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

• Six Arrested In $1.4 Million Arizona Walmart Fraud Investigation Involving Shipments Through California To Vietnam - California Globe
• Peoria police arrest 6 for $1.4M Walmart credit card fraud scheme - 12News
• 6 arrested in $1.4M Walmart fraud scheme shipping goods from Peoria to Vietnam - AZ Family
• 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
• Scammers are tucking fraudulent charges into online grocery orders. The red flags to watch out for - WPXI
• A hacked Walmart account left this Florida woman $2,000 in the hole. Now she's accusing Walmart of reversing her refund - Yahoo Finance
• Amazon Turns 360,000 Customer Checks Into Fraud Intelligence - PYMNTS.com
• Hacked Walmart account leads to $2,000 loss for customer - WFTV
• Walmart shoppers’ bank accounts ‘compromised’ by silent device at checkout - The Sun
• Donation for a college tour turned out to be a $1,000 tap-to-pay scam - Detroit Free Press
• The Newest Scam Targeting Walmart Members - Here's What to Watch For - AOL.com
• Top Walmart Scams: Online Walmart Shoppers Beware - All About Cookies
• "Give My Money, Man": Walmart Customer Filmed a Cashier Who Said His $300 Scratch Card Was Worth $5 - The Daily Dot
• Walmart Employee Assaulted After Trying to Protect Customer From Apple Card Scam - Parkland Talk
• Walmart and Target face new self-checkout retail theft problems - TheStreet
• First National Bank Warns Customers of Debit Card Scam Text Messages - WKSR
• 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
• 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
• Millions of Walmart customers victims of major scam - TheStreet
• Scammers posing as Walmart employees target St. Lucie Co. residents with fake PS5 calls - WPEC
• 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
• Two arrested in Wood County for alleged retail theft scheme - WTVG
• New Task Force Makes First Arrests in Crackdown on Organized Retail Theft - Ohio Attorney General (.gov)
• At Mastercard, AI is helping to power fraud-detection systems - Business Insider
• How Walmart is taking care of 'fraud problem' at self-checkout machines - The Times of India
• Walmart takes drastic action to curb growing fraud problem at self-checkout - New York Post
• Walmart forced to refund customers for mystery charges from sick 'BIN' trick - the-sun.com
• One of Alabama’s largest credit unions updates customers on fraudulent Walmart charges - AL.com
• Buying a gift card? Be aware of scams that drain the card of funds before you can use it | CBC News - CBC
• Card skimming devices found at multiple Walmart locations in region - WSET
• Walmart shopper learns of big security issue after finding $528 mystery charge - the-sun.com
• Chinese national jailed for Apple gift card draining scam in Pittsburgh - CBS News
• Redding holiday shopper shares experiences with gift card scams - KRCR
• 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 shopper's gift card warning as they're refused refund after losing cash - The Sun
• Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards - ProPublica
• Walmart Bought a Finance App and Reduced Fraud Protections. Guess What Happened Next? - ProPublica
• How Walmart’s financial services became a fraud magnet - Arkansas Advocate
• Walmart’s Redemption Program Catches Fraud Before it Happens - PaymentsJournal
• How Walmart is fighting back against gift card scams - Fox Business
• Walmart returns $4 million to customers affected by gift card scams - see if you qualify for money back - The Sun
• The questions Walmart refuses to answer about credit card skimmers found at 5 Central NY stores - Syracuse.com
• State Police Investigate Fraud Case Involving Card Skimming Device At Fulton Walmart - Oswego County Today
• Credit Card Skimmer Found Checkout of Upstate NY Walmart - WIBX 950
• 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
• Walmart gift card scam remission - Top Class Actions
• Urgent warning about $500 Walmart gift card trick that's stealing cash and data - The Sun
• B.C. man shocked after $700 drained from his Walmart gift cards - CBC
• Walmart Canada shares tips to prevent gift card fraud - Guelph Mercury
• 'Don't buy or shop at Walmart,' angry Toronto-area couple warns after $4K in stolen credit card charges | CBC News - CBC
• Walmart Stops $4M in Gift Cards From Reaching Scammers Targeting Older Victims - PYMNTS.com
• How Walmart thwarted $4 million in elder gift card scams - CNBC
• Walmart ships fraudulent order to hacker's address then leaves customer to recoup cost - CBC
• Walmart Class Action Says Gift Cards Are Tampered With - Top Class Actions
