A judge Friday denied a bond request from a former police officer accused of, among other things, plotting to burn down the Stafford County Public Safety Building and attempting to burn the residence of her child’s father in Fairfax County.

A co-owner of Blue Smoke BBQ in Alexandria, which was lost in a fire four years ago, has pleaded guilty to one of three felony charges he faced in connection with the fire.

When Insys Therapeutics got approval to sell an ultra-powerful opioid for cancer patients with acute pain in 2012, it soon discovered a problem: finding enough cancer patients to use the drug.

Law enforcement agencies broke up a decade-old theft ring that stretched from California to Frederick, Maryland. The thieves used what’s called booster bags, shopping bags with liners to block anti-theft devices.

Insurance companies have a right to compel claimants to be interviewed under oath, the state’s supreme court ruled today. The ruling reversed a lower court decision last year that said insurers have no such right because examinations under oath (EUOs) are not specifically written into the state’s no-fault law.

Silt police Cpl. Michael Taylor has been charged with insurance fraud and other financial crimes, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman said in a news release. Taylor was indicted by the Colorado Statewide Grand Jury on three counts of felony insurance fraud, three counts of felony forgery and three counts of felony theft.

A Travis County grand jury indicted a public insurance adjuster and charged her with negotiating phony insurance claims after the 2012 hail storms in the Rio Grande Valley, the district attorney’s office announced on Thursday.

More charges have been filed against several chiropractors accused of being involved with parallel fraud schemes that allegedly swindled insurance companies out of more than $20 million, the Minnesota Department of Commerce announced Thursday.

At age 31, Nixon Arias cut a profile similar to many unauthorized immigrants in the United States. A native of Honduras, he had been in the country for more than a decade and had worked off and on for a landscaping company for nine years.

A traffic collision, for most people, is a traumatic experience. For some criminals, it’s a money-making enterprise. The ringleader in one of the Sacramento area’s largest auto insurance fraud cases was recently sentenced to 10 years in state prison, and detectives are asking the public’s help in finding three suspects who remain at large.

Franklin Roosevelt signed the McCarran-Ferguson Act in 1945. This groundbreaking law has led to the regulation of insurance — including insurance fraud — to the states rather through federal oversight.

A Mason family has been charged in a $2.9 million life insurance scheme in which prosecutors say they bought policies for a relative who had severe medical conditions but hid those conditions from the insurer.

Channeling Apple’s iconic marketing slogan in a headline (some would argue a more grammatically correct version) necessarily means turning to the company’s legendary leader Steve Jobs for one of his memorable quotes on innovation: “To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of discipline.”

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office recently announced that a Redondo Beach woman accused of participating in a $150 million workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme recently pleaded guilty.

Wearable devices come in all shapes and sizes with varying features. Valued at $11 billion, Fitbit is the leader of the wearable device revolution. Fitbit currently offers eight different fitness trackers, ranging in price from $60 to nearly $200. Largely known for counting the steps you take, wearables now have all kinds of abilities.