Crime

Chicago businesses are suffering and asking for help as theft crimes increase in the city.

The release of COVID-19 federal relief funds has unleashed a wave of individuals and criminal networks responsible for what the Secret Service says is nearly $100 billion in stolen benefits.

A former CEO has been charged with embezzling more than $15 million from her employer and using stolen money to pay for a lavish lifestyle, including travel, jewelry and family weddings, according to federal prosecutors.

A Fox Business survey finds an overwhelming majority are concerned about crime nationally.

During the recent wave of smash-and-grab robberies, California Highway Patrol’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force investigators and the San Francisco Police Department’s Retail Theft Unit discovered a large retail theft operation involving approximately 15,000 stolen items.

The agency said in certain cases, authorities will arrest the passenger for being in possession of a firearm at a security checkpoint.

The Blaine Police Department wrote on its Facebook page that an elderly couple reported that their groceries had been run over and that they were left with a derogatory note written on the receipt.

The California Retailers Association asked the governor's office for funding for two additional task forces, pushing the total number in the state to five.

A recent rash of thefts by fast-moving mobs at stores were organized on social media and committed by people who often didn’t know one another, according to law-enforcement officials.

USA Gymnastics, U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and their insurers have agreed to fund a $380 million settlement with victims of longtime national team physician Larry Nassar, drawing to a close a five-year legal battle that has upended American Olympic sports governance. 

Celebrity fashion designer Elle B. Mambetov has closed her store in Los Angeles, citing the recent spike in “grab and go” crimes that are taking place.

Lyft driver Lamont Liner thought he was picking up a regular fare in Chicago late last year. Instead, his passengers pulled out a pistol and stole his car and phone. He hasn’t returned to drive for the app since, even as ride-sharing companies have tried to tempt drivers with more money.

Politically liberal San Franciscans are used to living cheek by jowl with open drug use, feces-infested streets and petty crime. But a surge in home break-ins and brazen shoplifting has some residents feeling that the city they fell in love with is in decline.

Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was told his granddaughter needed the money to get out of jail.

Gift cards are now used in 25% of all scams, to the tune of nearly $500 million worth of fraud since 2018.

The Monsanto agrochemical company said Thursday in court documents that it has agreed to plead guilty to illegally using and storing pesticides in Hawaii and will pay $12 million in fines.

A flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles on Thursday was diverted to Oklahoma City after an unruly passenger assaulted a flight attendant, police said.

The FBI says thousands of people become a victim of holiday scams every year, and scammers are finding new ways to rob people of their money and personal information.

School districts across the U.S. say they are seeing a surge of student misbehavior in the return to in-person learning, after months of closures and disruptions due to the pandemic.

The chief executives of major U.S. retailers including Target, Home Depot, Kroger, CVS Health, Autozone and Best Buy on Thursday urged Congress to take action to address the online sale of stolen, counterfeit and dangerous consumer products.