WASHINGTON—The Department of Health and Human Services has found a new lever to cut off billions in federal funding that it believes is wasteful or potentially fraudulent, a move that could affect ...

For years, the American government failed to protect its citizens from fraudsters, and instead let people, often foreign-born immigrants from the developing world, take advantage of this nation’s ...

Anthony Bettin is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. He primarily covers breaking news and sports, with a focus on the Minnesota Vikings. Aimee Bock, the convicted ringleader of the $250 million Feeding ...

The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona's Medicaid agency, is launching an artificial intelligence-driven detection and prevention system to help fight Medicaid fraud. Gov. Katie ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the UK's tax authority, has announced a 10-year deal with British tech firm Quantexa to use AI for detecting fraud and tax return errors. The BBC has reported that the ...

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A stealthy Python-based backdoor framework capable of long-term surveillance and credential theft has been identified targeting Windows systems. According to research from Securonix, the malware, ...

The industry’s murky supply chain has long attracted scammers and con artists. In the words of one expert, “Wine and fraud go hand in hand.” By Ian Frisch A British con man was sentenced to 10 years ...

Three Los Angeles-area residents were recently convicted in an unusual insurance fraud scheme using a person in a bear costume to fake attacks on high-end vehicles to collect insurance payouts. As ...

Sophisticated artificial intelligence-driven fraud is increasingly targeting U.S. consumers, who are falling victim to schemes that steal their IDs, credit cards, or make fraudulent charges, a new ...

An online rumor that a 193-year-old tortoise named Jonathan had died showed how scams are reaching people and increasingly snaring victims across ages and wealth levels. Last week, a post on X by ...

Californians are beginning to ask: Where is all this money going? On paper, it funds hospitals, universities, schools, prisons, infrastructure, and other public services. But beneath the surface, ...