WALMART RIPOFF GIFT CARD

• Walmart driver exposed a $1.4M fraud ring after noticing up to 50 packages piled up at one Arizona home - Yahoo Finance
• 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 arrested for Walmart gift card fraud - Douglas County Sentinel
• Watch out for gift card scams this holiday season, DC attorney general warns - WJLA
• Man charged in alleged gift card fraud scheme at Warrington Walmart - Central Bucks Now
• 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
• As consumers lose millions to gift card scams, lawmakers pressure businesses - Stateline
• 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
• Scammers are tricking more people into buying gift cards - Consumer Advice | Federal Trade Commission (.gov)
• 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
• 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
• Walmart, Target, Best Buy take steps to curb gift card fraud - Yahoo Finance

• Walmart driver exposed a $1.4M fraud ring after noticing up to 50 packages piled up at one Arizona home - Yahoo Finance
• 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
• FTC Sends More than $9.8 Million to Consumers Harmed by Walmart’s Failure to Stop Scammers that Used its Wire Transfer Services to Take Millions from Customers - Federal Trade Commission (.gov)
• Growing gift card scam hits Walmart, Target, and CVS - TheStreet
• 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)
• 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
• Phishing Scam Targets Walmart.com Online Customers - McAfee

MEDICAL INSURANCE FRAUD

• Police: Ulster County Man Collected Insurance Payout For Car He Kept - hudsonvalleycountry.com
• Health insurance fraud is expensive; we all pay for it - Kinston.com
• 7 Things You Should Never Share With Someone Claiming to Be Medicare - Newswav
• Medicare scam warning as thousands of Iowans face coverage changes - KGAN
• It’s time to review your health insurance options for 2027 - The Avery Journal-Times
• President Trump Cracks Down on 340B Medicare Fraud - Breitbart News
• $227M Medicare fraud scheme involving Pakistani data firm ends in guilty plea - HealthExec
• Doctor Billed Medicare $45 Million for Botox - Even While Vacationing in Mexico - Big News Network.com
• Doctor Billed Medicare $45 Million for Botox — Even While Vacationing in Mexico - AOL.com
• Things Can Change So Review Your Medicare Coverage Options: Open Enrollment is Through Dec. 7 - Antelope Valley Press
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Insurer denied woman’s $350K life policy - MoneyWise.com
• When Swimming with Sharks, It Pays to Have a “Safe Harbor” - The National Law Review
• Litigation partners Sandra Jones, Jessica L. Gallagher and Timothy J. O’Driscoll join Dentons US - Dentons
• LA Injury Attorneys Secures $1 Million Settlement for Driver Rear-Ended by Commercial Truck in San Bernardino County - StreetInsider
• Florida Supreme Court rules that property insurance pre-suit notice statute does not apply retroactively - Kennedys Law LLP
• 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
• Old Republic sues James River again over alleged bad faith denials - Insurance Business
• Judge Must Review Documents in Insurance Dispute Before Releasing Them - Ohio Court News (.gov)
• Rhode Island introduces property insurance bad faith bill - Repairer Driven News
• 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)
• 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 Insurance Bad Faith Law: Protecting Businesses and You - The Florida Bar

