Numerous defendants, including a chiropractor and an attorney, are accused of defrauding more than 19 insurers out of $549,000 through a staged auto accident ring in California dubbed “Operation Big Fish” by prosecutors.

A former Indiana insurance agent, accused of targeting a terminally ill man with an unregistered investment opportunity, was found guilty by a Franklin County jury.

A San Diego, Calif.-based broker-dealer will pay $1.95 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it failed to reasonably supervise a former employee charged with fraud.

A Minnesota man, who lost his license to sell insurance in that state in December 2009, has now lost his license to practice in North Dakota as a result.

A brother and sister from California face felony auto insurance charges after their claims about an auto accident were refuted by a YouTube video showing how their vehicle was actually damaged, officials said.

A Gilboa, N.Y., man, who claimed he was thrown 35 feet from his mobile home following a propane explosion, recently landed in jail following allegations of insurance fraud and arson.

Two Illinois doctors and a billing employee were indicted on federal health care fraud charges, accused of submitting false claims of more than $1 million to obtain payments from insurers for services never provided and for inflating claims for work they did perform.

Getting caught working on his sailboat while collecting disability pay will result in six months of electronic home monitoring for a West Seattle, Wash., man.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission received an emergency court order to shut down an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting retirees in California and Illinois it says took in $20 million with only $900,000 currently in the possession of the alleged perpetrators.

A Wilson, N.C., woman was arrested after receiving $6,693 in insurance claims from Nationwide Insurance Co. for a robbery she allegedly staged.