Investigative & Forensics

A Jackson, Miss. grandma admitted to staged a slip-and-fall at a local grocery and then trying to wrangle a financial settlement.

A San Jose, Calif. man allegedly ditched his car in Mexico and then reported it stolen so he could file a fraudulent insurance claim.

The discovery of cadmium in jewelry is likely to lead to significant exposure for jewelry distributors and retailers, as well as their liability insurers.

A 50-year-old Lancaster, Ohio man set fire to his rented home to collect insurance money but failed to ponder the toll this would have on his family.

In this month's issue, we look at fraud cases in North Carolina and Ohio.

Amid the haze of usual Halloween shenanigans, a Leavenworth church was burning on the night of Oct. 31, 2008. That's because the church's music director set fire to it.

The eighth and final defendant involved in an elaborate auto insurance fraud ring has been sentenced.

The NICB is extending its outreach to the more than 246 million U.S. cell phone users by offering a text-based fraud reporting system.