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 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., woman faces two counts each of insurance fraud and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation after claiming to be her sister-in-law and billing the woman’s health carrier for more than $3,700.

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

Two pharmacy technicians received sentences including three years of probation for their role in a scheme to defraud Medicaid by billing for expensive HIV/AIDS prescriptions that were never dispensed.

A Colonie, N.Y.-based trucking company will pay $315,600 in restitution to the New York State Insurance Fund for underreporting its payroll to bring down the cost of its workers’ compensation coverage.

A California man was arrested for allegedly attempting to extort $200,000 from a New York-based life insurance company by threatening to send false statements about the company in emails to customers and insurance agents through a spam email campaign.

An Idaho insurance agent is the focus of a civil complaint by state regulators, accused of spending investor money on personal and business expenses and not investing it as promised.

To better highlight its efforts to crack down on financial fraud, including illegal activities involving securities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has renamed one of its divisions.

Complaints by a pair of property owners have led to the arrest of a former New York insurance agent accused of stealing $15,400 in premiums meant for commercial property-casualty policies.