• Walmart warns customers of gift bag scam on social media - Fox Business
• Walmart warns customers against plastic bag scam on social media - FOX4KC.com
• 2 Walmart employees accused of stealing customers’ credit card numbers, gift cards - WBRC 6 News
• State suit targets Walmart gift cards - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
• Montreal woman stunned to find her Walmart gift cards drained - CBC
• Walmart, Target, Best Buy take steps to curb gift card fraud - Yahoo Finance
• Feds on hunt for 8 gangsters in multimillion-dollar Walmart scam - WZZM13.com
• Walmart Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Gift Card Scam - Top Class Actions
• 18 federally indicted in Flint for Walmart prepaid card scam - MLive.com
• Protect your PIN: Credit card company says no refund to couple because thief knew the code - CBC
• Fraud victim has 'brutal' 3-year battle with Walmart and Equifax over damaged credit - CBC
• Beware New Scam Offering $100 Gift Cards For Target And Wal-Mart - Business Insider
• Prepaid money card fraud: What can you do? - ConsumerAffairs
• Wal-Mart Text Message Scam: Save Money, Live Better, Don't Give out Info Over the Phone - CBS News
• Cash Back Scam - Snopes

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
• Health insurance fraud is expensive; we all pay for it - The Avery Journal-Times
• Democrats Make Protecting Fraud Their “Day One” Agenda - AMAC — The Association of Mature American Citizens
• DOJ charges 15 in healthcare fraud schemes totaling $2B - Fierce Healthcare
• Avoid scams and fraud during open enrollment - Fox 59
• Mississippi revokes licenses of rogue insurance agents in fraud scheme - WLOX
• Feds charge 15 suspects in multiple alleged insurance, Medicare fraud schemes - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
• 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 Nebraska woman $11.3M - Kearney Hub
• 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
• Warehouse owner wins nearly $2M in bad-faith suit against insurer - Business Insurance
• Insurance Bad Faith Report, October 2026 - Dykema
• 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
• Bad Faith and Unfair Trade Practices Claims Against Insurers in North Carolina: What Policyholders Need to Know - JD Supra
• 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
• Understanding Bad Faith Insurance: Identifying and Combating Unfair Practices - Investopedia
• Florida’s First-Party Uninsured Motorist Bad-Faith Doctrine Needs a Pit Stop - The Florida Bar
• Florida Insurance Bad Faith Law: Protecting Businesses and You - The Florida Bar

• Why toilet paper, lumber and other necessities may cost more in NC - Wilmington Star-News
• Carney hosts EU leaders as Trump pushes Canada toward Europe, but membership label faces resistance - Bozeman Daily Chronicle
• Carney hosts EU leaders as Trump pushes Canada toward Europe, but membership label faces resistance - AP News
• Carney hosts EU leaders as Trump pushes Canada toward Europe, but membership label faces resistance - The Independent
• Trump’s trade war hits Kentucky’s $10bn bourbon industry - Modern Ghana
• 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 - WBFF
• Canada Shows the Limits of Trump’s Hardball Trade Tactics - Council on Foreign Relations
• Canada reports limited progress in trade talks with US - Reuters
• 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
• Canada and US struggle to make progress in latest trade talks as midterms loom - The Independent
• ‘It’s going to be ugly,’ Republican rep. tells CTV News ahead of midterm - CTV News
• ON TARGET: Black Hawks Down: Helos on Hold in Trade War - espritdecorps
• 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
• There has been 'limited progress' in Canada-U.S. trade talks: Canadian official - CTV News
• ‘The same issue’: Why the US and Canada are still a ways from a trade deal - Politico
• Trump praises Canadian separatists amid delicate trade talks - Axios
• 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
• EU loan to Airbus threatens trade truce with US, Trump trade official warns - Financial Times
• 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
• America & Canada’s Trade War - The Restored Church of God
• Canada-U.S. trade war to end 'soon,' Trump says, but there's no real sign of a breakthrough - National Post
• Trump signals possible end to Canada trade war: 'They're willing to give us anything' - The News International
• 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 - marketscreener.com
• Canadian Dollar Faces US Trade War Headwinds Despite Hawkish Central Bank, Commerzbank Says - Yahoo Finance
