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Viewpoint: Rampant Fraud in Staged Accidents
Sep 19 2025 // It should come as no surprise that Hollywood has not made many movies about insurance—arguably among the least glamorous of industries. However, there are three insurance-themed films worth watching. Two from the 1940s...
NICB: Vehicle Thefts in First Half 2025 Down 23% From Last Year
Sep 18 2025 // U.S. vehicle thefts fell 23% in the first six months of 2025 from the first half of last year, a report out Wednesday from the National Insurance Crime Bureau shows. There were 334,114 vehicle thefts reported in the first...
ChatGPT Was Used ‘to Help Scammers Do Their Thing’ at Asia Fraud Compound
Sep 17 2025 // Duncan Okindo says he was lured to Southeast Asia last year by the promise of a customer service job in Thailand. Instead, he ended up spending four months in a scam compound on the lawless Myanmar-Thai border, where he...
Former Executive of Mars Candy Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Stealing $28M
Sep 16 2025 // A former executive for a subsidiary of candymaker Mars Inc. pleaded guilty last Thursday to fraud and tax charges in connection with his theft of $28 million from the company, federal prosecutors said. Paul Steed, 58,...
South Dakota Father and Son to Pay $4M in Crop Insurance Fraud Case
Sep 4 2025 // A South Dakota father and son have been ordered to pay over $4 million to resolve violations of the False Claims Act arising out of their 2018 and 2019 crop insurance fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office,...
Pennsylvania Man Charged in $400 Million ATM Fraud
Sep 4 2025 // A Pennsylvania man has been charged with tricking people into investing money he claimed would be used to buy thousands of automated teller machines, causing more than $400 million of investor losses, U.S. authorities said...
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