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University of Hawaii breach claims can reach $5,000 before the November 2 cutoff
University of Hawaii data-breach settlement claims can reach $5,000, but only for notified class members who document extraordinary losses reasonably traced to the August 2025...
Americold breach victims can claim an estimated $100 or $200 by October 22
People notified that their information was involved in one or both Americold data incidents can submit a claim for an estimated cash payment before October...
A financial adviser stole nearly $10 million from one elderly client
One elderly investor gave a financial adviser complete access to a brokerage account, and the relationship ended with nearly $10 million diverted into accounts the...
Withdrawing more than $10,000 in cash triggers a federal bank report, even across several transactions
A bank customer can make a lawful cash withdrawal and still cause a federal report to be filed. The dividing line is not $10,000 exactly...
An eye-care network’s data breach is paying up to $3,000 to patients who document a loss
A $1.75 million settlement stemming from a November 2023 data breach at American Vision Partners is now taking claims from patients whose Social Security numbers...
An Arkansas credit union was seized this year, and members kept insurance up to $250,000
The National Credit Union Administration liquidated People Trust Community Federal Credit Union in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 30, 2026, after finding the small...
The FTC is mailing settlement checks that stop being valid 90 days after they are issued
The Federal Trade Commission is currently mailing checks and sending electronic payments from at least five active refund programs, and every one of them comes...
A whistleblower who flagged Aetna’s Medicare billing will collect about $2 million
Aetna has agreed to pay $117.7 million to resolve federal allegations that it inflated the diagnosis codes it submitted for Medicare Advantage enrollees in order...
Anyone who used a nonbank ATM since 2007 can claim part of a $167.5 million settlement
A $167.5 million settlement is now accepting claims from anyone who paid a surcharge to pull cash from an independent, nonbank ATM at any point...
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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