WALMART RIPOFF GIFT CARD

• Growing gift card scam hits Walmart, Target, and CVS - TheStreet
• Top Walmart Scams: Online Walmart Shoppers Beware - All About Cookies
• 2 Mississauga residents charged in southern Ontario gift card scam - CP24
• Man charged in alleged gift card fraud scheme at Warrington Walmart - Central Bucks Now
• Americans warned of new gift-card scam targeting holiday shoppers - thestreet.com
• Watch out for Walmart gift card scams - Malwarebytes
• Buying a gift card? Be aware of scams that drain the card of funds before you can use it | CBC News - CBC
• Did scammers steal your gift cards? You could get your money back - NBC Boston
• Watch out for Gift Card Scams - AARP
• Chinese national jailed for Apple gift card draining scam in Pittsburgh - CBS News
• The Nation’s First Law Protecting Against Gift Card Draining Has Passed. Will It Work? - ProPublica
• Retailers can't keep scammers away from their favorite payment form: gift cards - Axios
• Man from China sentenced on 300 charges in Ohio Walmart gift card scam - NBC4 WCMH-TV
• Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards - ProPublica
• Four charged in Walmart gift card crime ring, leader caught with nearly 7,000 cards in Tarrant County, police say - WFAA
• How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet - ProPublica
• Walmart’s Redemption Program Catches Fraud Before it Happens - PaymentsJournal
• How Walmart is fighting back against gift card scams - Fox Business
• If you paid a scammer with a gift card, is your money gone? Maybe not - Consumer Advice | Federal Trade Commission (.gov)
• Walmart gift card $4 million settlement: Who qualifies and how do you apply? - AL.com
• How do scammers rip off Walmart gift card holders? Fraud prevention techniques - Diario AS
• Buyer Beware: New scam involves fraudulent Walmart gift cards in Palm Beach County - WPEC
• B.C. man shocked after $700 drained from his Walmart gift cards - CBC
• How Walmart thwarted $4 million in elder gift card scams - CNBC
• ​Feds: Gift Card Fraud Losses Soar to $148 Million​ - AARP
• 'It makes me angry that somebody is out there doing that': Woman says she was ripped off after buying a gift card from Walmart - firstcoastnews.com
• Walmart gift card scam ring allegedly steals $600K from Utah seniors - Fox Business
• Chinese National student arrested for million-dollar Walmart gift card scam - fox43.com
• Authorities: Chinese national student collected upwards of $1 million in Walmart gift card scam - WBAL-TV
• Walmart, Target, Best Buy take steps to curb gift card fraud - Yahoo Finance

• 6 arrested after alleged $1.4M Walmart fraud ring busted in Peoria - KTAR News 92.3 FM
• 6 arrested in $1.2 million Walmart fraud scheme after dozens of packages found piling up - WBTV
• Peoria police arrest 6 for $1.4M Walmart credit card fraud scheme - 12News
• The Walmart Fraud Scheme That Starts With a $919.45 Charge You Never Made - FinanceBuzz
• Growing gift card scam hits Walmart, Target, and CVS - TheStreet
• Amazon Turns 360,000 Customer Checks Into Fraud Intelligence - PYMNTS.com
• Hacked Walmart account leads to $2,000 loss for customer - WFTV
• A nationwide phone scam uses an AI-generated voice to falsely claim a $900 Walmart purchase - WGAL
• Donation for a college tour turned out to be a $1,000 tap-to-pay scam - Detroit Free Press
• Top Walmart Scams: Online Walmart Shoppers Beware - All About Cookies
• A Walmart ‘robocall scam’ sweeping the nation, warns FCC. How fake employees will try to get you to give up your info - Yahoo Finance
• Walmart impersonation scam targets hundreds of thousands of consumers each week - CBS News
• Millions of Walmart customers victims of major scam - TheStreet
• Watch out for Walmart gift card scams - Malwarebytes
• Walmart’s Marketplace boom: How lax vetting came with identity theft and fakes - CNBC
• 8 retail fraud schemes every business should watch for - National Retail Federation | NRF
• Got a package you didn’t order? It’s probably a scam - Consumer Advice | Federal Trade Commission (.gov)
