A new Federal Trade Commission analysis has found that consumers said they lost more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency to fraud between January 2021 and…
View More FTC Report: Investment Scams Account for $575M of Reported Cryptocurrency Fraud Losses
A scheme to pay undocumented immigrants off the books with cash has resulted in 12 people who worked for or owned seven construction companies in…
View More 12 sentenced in Myrtle Beach construction scam
Life is hopefully now calming down sufficiently to the extent that I can write some more or less informative newsletters again, so I’m back to…
View More Anti-corruption ideas have a moment in the media sun while crypto investors fall to earth
The Better Business Bureau noted that storm chaser contractors will try to scam people even in a time of need. The Better Business Bureau…
View More Better Business Bureau warns of possible storm scammers
“We are definitely seeing job scams,” said Rhonda Perkins, attorney and chief of staff of the Federal Trade Commission’s division of marketing practices. In 2021,…
View More Looking for a job? Watch out for these scams
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Tuesday marked one year since Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were found executed at their Moselle hunting lodge. Their slayings…
View More ‘We’re coming towards the end:’ Attorney weighs in on unsolved Murdaugh murders
The US government has pulled the plug on an online marketplace that sold Social Security numbers for over 20 million Americans. The SSNDOB Marketplace operated…
View More US Shuts Down ‘SSNDOB Marketplace’ for Selling Social Security Numbers
A charge sheet has been filed under the anti-money laundering law in connection with an alleged multi-crore chit fund scam in Jharkhand, the ED said…
View More ED files charge sheet in Jharkhand chit fund scam probe
POLICE LOG May 311:49 a.m. Officer Matthew LaTour made checks of Sandy Beach on Lakeshore Drive.2:34 a.m. Sergeant Matthew McNeil checked on East Street property.8:42…
View More Arrests/Police Log, June 7 edition
The lack of housing in Vermont has left many people desperate to find an affordable place to live. Criminals have found that this situation makes…
View More Rental scams not slowing as Vermont’s housing market gets tighter