New York is expanding its crackdown on insurance fraud through a new partnership between state agencies aimed at detecting and prosecuting financial crimes, including staged car crashes. Gov. Kathy

Alshon Jeffery's insurance fraud arrest apparently stems from a fender bender earlier this year ... and the ex-NFL star is confident his name will be cleared once all the details surrounding the matter come to light.

Three people received sentences of jail time for an insurance fraud scheme that alleged a bear had damaged luxury vehicles. Only there was no bear, just a person wearing a bear suit.

AI-edited vehicle photos are becoming a new insurance fraud tool, with Admiral linking a rise in cases to manipulated crash images, duplicate filings, and fabricated claim materials that can raise costs across the system.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing a plan she said could lower car insurance costs in New York by targeting fraud, staged crashes and legal loopholes.

Super Bowl- winning Pro Bowl wideout Alshon Jeffery was recently arrested in California and charged with insurance fraud.