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Lands’ End and other data-breach settlements are still taking claims through October
A class-action settlement over a December 2024 data breach at retailer Lands’ End is still accepting claims, with an October 22, 2026 deadline that gives...
A breach at mortgage-finance firm SitusAMC is paying about $75, with claims open into November
A roughly $5.3 million settlement now covers people affected by a November 2025 data breach at SitusAMC, a mortgage-finance firm, with claims open through November...
A breach at mortgage lender On Q Financial is paying about $50, with claims open through October 28
A class-action settlement tied to a February 2024 data breach at mortgage lender On Q Financial will pay class members an estimated $50 with no...
Two men were charged with a mortgage-rescue scheme that took $15 million and sank homeowners into foreclosure
Two men were charged with running a mortgage-modification scheme that allegedly collected about $15 million in fees from homeowners while leaving many of them in...
A New York rehab owner got 38 months for a $20 million health-benefit fraud
A rehabilitation company owner in New York was sentenced to 38 months in prison for a fraud scheme that took $20 million from health-benefit programs,...
A Florida pair profited more than $2.3 million billing Medicare for braces no one ordered
Two Florida men were sentenced to prison after running a $34.8 million health care fraud scheme that billed Medicare for orthotic braces beneficiaries never ordered,...
A California man got 30 years for a $270 million Medi-Cal prescription fraud
A California man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for orchestrating a $270 million Medi-Cal prescription fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice announced....
A Jamaican man drew 8 years and owes $6.17 million for a sweepstakes scam targeting 200 older Americans
A federal judge sentenced Jordan Trought, a Jamaican national, to eight years in prison for his role in a sweepstakes fraud scheme that targeted more...
Medicare barred 11 equipment suppliers, some billing for patients already dead
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has barred 11 durable medical equipment suppliers from the program over suspect billing that CMS says topped $3.4...
American Income Life and Globe Life breach claims close October 19, while opting out runs to November 16
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Costa Del Mar’s $23.9 million settlement pays automatically, with no claim form, on repairs that cost more than $11.95
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The FTC says a bill-payment company bought search ads impersonating utilities, then added a fee of its own
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Medicare threw 157 laboratories out of the program, and one owner enrolled 14 labs that investigators could not find
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A Brooklyn day-care owner was sentenced to 76 months after billing Medicaid $64 million, with gold and cash seized from her home
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The SEC says a New Jersey man ran a $16 million Ponzi that took from a widow, two churches and a prayer group
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges against a New Jersey man and two companies he controlled, alleging he ran a Ponzi scheme...
More than half a million Globe Life customers can claim up to $5,072
American Income Life Insurance Company and its parent, Globe Life Inc., have opened a claims process tied to a data breach the companies disclosed after...
Nearly 5.8 million people notified of the 700Credit breach have until September 22 to claim from a $17.5 million fund
A settlement administrator has begun processing claims tied to a data security incident that 700Credit, LLC disclosed after detecting unauthorized access to its dealer-facing web...
A Virginia woman took $29,988 in Social Security from a dead man’s account
A Martinsville, Virginia, woman was ordered to repay nearly $30,000 in Social Security benefits and sentenced to two years of supervised release after pleading guilty...
A credit union board member is accused of emptying an elderly client’s account, then buying a pickup and a skid steer
A federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted a Dover, Pennsylvania, man on charges that he persuaded an elderly woman and her power of attorney to...
The SEC says a fake adviser promised 20 percent a month and took $940,000 from 16 clients, several elderly
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a fraud complaint on September 3 against Omar Dario Chavez, a Southern California resident accused of running a...