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A new report from Retirement Living has revealed that Georgia ranks No. 1 in the nation for fraud victims, with 1,564 reports per 100,000 residents.. The peach state also has the highest rate of ...
National Adult Protective Services Resource Center, 2012. "Adult Protective Services in 2012: Increasingly Vulnerable." Este, Stephen, 2007. "The Challenges of Accountability in the Human Services: Performance Management in the Adult Protective Services Program of Texas" (2007). Applied Research Projects. Texas State University Paper 250.
Congress amended the Social Security Act in 1974 requiring all states to establish adult protective services units (APS) for adults aged 18 and older. The U.S. House of Representatives held hearings and sponsored investigations about elder abuse throughout the middle to late 1970s.
State Representative Derwin Montgomery (D) was convicted of fraud for using state funds for personal use. He was ordered to repay $38,000 and was given 5 year probation. (2023) [116] [117] State Representative David R. Lewis (R) convicted of making false statements to a bank. (2020) [118]
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An Oklahoma woman created a fake social media account under the name 'Bradley Cooper' then swindled a retiree out of more than $1 million. Oklahoma woman sentenced for $1M fraud scheme against retiree
The Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), [1] the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, [2] the Travel Act (enacted 1961), [3] the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (enacted 1970), [4] and the federal program bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 666 (enacted 1984), [5] permit the ...
This is such a common crime that the state of Arizona listed affinity scams of this type as its number one scam for 2009. In one recent nationwide religious scam, churchgoers are said to have lost more than $50 million in a phony gold bullion scheme, promoted on daily telephone prayer chains, in which they thought they could earn a huge return ...