Sophisticated artificial intelligence-driven fraud is increasingly targeting U.S. consumers, who are falling victim to ...

Back in January 2023, Aimen Halim bought an order of "boneless wings" at a Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW) outlet in Mount Prospect, Illinois. At the time, he claims, he assumed the product was composed of ...

Riskified, an ecommerce fraud and risk intelligence company, has released the Q1 2026 edition of its Agentic Commerce Pulse, ...

The 'scam economy' keeps growing, as fraudsters steal money through wire transfers, gift cards, payment apps and ...

Let’s be honest, when we hear stories about falling for e-mail lottery schemes or phone call frauds, most of us shake our heads in disbelief at how gullible some people can be. But the truth is that ...

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On January 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division’s Fraud Section released its annual Year in Review for 2025 (2025 Report). The Fraud Section prosecutes white collar crime ...

In Halim v. Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., No. 23-cv-01495, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Plaintiff brought suit for violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced a national effort to tackle fraud and abuse in consumer product recalls. CPSC is seeking public input on how to better prevent recall ...

The world is filled with shady characters. Con artists and disreputable companies will do whatever it takes to steal your money and identity. And they’re using increasingly sophisticated methods to ...

Amazon.com Inc. has reached a settlement, which plaintiffs counsel estimates to total $1 billion, in consumer fraud class action litigation targeting its return policy. Plaintiffs filed a class action ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James fired a consumer fraud lawyer last week after she sounded the alarm both publicly and within the state prosecutor’s office about pediatric “gender care” ...