Warning about Bitcoin scams: Bitcoin ATMs are defrauding consumers out of millions nationwide.
NORTH CAROLINA Recent findings from an ABC News investigation, conducted in partnership with ITEAM, have uncovered a troubling trend involving Bitcoin ATMs, which are prevalent in North Carolina and across the U.S. Many users are falling victim to various scams associated with these machines. In the Triangle area, reports indicate that consumers are losing significant […]
A California man is accused of defrauding individuals out of $2 million through well-known dating apps.
California Man Charged in Dating App Scam A man from California, Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, has been charged with scamming over $2 million through dating apps. He allegedly posed as a successful and investment-savvy individual, according to prosecutors. Lloyd is facing 14 federal charges tied to a scheme that goes back nearly three years, involving […]
Long Island psychic faces charges under rarely enforced New York fortune-telling law for allegedly defrauding a woman of $62,000.
Long Island Psychic Charged with Fraud A self-identified psychic from Long Island has been charged with significant theft and fortunatelling—a minor misdemeanor in New York. Officials allege that he is involved in a scheme that defrauded individuals out of tens of thousands of dollars. Hemmers Kumar Muneppa, 33, from Queens, was arrested at a bank […]
ICE detains Chinese undocumented immigrants charged with defrauding seniors of thousands
ICE Arrests Two Chinese Nationals for Scamming Elderly Americans The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has arrested two Chinese nationals accused of defrauding older Americans out of significant sums of money, as announced by authorities on Tuesday. Joseph Freden, assistant director of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, expressed the need to take action […]
Charlie Javice, Frank founder convicted of defrauding JPMorgan out of $175M
Charlie Javis, founder of student finance startup Frank, said on Friday that JPMorgan Chase & Co. was acquired by the bank's $175 million company. was found guilty of fraud. The verdict was delivered by Manhattan federal ju trial after six weeks of trial It ended in just six hours of deliberation. Javice, 32, was found […]
Customs and Border Protection director faces charges for allegedly defrauding FEMA
The director of Michigan's U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) is accused of implementing plans to fraudulent the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after a series of floods damaged her home in 2023. The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday sealed off criminal charges against 55-year-old Serina Baker-Hill, engaging in a plot to fraudulent […]
Lake Charles physician, wife agree to pay $450K for defrauding Medicare program – KPLC
Lake Charles, La. (KPLC) – The US lawyers' firm announces Lake Charles' doctors, and his wife agrees to pay $450,000 for inappropriate claims for the “P-Stim” device. Dr. Henry Goolsby, also known as Trip Goolsby, Lake Charles' wife and co-founder Patricia Lenae Goolsby, and its clinic, Infinite Health Integrative Medicine Clinic, have reached a settlement […]
Dem-backing fintech exec arrested for defrauding investors out of $145M
The founder of the multibillion dollars to support the Democrats The “climate-friendly bank” startup startups, which celebrity investors include Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom and Drake, have been arrested by federal authorities on allegations of conspiring to deceive investors. Joseph Neil Samberg, 45-year-old Orange County, California resident. He charged himself as an “anti-poverty advocate.” He was […]
Target sued by Florida for defrauding shareholders about DEI
Target was sued by Florida on Thursday for allegedly hiding the risks of diversity and social initiatives that led to customer backlash and wiped out billions of dollars from retailer market value . A securities fraud lawsuit filed in federal court at Fort Myers, Fort Florida, a securities fraud lawsuit by the Florida State Board […]
SoCal pair charged for allegedly defrauding investors out of more than $22 million in cryptocurrency – ABC7 Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — On Friday, a Beverly Hills resident and another man were charged in an indictment with defrauding investors of more than $22 million in virtual currency through various online scams. Gabriel Hay, 23, of Beverly Hills, and Gavin Mayo, 23, of Thousand Oaks, each face one count of conspiracy to commit wire […]