• New York men sentenced in Raleigh Dark Web plot defrauding Lululemon, Target and others - Raleigh News & Observer
• The Nation’s First Law Protecting Against Gift Card Draining Has Passed. Will It Work? - ProPublica
• Walmart Bought a Finance App and Reduced Fraud Protections. Guess What Happened Next? - ProPublica
• How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet - ProPublica
• Walmart’s Redemption Program Catches Fraud Before it Happens - PaymentsJournal
• How Walmart is fighting back against gift card scams - Fox Business
• If you paid a scammer with a gift card, is your money gone? Maybe not - Consumer Advice | Federal Trade Commission (.gov)
• FTC says Walmart allowed fraud involving money transfers - Consumer Advice | Federal Trade Commission (.gov)
• How Walmart thwarted $4 million in elder gift card scams - CNBC
• Walmart, Target, Best Buy take steps to curb gift card fraud - Yahoo Finance
• Consumer Warning: Watch Your Bank Account For Small Fraudulent Charges At Walmart - KELOLAND.com
• Postcard scam offers Walmart, Target payoff - MPR News
• Phishing Scam Targets Walmart.com Online Customers - McAfee

MEDICAL INSURANCE FRAUD

• Trial Lawyer Fraud Ring Accusations Exposed - Legal Reader
• Don’t get scammed: Feds warn of Medicare fraud during open enrollment - MassLive.com
• Harlingen Couple Sentenced to Prison After Billing Medicare $14 Million for Wheelchairs and Repairs for Just 37 Patients - Medical Daily
• Minnesota court restores Abdifatah Yusuf verdict in $7.2 mn Medicaid fraud - Beinsure
• BERAN: Medicare fraud protections - Hays Post
• Democrats Make Protecting Fraud Their “Day One” Agenda - AMAC — The Association of Mature American Citizens
• Holmdel doctor, his Middletown office manager, plead guilty to health care fraud charges - themonmouthjournaleastern.com
• DOJ charges 15 in healthcare fraud schemes totaling $2B - Fierce Healthcare
• DOJ Charges 15 in Los Angeles Health Care Fraud Crackdown Involving $2 Billion in Alleged Fraud - Homeland Security Today
• Avoid scams and fraud during open enrollment - Fox 59
• Mississippi revokes licenses of rogue insurance agents in fraud scheme - WLOX
• Durable Medical Equipment: Protecting Medicare and Medicaid from Fraud, Waste, and Abuse - Office of Inspector General (.gov)
• Complete Health to pay $14M to settle Medicare Advantage fraud allegations - Healthcare Dive
• HHS watchdog says it’s targeting Medicaid, Medicare Advantage fraud - Healthcare Dive
• The $3.7bn man: Inside one of US’s biggest Medicare frauds - Al Jazeera
• CMS Potentially Overpaid Medicare Advantage Organizations $462 Million Based on Certain Unsupported Acute Stroke Diagnosis Codes - Office of Inspector General (.gov)
• Seven Key Moments: Hearing on Medicare Fraud - House.gov
• CVS to pay $118M to settle Medicare Advantage fraud allegations - Healthcare Dive
• Kaiser affiliates to pay $556M to resolve Medicare Advantage fraud allegations - Healthcare Dive
• Medicare Program Integrity and Efforts to Root Out Improper Payments, Fraud, Waste and Abuse - KFF
• Members Demand End to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by Corporate Medicare Advantage Plans - Congressman Lloyd Doggett | (.gov)
• New AI Technique Significantly Boosts Medicare Fraud Detection - Florida Atlantic University
• ‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’: How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions (Published 2022) - The New York Times
• Spot Health Insurance Scams - Consumer Advice | Federal Trade Commission (.gov)

BAD FAITH INSURANCE

• Jury finds insurance company acted in bad faith, awards Omaha woman $11.3M - Omaha World-Herald
• Mom of 10 wins $11.3M verdict after insurer denied husband’s COVID death claim - Nebraska Examiner
• Progressive hit with $40M verdict over handling of UIM claim - PropertyCasualty360
• Jury finds insurance company acted in bad faith, awards Nebraska woman $11.3M - Lincoln Journal Star
• “A Promise to Protect Should Not Be Broken”: Pesek Law Secures $11.3 Million Verdict in Insurance Bad Faith Case - EIN News
