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  2. Syndicate Accused in Phony 'Free' Grants Scam Has Assets Frozen

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    A federal court has frozen the bank accounts of Jeremy Johnson and his associates, along with 61 phony companies the Federal Trade Commission says bilked people out of more than $275 million with ...

  3. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - Wikipedia

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    FinCEN organization chart. As of November 2013, FinCEN employed approximately 340 people, mostly intelligence professionals with expertise in the financial industry, illicit finance, financial intelligence, the AML/CFT (anti-money laundering / combating the financing of terrorism) regulatory regime, computer technology, and enforcement". [9]

  4. IRS impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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    An IRS impersonation scam is a class of telecommunications fraud and scam which targets American taxpayers by masquerading as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection officers. [1] The scammers operate by placing disturbing official-sounding calls to unsuspecting citizens, threatening them with arrest and frozen assets if thousands of dollars ...

  5. Stanford Financial Group - Wikipedia

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    The auction was scheduled to be held on Thursday June 24, 2010 at the offices of Baker Botts, L.L.P. in One Shell Plaza in Downtown Houston. [42] The auction was canceled due to a lack of bids, and Black Forest's stipulated that it would acquire the building for $12.2 million. [39] Black Forest bought the 5050 Westheimer building in July 2010. [43]

  6. Banks and the federal government point fingers as Americans ...

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    The American Bankers Association is urging federal action on online financial fraud. Banks are facing increased liability for scams, with $10 billion in losses reported last year.

  7. 'Federal grant' scam hitting Ohio asks for upfront ... - AOL

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    The Ohio Attorney General warns of a scam that tries to lure victims with the promise of federal grant money in exchange for an upfront fee. Bogus notifications of the grants have occurred in Ohio ...

  8. Government auction - Wikipedia

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    Tax sale: seized assets; Court auction: items sold to satisfy a court judgment, like storage contents of not-paying tenants; Insolvent companies where the government is the liquidator (e.g. official receiver) Unowned property; Often goods sold at government auctions will be unreserved, meaning that they will be sold to the highest bidder at the ...

  9. Report: Federal agencies spent millions of taxpayer money ...

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    (The Center Square) – A new report published by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, highlights more than $1 trillion worth of taxpayer money spent on projects that he argues wastes and abuses taxpayer money.