A Christiansburg, Va., man who offered an undercover officer a $20 down payment to kill another man, with a promise of more money once a life insurance policy was cashed in, was sentenced to seven years in state prison.

A Chesterfield, Va., man was fined $22,500 for failing to inform his member firm of his outside business activities, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

An Irvine, Calif., physician was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a $15 million health care fraud scheme targeting senior citizens and those with mental illness.

A financial advisor who provided guidance to several Hollywood stars now faces federal charges in what officials say was an elaborate Ponzi-like scheme to cheat his clients out of $30 million.

An Illinois pediatrician pleaded guilty to charges of health care fraud after improperly billing insurance companies for vaccines that were offered primarily for free.

A Connecticut man was fined $5,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for taking financial advisors’ state continuing education examinations and helping others to complete the tests, records show.

A registered financial representative from Martinez, Ga., was barred by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) after he improperly took money from a client’s variable annuity.

Two West Virginia men have pleaded guilty to their roles in a scheme to scam insurance companies through staged motor vehicle accidents.

A Taylorsville, N.C., insurance agent was arrested and charged with seven counts of embezzlement for allegedly failing to remit nearly $8,000 in insurance premiums to her employer.

A man Tennessee officials said goes by the moniker “Oatmeal” was recently arrested following a year-long investigation into his motorcycle club.