August 2016

Contract cheats by and large fall into two general classes - loan specialist fakes and shopper fakes. Loan specialist fakes try to exploit the bank,…

Mortgage Company President Charged with Defrauding Ginnie MaeBOSTON – The president and founder of a Falmouth mortgage company was charged in U.S.…

Top 10 Financial Scams Targeting SeniorsFinancial scams targeting seniors have become so prevalent that they’re now considered “the crime of the…

5 Tips for Avoiding Medicare Fraud and AbuseYou’re sitting at home one afternoon, three weeks prior to the start of Open Enrollment, when you get a…

Rio Olympics Cyber Scams, Hacking Election Polls: This Week’s Top Mobile News, Security EditionA Rio Olympics mobile travel advisory is in effect.…

From 2014 to 2015, tech support scams increased by 200%, according to cybersecurity leader Symantec in their 2016 Internet Security Threat Report.…

Morris County, New Jersey, Husband And Wife Sentenced To Prison For Falsifying Thousands Of Medical Diagnostic Reports As Part Of $4.8 Million Health…

Prime Contractor Employee At U.S. Military Bases Admits $1.4 Million Fraud And Taking KickbacksNEWARK, N.J. – A Pennsylvania man employed as a…

Fraudster sentenced to three years for £95,000 fraudA fraudster who was the target in two separate police investigations has been jailed for three…

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to any object or device which connects to the Internet to automatically send and/or receive data.As more…

Two Real Estate Investors Plead Guilty to Rigging Bids at Public Home Foreclosure Auctions22 Defendants Charged in Ongoing InvestigationTwo …

Northern Michigan Woman Charged WIth Wire Fraud And Money Laundering In Multi-Million Dollar Scheme To DefraudSarah Frances Bolhuis Has Agreed To…

Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud RRafael Chikvashviliesulting in Patient DeathsPatients…

Maryland Health Care Provider Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Resulting in Patient DeathsPatients Died Because No…

TECH SUPPORT SCAMThe Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is receiving an increase in complaints related to technical support scams, where the…

BUSINESS E-MAIL COMPROMISE: THE 3.1 BILLION DOLLAR SCAMThis Public Service Announcement (PSA) is an update to the Business E-mail Compromise (BEC)…

Many knowledgeable observers and respected analysts of the industry have noted, for example, that particularly in these hard global economic times,…

Georgia Trader Pleads Guilty To Largest Known Computer Hacking And Trading SchemeMore Than 150,000 Press Releases Stolen from Three Major Newswire…

North Potomac Mortgage Broker Sentenced to Federal Prison for Defrauding Investors of Over $400,000Promised to Pay Back Loans from Individual…

Quincy Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Charities and Law FirmsBOSTON – A Quincy man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to using…