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Free money always comes at a cost. Many are now learning this the hard way, as scammers are increasingly trying to trick potential victims with offers of fraudulent government grants. Consider: 5 ...
Ever been bilked by one of those Web sites offering to help you find 'free' government grants? The FTC said today it sued a "massive Internet enterprise" that raked in millions of dollars by using ...
Debt relief and credit repair scams involve a scammer who claims to be able to eliminate your debt or increase your credit score by a specific amount. They typically request a large upfront ...
The crime of major fraud against the United States (18 U.S.C. § 1031), which previously covered only fraud in government procurement and contracts for services, is amended to include a wider range of government involvement, including grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, transactions under the Troubled Assets Relief ...
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 ...
The first is a gift card payment scam, where a criminal convinces a consumer to pay a fake financial obligation by purchasing gift cards and sharing the numbers off the backs with the scammer.
Operation Choke Point was an initiative of the United States Department of Justice beginning in 2013 [1] which investigated banks in the United States and the business they did with firearm dealers, payday lenders, and other companies that, while operating legally, were said to be at a high risk for fraud and money laundering.
The combination of a global pandemic and soaring inflation has left many Americans with mountains of debt. The total household debt in the U.S. rose by $351 billion (2.2%) to reach $16.51 trillion ...