• One house fire, eighteen spreadsheets, zero bad faith - Insurance Business
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, October 2026 - Dykema
• Insurer Bad Faith Is Not Limited to Claim Denials- Georgia Court of Appeals Affirms $12 Million Verdict for Reputational Harm to Healthcare Provider - The National Law Review
• California Supreme Court changes the playbook for excess insurance claims - Kennedys Law LLP
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, July 2026 - Dykema
• An Empire-Sized Win for Policyholders: New York Bad Faith Extends Beyond First-Party Coverage - Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
• Bona Fide Dispute Displaces Bad Faith - JD Supra
• Buchanan Litigation Team Secures Complete Defense Verdict in an Insurance Bad Faith Action - Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
• Old Republic sues James River again over alleged bad faith denials - Insurance Business
• Red flags for consumers facing insurance bad faith claims - KING5.com
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, January 2026 - Dykema
• AI in Claims Processing: What It Means for Bad Faith Litigation | Sands Anderson PC - JD Supra
• Allegation of Bad Faith Insurance Claim Must Go to Arbitration - Ohio Court News (.gov)
• USAA faces lawsuit as policyholders allege systemic bad faith in claim - Insurance Business
• Wisconsin Recognizes Claim for Bad Faith Failure to Settle Within Insured’s Deductible Where Verdict Was Within Policy Limits - Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, July 2025 - Dykema
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, April 2025 - Dykema
• USAA hit with $114 Million decision over bad faith - Insurance Business
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, January 2025 - Dykema
• William Shernoff marks 50 years as father of bad faith insurance law - Daily Journal
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, October 2023 - Dykema
• Why Are Insurance Companies Telling Doctors How to Practice Medicine? - Sokolove Law
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, April 2023 - Dykema
• An insurance company’s refusal to settle can be bad faith, even if the policyholder ultimately prevails at trial - Reed Smith LLP
• COMMENTARY: Bad faith claims against insurers on the rise; how they can remain in good graces - Reuters
• 101 Recognizing Insurance Bad Faith: When Insurers Don´t ´Insure´ - Wisbar.org
• Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms $2,077,342 Bad Faith Insurance Judgment - Kreindler
• Practical primer on the dreaded world of “bad faith” in the insurance industry - Dentons
• Insurance Bad Faith Under Puerto Rico Law - JD Supra
• Florida Insurance Bad Faith Law: Protecting Businesses and You - The Florida Bar

• Life on the line: Neighboring towns caught in the trade war - Yahoo
• Life on the line: Neighboring towns caught in the trade war - kare11.com
• Border communities feel strain as U.S.-Canada trade war disrupts longtime friendship - kare11.com
• Border communities feel strain as U.S.-Canada trade war disrupts longtime friendship - Yahoo
• The political issues raised by the demand Canada’s federal government nationalize Stelco - World Socialist Web Site
• Public servants spared as Ontario’s red ink rises in face of Canada-U.S. trade war. - London Free Press
• What does bourbon have to do with the US midterms? - Al Jazeera
• How is the trade war with Canada impacting U.S. voters? - CBC
• How U.S.-Canada trade war is impacting two towns along the border - kare11.com
• Tariff Evasion and the Hidden Welfare Cost of the US-China Trade War - https://economy.ac/
• Canada pursues historic EU ‘associate member’ amid Trump trade war - Stuff
• Ontario deficit grows to $16.9 billion as trade war with U.S. drags on - CP24
• Schumer, Standing At The Port Of Oswego With Families And Businesses Being Crushed By Trump’s Reckless Tariff War, Launches New Legislation To End Costly Tariffs And Lower Prices In Communities Across Central & Northern NY - Oswego County Today
