In the movies they are played by Pierce Brosnan and Gene Hackman and justify art stealing or snatching of old Nazi German gold. In real life however they are unattractive and miserable figures devoted to the unglamorous and unforgiving life of insurance frauds. They do not have punch lines or happy endings, but their actions […]

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Representatives of the Federal-State Mortgage Fraud Initiative recently announced charges against 41 people in six separate cases, resulting in more than $40 million in fraudulent loans.

Auto insurance fraud is on the rise in California, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Commissioner said Tuesday. The reason for the uptick in auto insurance fraud in the Golden State: the down economy. CDI has recently complied statistics showing that scam artists are cashing in on auto insurance money. The number of auto arsons […]

The man, who conspired with others to defraud Lehman Brothers Bank out of nearly $3.9 million, received the sentence following his February conviction on three counts of fraud.

Two of the men, who fled to Albania, will likely stand trial for their alleged involvement in the scheme, while the third already pled guilty to the allegations leveled against him.

The Kansas City resident admitted that beginning in 2006 he conspired with Eric Rabicoff and eight others to defraud federally insured financial lenders out of more than $3 million.

The man admitted to perpetrating a real estate investment scam that lasted over five and a half years and defrauded over a dozen victims in Georgia, Florida and Tennessee out of $2 million.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services recently strengthened its Wiz Sentri anti-fraud solution to help U.S. financial institutions prevent crimes tied to cash management activities.