More than 2 million complaints were submitted to the FTC last year, and identity theft topped the list for the 13th consecutive year.

Tax identity fraud could cost the U.S. $21 billion over the next five years, and violent crime is taking advantage of the ease of the crime.

$200 million-worth in automobiles, electronics and gold was purchased on some 25,000 fraudulent credit cards in an 18-person crime ring, prosecutors allege.

The Better Business Bureau investigates thousands of scams every year. What are the top 10 scams for 2012?

The industry will lose nearly $9 billion to return frauds this year, with nearly $3 billion of that estimated to come from the holiday season alone. 

Retailers in the U.S. are expected to lose $8.9 billion over the holiday season, mid-November through Christmas, as a result of shoplifting, dishonest employees and vendor or distribution losses.

There are 10,000 active identity theft crime rings across the U.S., especially in the Southeast.

A bookkeeper pleaded guilty to allegations she embezzled more than $50 million from a small city in Illinois.

A former executive at an airplane repair company with government contracts pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering the safety of aircraft, according to the Justice Department.