• Canada seeks EU ‘associate member’ status as Carney counters Trump’s trade pressure - The Times of India
• Canada could increase exports to the EU by nearly $60B, report finds - BNN Bloomberg
• Are the EU and Canada moving closer? - DW.com
• Ontario forecasts wider fiscal deficit, slower return to balance as it fights trade war - TradingView
• Canada’s Wine Ban Is Deepening California Wineries’ Troubles - Comstock's magazine
• Cheniere LNG Shipments Surge as Iran War Reshapes Global Gas Trade - gCaptain
• Housing market feels effect of rising rates, trade war - Calgary Herald
• Martin Regg Cohn: Trump’s trade war ballooned Ontario’s deficit. Doug Ford’s irresponsibility made it a record - Toronto Star
• Mark Carney hosts EU leaders as he seeks new ties amid Trump trade war - The Independent
• Ontario projects $36B in deficits over 3 years as trade war delays balance - Global News
• Lula vs. Trump: Brazil's Agricultural Power Threatens U.S. Farmers Heading Into 2027 - AgroLatam
• Why a midterm sweep for the Democrats won’t end Canada’s trade nightmare - The Logic
• Why toilet paper, lumber and other necessities may cost more in NC - Wilmington Star-News
• The U.S. Congress is in play — here are the midterm races to watch - BNN Bloomberg
• Carney Hosts EU Leaders as Trump Pushes Canada Toward Europe - U.S. News & World Report
• Trump’s trade war hits Kentucky’s $10bn bourbon industry - Modern Ghana
• Small business owners crave stability as inflation, trade war fallout stifle main street - WRGB
• Canada not in a 'position right now' to agree to U.S. trade deal, Carney says - CBC
• Small business owners crave stability as inflation, trade war fallout stifle main street - KOKH
• Small business owners crave stability as inflation, trade war fallout stifle main street - fox56.com
• Small business owners crave stability as inflation, trade war fallout stifle main street - KRCR
• Small business owners crave stability as inflation, trade war fallout stifle main street - WBFF
• Small business owners crave stability as inflation, trade war fallout stifle main street - The National Desk
• Canada Shows the Limits of Trump’s Hardball Trade Tactics - Council on Foreign Relations
• Limited Progress in US-Canada Trade Talks on Steel and Auto Tariffs - News and Statistics - IndexBox
• PODCAST: Trade war deepens as hopes for Canada-U.S. deal fade - MooseJawToday.com
• Canada hikes rates to contain oil price surge caused by Iran war - France 24
• ‘Now or maybe never’: Cabinet ministers skeptical Trump can compromise, sources say - CTV News
• Canada not near trade deal with U.S. before midterms, Carney says - Global News
• ‘It’s going to be ugly,’ Republican rep. tells CTV News ahead of midterm - CTV News
• Canada’s economy grew 0.8% in second quarter, biggest gain since trade war began - The Hub | More Signal. Less Noise.
• Trump’s Tariffs and Import Bans: The Cost of the Trade War for Quebec and Canada - The Bull and Bear
• Anthony Scaramucci Calls Trump a 'Menace' Who Causes Chaos, Says Canada Trade War 'Hammering' Wisconsin, Michigan - Yahoo
• LETTER: Two Sullivans, Canada trade war ‘illogical’ - Idaho County Free Press
• In Michigan, Trump’s trade war with Canada rankles both Democrats and Republicans - The Globe and Mail
• The US and Canada are talking trade. That doesn’t mean they’re near a deal. - POLITICO.eu
• The Canada-U.S. Trade War Drags On: 1 Stock I’d Buy and 1 I’d Avoid - The Motley Fool Canada
• After Canada fires back with retaliatory tariffs, Trump and Carney move to ease trade war in 2 sectors as South Africa braces for U.S. duty slap - Business Insider Africa
• White House tempers tough talk on Canada trade as inflation tops voter concerns - NBC News
• 'U.S. is coming closer to our position': PM Carney shows hope of trade war ending — but cautious of Trump's volatility - Money.ca
• Canada's PM says Trump is moving toward his demands in trade talks - The Independent
• Trump predicts quick end to Canada trade war as Carney hints at U.S. movement - The Hub | More Signal. Less Noise.
