$200 million Ponzi scheme nets Florida woman 20-year prison sentence
Screenshot of Johanna Michely Garcia of MJ Capital Funding, who was sentenced on Dec. 3, 2024, to 20 years in prison in a Ponzi scheme. Source: MJ Capital A Florida …
Fraud and false statements
Amazon turns to team of ex-prosecutors to try to fight counterfeiters
In October 2018, police showed up at a nondescript industrial warehouse in New York’s Brooklyn Navy Yard to investigate reported counterfeits. Federal agents were looking for knockoff military gear as …
How to avoid being a victim of post-storm scams
A van flows in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28 in Asheville, North Carolina. Sean Rayford | Getty Images News | Getty Images States affected by …
Why credit card fraud alerts are rising
Rainstar | E+ | Getty Images It’s a scenario most people have encountered: you try to make a big or unexpected purchase on your credit card, and, at the moment …
How Americans are losing their life savings to crypto fraud
More and more Americans are losing thousands of dollars to a scheme that takes fraudsters weeks or months to pull off. “Pig butchering” scams earned the name from the idea …
2.9 billion people allegedly had Social Security numbers, other data stolen
Sakorn Sukkasemsakorn | Istock | Getty Images About 2.9 billion people may have had their personal information hacked, a new proposed class action lawsuit alleges. If true, reports suggest all …
How much of a problem is it?
Paintings by Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam on May 11, 2010. Van Meegeren became known for his forgeries, particularly of works by Dutch …
Roche alleges counterfeit diabetes medical devices were sold on Amazon
Roche Diabetes Care Inc. Accu-Chek brand glucose test strips are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2019. Alex Flynn | …
IRS employee charged in Exxon Mobil tax credit theft bid
Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images A former IRS employee was charged in Utah federal court for allegedly trying to steal $2.1 million in tax credits owed …
Facebook and Nike DEI manager gets prison for fraud
Barbara Furlow-Smiles attends the 2020 Sisters’ Awards at Skirball Cultural Center on March 08, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Robin L. Marshall | Getty Images A former diversity manager at …