The lavish lifestyle was part of the con. Jeff Carpoff and his wife, Paulette, wanted to give investors the illusion their solar energy company in…
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An owner of a California solar company was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison for orchestrating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme and using…
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BLUE GRASS, Iowa (KWQC) – If you receive a text message claiming to be from a local fire department, you should ignore it. According to…
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Fake IRS emails. Zombie debt. Romance schemes. Grandparents scams. Cramming. Nefarious tech support offers. Sweepstakes fraud. Yes, your suspicions are correct: Everyone is trying to…
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The money has been redirected to legitimate organizations, including one that benefits wounded servicemembers and veterans. TAMPA, Fla. — The state’s attorney general is urging…
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MoMo Productions | DigitalVision | Getty Images Scammers are using the child tax credit to try to steal from unsuspecting Americans, according to the Federal…
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ST. LOUIS – As you know, Veterans Day (November 11) is right around the corner. The United States Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, has…
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Miami, Florida – Fifty-one-year-old Kevin Dewayne Kirby was sentenced yesterday in federal district court in Ft. Lauderdale to 57 months in federal prison for laundering…
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – From phishing emails to romance scams to fake calls from the IRS, scammers are very convincing at getting you to hand over…
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