• Firing back at Trump in the trade war - The Hill Times
• Trump says Canada trade war will end ‘pretty soon,’ but tariff changes keep exporters guessing - Insurance Business
• PM Carney says ‘U.S. is coming closer to our position’ as trade talks gain momentum - CTV News
• Africa food security under threat due to Iran war, trade officials warn - Al Jazeera
• Canada-U.S. trade talks intensifying but wide gap remains, sources say - CBC
• EXCLUSIVE: US, Canada working on deal to ease steel, auto tariffs, sources say - Reuters
• Canada’s Carney Navigates Trump Tariffs as Economy Slows - Barron's
• The Trade War Will Hurt the U.S. More Than Canada - Macleans.ca
• Canada-U.S. trade war to end 'soon,' Trump says, but there's no real sign of a breakthrough - National Post
• 'These are the people who gave us Martin Short … and maple syrup': Obama mocks Trump's trade war with Canada at Michigan rally - Money.ca
• Trump predicts Canada trade dispute will be resolved ‘soon’ - The Hill
• Trump says he expects trade war with Canada to end ‘pretty soon’ - CHAT News Today
• Trump says he expects trade war with Canada to end 'pretty soon' - CTV News
• Global Markets: Trump muses about end to trade war - Alberta Farmer Express
• ‘We’re worried they hate us’: Trump’s trade war leaves Maine towns paying the price - Malay Mail
• Trump says he expects trade war with Canada to end ‘pretty soon’ - Automotive News
• Trade war with Canada could end ‘pretty soon,’ Trump says during rally - Global News
• Canadian Dollar Faces US Trade War Headwinds Despite Hawkish Central Bank, Commerzbank Says - Yahoo Finance
• Germany wants to avoid China trade war despite EU ‘kill switch’: Merz - The Star
• Trump says he expects trade war with Canada to end ‘pretty soon’ - Winnipeg Free Press
• Trump says he expects trade war with Canada to end ‘pretty soon’ - Toronto Star
• China National Team ETFs Draw Most Inflows Since Trade War Rout - Bloomberg
• The US-China biotech trade war that isn’t - Asia Times
• Washing away the US: Tariff evasion on the other side of the US–China trade war - CEPR
• Obama mocks Trump’s trade war with ‘well-known evil empire’ Canada - CTV News
• The Abject Failure of the US–Canada Trade War - Intereconomics | Review of European Economic Policy
• How the trade war with Canada is hitting US states—and could sway midterm elections - Atlantic Council
• Trump's Canada trade war is entering a dangerous new phase for these battleground states - Fox Business
• ‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada - The Guardian
• U.S. reveals import ban on slew of Canadian goods as trade war escalates - CNBC
• US to ban Canadian motorcycle, dairy, alcohol imports as trade war sizzles - Reuters
• What to know about Canada's escalating trade war with the U.S. - NPR
• Trump widens trade war with Canada beyond tariffs. Here’s what to know - AP News
• Trump doubles down on Canada trade war as talks remain stalled – as it happened - The Guardian
• Why Trump's trade war with Canada is poised to drag past the midterms - Politico
• The US-Canada trade war in 5 charts - BBC
• Detroit despairs as ‘insanity’ of Trump’s Canada trade war punishes city | Trump tariffs - The Guardian
• US-Canada animosity could impede an end to a trade war neither country wants - AP News
• From ‘Fortress North America’ to All-Out Trade War: How the U.S.-Canada Talks Collapsed - The New York Times
• Canada has 1 important edge in the North American trade war - Politico
• US and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread - AP News
• Opinion | The Dumbest Trade War Revisited - WSJ
• U.S. Economy Could Feel the Sting From Trade War With Canada - The New York Times
• A trade war between Canada and the US further ruptures a once-close and durable alliance - AP News
• Tracking the Impact of the Trump Tariffs & Trade War - Tax Foundation