The investigation began in July when police received reports of debit cards being stolen in Waterloo’s university district. Two men have been charged in a taxi fraud investigation in Waterloo. Waterloo Regional Police charged two men in an ongoing taxi…
Three people have been charged in a scheme to use artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and attorneys to steal about $129 million. Prosecutors say Thursday that the three people have been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity…
A Dubuque man who stole government funds meant to help unemployed workers during the COVID-19 pandemic recently was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. Jacob M. Laufenberg, 36, received the sentence in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids after previously…
Serbian authorities have detained the owner of a private bank on suspicion he was siphoning money from the lender. The bank was used for public system payments during the previous government of former President Aleksandar Vucic. Alta Bank has had…
According to a press release from the Iowa Insurance Division, the case started when a securities broker-dealer flagged the scam to the division's financial exploitation unit, as reported by Oskaloosa News. From there, the division's Fraud Bureau says it used…
The Iowa Insurance Fraud Bureau recovered an Iowa woman's $3 million after she was scammed into turning her cash into cryptocurrency and transferring it to a scammer. Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson failed to overturn a slew of convictions on Friday,…
Maybe this is news to you, but there is an election next week, on Nov. 3. And scammers know how to run election-related financial fraud schemes, just as they run schemes which follow other news stories. The FBI reissued and updated…
A prominent Georgia Republican has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme. Federal prosecutors say the scheme caused losses of over $76 million to more than 300 victims. Edwin Brant Frost IV pleaded guilty to wire fraud…
A U.S. congressional investigation has found that the U.S. governmentâs response to surging cyberscams remains fragmented and leaves victims struggling to recover losses. The report from the Democratic leadership of the Joint Economic Committee released Tuesday found that federal agencies lack…
Authorities have charged more than a dozen people in California with allegedly siphoning nearly $2 billion in fraudulent healthcare costs. The Department of Justice and state prosecutors announced the charges on Thursday. The operation targeted substance abuse treatment centers, hospice services…
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