• China ready to expand US farm imports – on 1 condition - South China Morning Post
• Liberals to unveil 2026 budget amid ongoing economic and trade uncertainty - Global News
• Craft Beer Makers Strain on Both Sides of US-Canada Trade Clash - Yahoo Finance UK
• Here’s how the U.S. midterm election results could affect Canada - CFJC Today Kamloops
• U.S. midterm results spark joy among Canadians but trust in America remains shaky - CFJC Today Kamloops
• For China, two more years of Trump may be the best-case scenario - TimesLIVE
• U.S. midterm results spark joy among Canadians but trust in America remains shaky - Yahoo! Finance Canada
• What Washington is missing about Trump’s Canada tariffs - National Post
• Trump's political humbling signals short-term gain, long-term pain for China, China News - AsiaOne.com
• Trump's political humbling signals short-term gain, long-term pain for China - The Straits Times
• Culture was, trade war, foolish war and class war | Number Theory | Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times
• China shows no sign of backing down over trade war - Reuters
• China is decoupling from the West - Klement on Investing
• How Tariffs Became the Millstone That Sank the GOP - The Dispatch
• China keeps faith in Trump as ‘total defeat’ adds new risks - Hindustan Times
• Inside the chip talent war: Trade secrets and rising Chinese rivals - CNBC
• How will Republican’s big midterm loss impact US-Canada trade war? - Yahoo News Canada
• How will Republican’s big midterm loss impact US-Canada trade war? - Global News
• Federal budget to boost defence, infrastructure, trade war relief: sources - CBC
• Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ trade war with Canada makes ‘absolutely no sense’ - The Weekly Times
• Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ trade war with Canada makes ‘absolutely no sense’ - News24
• U.S. Midterms’ effect on Alberta businesses - CityNews Calgary
• U.S. midterm results raise hopes in Alberta for an ease of trade tensions - CityNews Calgary
• B.C. premier-designate doesn’t see quick end to trade war post U.S. midterms - CTV News
• Democrats’ Election Victory Raises Canada’s Hopes of US Tariff Relief - Morningstar
• Alberta Premier Smith says U.S. midterms 'vindication' of her approach to tariffs - Yahoo! Finance Canada
• China evokes patriotism, past wars amid trade tension - Reuters
• Braid: Democrats rebuff of Trump the best possible outcome for Canada - Yahoo News Canada
• Senior Democratic congressman says party 'going to put an end' to Trump's tariffs - CBC
• B.C. premier-designate Doerkson doesn’t see quick end to trade war post U.S. midterms - Vernon Matters
• Trade war woes likely to continue despite blue tsunami in U.S. midterms, observers say - The Hill Times
• Trump’s Republicans lost the House and Senate in midterm elections. What could it mean for Canada? - CTV News
• What role did the Canada-U.S. trade war play in some key midterm races? - The Globe and Mail
• The Democrats midterm sweep was a rejection of Trump’s trade war - Rabble.ca
• Alberta Premier Smith says U.S. midterm results ‘vindicate’ her approach to tariffs - 650 CKOM
• How did Americans living on the U.S.-Canada border vote in the midterms? - CTV News
• Canada’s focus ‘hasn’t changed’ despite U.S. midterm blue wave, minister says - Global News
• Americans, farmers voted against tariffs, trade wars and inflation - The Western Producer
• Trump’s Midterm Loss Leaves Canada to Weigh a Trade Deal or Wait - Bloomberg.com
• Trump's midterm defeat gives China, Canada, India and Africa's largest economy fresh leverage in US trade talks - Business Insider Africa
• U.S. Midterms: Trump's Next Trade War Could Be With Congress - Foreign Policy
• After U.S. midterms, Quebec premier sets sight on 'diplomatic offensive' south of the border - Yahoo News Canada
• ‘Opportunity to reset’: Saskatchewan premier responds to U.S. midterm results - BNN Bloomberg
• Doug Ford says U.S.-Canada trade war is 'not done' after Democrats win House and Senate - Yahoo News Canada
• Doug Ford says US-Canada trade war is ‘not done’ after Democrats win House and Senate - Global News
• PODCAST: U.S. election shakeup unlikely to bring quick end to trade war - 620 CKRM
• How Trump’s ‘whack-a-mole’ trade war with Canada, others fuelled blue wave - Global News
• Maine elects Democratic senator after race that featured Canada-U.S. trade war - CTV News
• Brown: Even in red-hot steel sector, U.S.-Canada trade war hurts Minnesota - Star Tribune
• How does the Democrats' U.S. midterms sweep affect a trade war that has battered Hamilton? - The Spec
• Maine elects Democratic senator after race that featured Canada-U.S. trade war - Winnipeg Sun
• Opinion: With Democrats taking Congress, the trade war will continue and could even be worse - The Globe and Mail
• Washington and Ottawa attempt trade truce with renewed talks - KHGI
• Maine elects Democratic senator after race that featured Canada-U.S. trade war - CFJC Today Kamloops
• Trade war forces American politics to think about Canada ‘more than ever before’ - BNN Bloomberg
• ‘This is the most Canadian election in U.S. history’: Reid on trade war impact - CP24
• ‘This is the most Canadian election in U.S. history’: Reid on trade war impact - BNN Bloomberg
• ‘This is the most Canadian election in U.S. history’: Reid on trade war impact - CTV News
• European shares sink on fears of renewed U.S.-China trade war - Reuters
• How much does the US-Canada trade war matter in the midterm election? An expert weighs in - NOW Toronto
• China relieved U.S. trade war is "on hold" - Reuters
• Trump’s trade chief pushing him to step up negotiations with Canada - Politico
• Opinion | Theo Moudakis’s cartoon depicts Trump’s trade deal with Canada - Toronto Star
• If the Democrats win the U.S. midterms, what would change for Canada? - Global News
• How a New Brunswick island is caught in the middle of the Canada-U.S. trade war - Global News
• Maine elects Democratic senator after race that featured Canada-U.S. trade war - Toronto Star
• China vows not to fire first shot in trade war with U.S. - Reuters
• Trump has lost control of his war with Canada - The Age
• Trump has lost control of his war with Canada - SMH.com.au
• Mill closure and trade war force N.B. couple to rethink future - CBC
• Canada's next budget to be unveiled this week amid U.S. trade war, economic uncertainty - CBC
• Trump says aides have ‘concept’ of Canada trade deal - The Hill
• Budget 2026 is about ‘us,’ not the U.S. trade war, finance minister says - Global News
• ‘Who picks a fight with Canada?’ Trade war angers Alaskan businesses ahead of U.S. midterms - CTV News
• Political betrayal, Canada trade war: Why Michigan is a Senate race to watch - Yahoo! Finance Canada
• Political betrayal, Canada trade war: Why Michigan is a Senate race to watch - Toronto Star
• Political betrayal, Canada trade war: Why Michigan is a Senate race to watch - Winnipeg Free Press
• China’s soaring chemical exports threaten new trade war front - Financial Times
• Surging costs and China trade war test US farmers' loyalty to Trump - Nikkei Asia
• China’s 5,000-Ton Digging Machines Are a Trade War Risk to India - Bloomberg.com
• Canada’s Carney reports progress in trade talks with US. Trump talks up ‘concept’ of a deal - AP News
• The US-China trade war seems to have subsided – but the sense of calm is misleading - The Guardian
• 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
• Attention, protein-maxxers: Trump’s trade war is coming for your whey | CNN Business - CNN
• The Fallout of the U.S.–Canada Trade War Won’t Be Limited to North America - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• 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
• Why Trump's trade war with Canada is poised to drag past the midterms - Politico
• 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
• Republicans were already nervous about November. Then Trump restarted his trade war. - Politico
• 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
• 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