Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger is calling on Eaton Fire survivors to come forward if they were targeted by fraudulent tow companies during and immediately after the ...

An organized ring in the Inland Empire is accused of towing vehicles to a body shop and demanding excessive fees for release.

Investigators discovered that a non-sworn employee of the California Highway Patrol, Rosa Isela Santistevan, 56, of Irvine, ...

The scam involves your car being held "hostage" and you being forced to pay a large amount of money to get it back.

Officials charged 16 people who reportedly made a total of $217,000 by scamming accident victims in the LA area.

The California Department of Insurance has issued a public service announcement warning drivers in the state about increased ...

They say that tow truck companies are targeting drivers involved in collisions, picking up their cars and then holding them ...

Authorities are warning California drivers about a rise in vehicle hostage scams, where scammers demand money to release ...

Drivers are being warned of spike in ‘vehicle hostage’ scams. The red flags you should know - The alleged scammers were ...

Officials at the California Department of Insurance are warning Southland residents of a “vehicle hostage” scam involving tow truck companies targeting motorists involved in traffic accidents.

“Both cars’ fronts were caved in. They had to bring two to three tow trucks to clean it up out here,” Bryan Connor said. He told KIRO 7 that the road had some slush and ice earlier in the day.

Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry. As of Wednesday ...