Texas Man Sentenced for Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
Mar 24 2025 // A Texas man was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for constructing a $5 million insurance fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas announced. Jordan Ford, 32, was charged via...
Carolina Woman Charged With Fraud After Claiming Slips and Falls at 8 Groceries
Mar 21 2025 // North Carolina authorities charged a woman with insurance fraud after learning that she made slip-and-fall claims at multiple grocery stores in the area. Jackie Kay Lynch, 61, of Wilson, east of Raleigh, filed a $1,000...
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...