• 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
• Trump started a trade war with Canada. GOP candidates became casualties. - The Washington Post
• Trump says Canada trade deal coming 'soon' - Yahoo Finance UK
• China National Team ETFs Draw Most Inflows Since Trade War Rout - Bloomberg.com
• The US-China biotech trade war that isn’t - Asia Times
• 'Well-known evil empire': Obama mocks Trump's trade war with Canada - TorontoToday.ca
• ‘Well-known evil empire’: Barack Obama mocks President Trump’s trade war with Canada - Toronto Star
• U.S. to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products as trade war becomes ballot box issue - CityNews Kitchener
• Trump voters in Michigan plead for an end to trade wars - MS NOW
• Video: Opinion | Trump’s Trade-War Miscalculation - The New York Times
• 📈 Monday data: Who won the trade war? - Exponential View | Azeem Azhar
• Insights | Trump Cites National Emergency to Launch Trade War Against Canada, China, and Mexico - Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• Chinese exports to South Africa jump 29% as Trump’s trade war puts local factories under fresh pressure - Business Insider Africa
• Trump’s Trade War Is Helping Mark Carney Transform Canada - The Dispatch
• Black Hawk down: Trump's trade war pauses Canadian helicopter deal - CBC
• The Abject Failure of the US–Canada Trade War - Intereconomics | Review of European Economic Policy
• Trump's trade wars sting U.S. manufacturers ahead of midterms - Japan Today
• How the trade war with Canada is hitting US states—and could sway midterm elections - Atlantic Council
• Europe's alternative to Trump's China trade war - Axios
• Freeland Flays ‘Quisling Behavior’ by Allies In Trade War With US - Bloomberg.com
• How China and the EU pressed pause on trade war – and what it took to get there - South China Morning Post
• China and Europe Step Back From Trade War With Limits on Chinese Car Exports - The New York Times
• Who’s winning the trade war with China? You asked, we answered - Financial Times
• Trade Wars: How Tariffs Hit Prices Differently in Canada - Harvard Business School
• Canada Shouldn’t Give Trump Ammunition for His Illegal Trade War - IEDM/MEI
• Michigan’s Mike Rogers says trade war with Canada needs to end - Politico
• Trump responds to Mike Rogers ad calling for end of trade war with Canada - CNBC
• GOP Michigan Senate candidate Rogers calls for trade war with Canada to end ‘now’ - The Hill
• Will the US-Canada trade war sway elections in border state battlegrounds? What Michigan voters said - KCRA
• How Quebec Separatists Win Poses New Challenge for Carney Amid Trump Trade War - Time Magazine
• Rogers shifts gears, calls for end to Trump's 'tariff war' with Canada - The Detroit News
• How the Canada-U.S. trade war might change your shopping habits - CBC
• US-Canada Trade War Escalates: Perspectives and Solutions for US Firms - The Conference Board
• The U.S-Canada Trade War Intensifies: Key Implications - Bloomsbury Intelligence and Security Institute (BISI)
• A long-term trade war with Canada could hurt Massachusetts’ economy - WGBH
• Trump's Canada trade war is entering a dangerous new phase for these battleground states - Fox Business
• Donald Trump’s tariff war on Canada won’t achieve what the president promised — and it was never meant to - Toronto Star
• Trump's trade war redraws a border New Brunswick and Maine had learned to ignore - Financial Post
• Fake Trump post on Canadian rock band spreads amid trade war - AFP Fact Check
• Here's How The U.S.-Canada Trade War Could Impact Your Investments - Forbes
• Expert reveals US business owners set to bear brunt of Canadian tariff fallout as trade war uncertainty looms - Fox Business
• VIDEO: Amid Trump Trade War and Rising Prices, Rosen Pushes Back on Trump’s Hostile Actions Against Canada - kennedy.senate.gov
• ‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada - The Guardian
• How Maryland is caught up in the trade war with Canada - CNS Maryland
• The US Is Badly Losing Its Trade War with China - Cato Institute
• Poll: Canadians and Americans agree, Trump was in the wrong with trade war - Politico
• The U.S.-Canada Trade War Could Mark a Breaking Point - Council on Foreign Relations
• The Fallout of the U.S.–Canada Trade War Won’t Be Limited to North America - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Trump’s Canadian trade war stirs up trouble for Republican candidates - Stateline
• What to know about Canada's escalating trade war with the U.S. - NPR
• Trump doubles down on Canada trade war as talks remain stalled – as it happened - The Guardian