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Other insurance fraud cases flagged by the ABI include someone who staged car crashes with people they met online and a complex travel insurance scam involving multiple fake identities and documents.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“It’s all fake, but what can we do?” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Last week an independent legal panel delivered a long-anticipated verdict, finding the club guilty on 114 counts of systematic financial fraud, amounting to more than a billion dollars in fake revenues and sham commercial sponsorships.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He wished he had been the one to do fake burps instead of Leah.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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“It was pretty crazy that she faked a pregnancy with him and now she’s doing it again and this time apparently with this guy who was on ‘The Bachelor,’” Woodnick said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Video blogger Geng Hongwei, a 33-year-old graduate-school dropout, alleged in May that Shanghai University scientists faked data in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Caligiuri faked right then cut left, the beaten defender sticking his right leg out wildly in protest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
South Korean police are seeking an arrest warrant for a YouTuber who allegedly faked evidence that defamed actor Kim Soo-hyun and fuelled a scandal which ended his career.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
So I screeched to a stop at the three-point line and head- faked.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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In his closing argument Thursday, Blacknell also noted that no medical professional made a finding that Linton was “malingering,” essentially faking an illness, during the neurological tests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
She added that she often felt dismissed by colleagues who implied she was faking her condition but was lucky that her manager was supportive.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
This was almost hilariously tawdry, but MI5 was beguiled by Lyalin’s many disclosures about KGB operatives in London, made as a way to prove that he was not faking his defection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Experts said the use of AI for “astroturfing,” or faking, civic engagement is a growing trend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some of their extended family members, such as aunts, uncles, and grandparents, often accused them of faking it for attention, like Connor’s dad did.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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