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.

Some security experts think there could still be some problems today on election day -- some lost or misattributed votes could go completely undetected.

Forty-four percent of card users in Mexico report credit card fraud, while 42 percent of U.S. consumers report the same.

Only 47 percent of Canadian firms reported difficulties with fraud, theft and corruption this year, compared with 77 percent of companies in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Massachusetts governor contends that the New England Compounding Center responsible for the tainted steroid misled state officials and was operating outside of the bounds of its pharmacy license.

Jessica Harper, 50, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail after submitting false invoices for more than 2.4 million pounds from 2007 to 2011.