MAY 2025 INSIDER THREAT INCIDENTS REPORT
Produced By:
National Insider Threat Special Interest Group (NITSIG)
Insider Threat Defense Group
This months report paints a dark picture of what employees do when they are disgruntled, are under financial pressure, trying to live a life style beyond their means or have other motivations to commit crimes such as the ones referenced in this report: Bomb Threats, Nationwide Drug Distribution, Human Smuggling, Network Sabotage, Stealing Of Physical & Financial Assets, Improper Use Of Company Charge Cards, Taking Kickbacks & Bribes and more. Many employees use the money they steal from their employers to fund their personal businesses or vacations, make home improvements, etc. Other more serious crimes committed by employees include Possession / Creation Of Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation Of Children.
EXAMPLES FROM REPORT / (STP = Sentenced To Prison)
- Employee Arrested For Making Bomb Threats At Manufacturing Plant
- Medical Center Employee Arrested Following Bomb Threat
- Police Chief STP For Role In Nationwide Drug Distribution Conspiracy
- Arizona Department Of Agriculture Employee Charged For Human Smuggling
- Malware Disguised As AI Tool Downloaded By Walt Disney Employee – Hacker Downloaded 1TB Of Confidential Data
- Poultry Plant Worker Charged With Accessing Former Employer’s Computer Network To Change Chemical Distribution Levels
- U.S. Government Employees Spent $40 BILLION+ Using Government Charge Cards, Some At Casinos, Bars & Nightclubs
- USDA Employee And 5 Others Charged In $66 Million+ Food Stamp Fraud And Bribery Scheme
- U.S. Postal Service Employee STP For Role In Stealing Nearly $2 Million Worth of Checks From The Mail
- 4 Individuals Charged In $63 Million Mail Theft Scheme, Including 2 U.S. Postal Service Employees
- Ford Automaker Employee Arrested For Role In Multimillion Dollar Theft Operation Involving Ford Manufactured Parts And Accessories
- CEO Of Healthcare Services Company Admits Role In Elaborate $200 Million+ Investment Fraud Scheme / Affiliated Companies Filed For Bankruptcy
- Director Of Mobile Medical Diagnostics Company Plead Guilty To Role In $70 Million+ Medicare Kickback And Fraud Scheme
- Electrical Company General Manager STP For $4 Million Fake Invoice Scheme Over 7 Year Period
- Employee Admits To 9 Year International Embezzlement Scheme That Cost Employer $3.8 Million By Creating Fake Purchase Orders
- Delivery Driver For DoorDash Pleads Guilty To Role In Stealing $2.5 Million+
- Property Manager Plead Guilty To Stealing $1.6 Million+ Over 5 Years / Used Funds For Personal Use
- Construction Company Bookkeeper STP For Embezzling $1.5 Million+ / Used Funds To Finance Operations Of Businesses She Owned
- Information Technology Manager Pleads Guilty To Using 3 Different Fraud Schemes To Steal $1 Million From Employer
- Credit Union Employee STP Prison For $1 Million+ Fraud Scheme
- Medical Practice Chief Operating Officer STP For Stealing $692,000+ / Used Funds For Travel, Home Improvements, Etc.
- City Police Chief / City’s Administrator Is Accused Of Stealing $313,000 From City To Support His Personal Business
- New York City Housing Authority Superintendent STP For Accepting $30,000 In Bribes From Contractor / 70 Other Employees Charged
- And Many More……..
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