Gone to file case, minor gangrape victim raped by cop inside police station in UP's Pali
A police station in-charge allegedly raped a 13-year-old gangrape victim in Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The station in-charge was suspended while a case was filed against all the other accused.
AARP: Organized crime moves into scam/fraud arena around the world
Nevada man indicted for fake check scam working with overseas telemarketers
- Scammers gave him names, account numbers of US victims
- He made up and deposited remotely created checks from victims, that did not include their signatures
- Deposited into his accounts; sent much of proceeds overseas
- Millions stolen
Tampa: Two men get six ½ years prison each over scheme where scammers in Nigeria and Viet Nam filed tax returns in the names of ID theft victims, and the two men got the refunds and sent money on to Nigeria; got $17 million
Thought of the week: Victories. There are some scams that have diminished or disappeared over the last few years, such as bogus debt collectors. Should we be looking at our successes? Maybe we can figure out what worked with enforcement or education. Possibly there are lessons we can learn that we could all build on? And of course its good to know we are making an impact
BBB Studies. Here are links to the studies I’ve written for the Better Business Bureau: puppy fraud, romance fraud; BEC fraud, sweepstakes/lottery fraud, tech support fraud, romance fraud money mules, crooked movers, government imposters, online vehicle sale scams, rental fraud, gift cards, job scams, online shopping fraud, and crypto scams
Virus Scams
- US announces efforts to fight Covid fraud such as fake Vax cards, fake bills for testing; 21 charged; $149 million lost
- Canadians report losing $8 million to vaccine scams
Fraud News Around the world
- Australia’s ACCC fines Trivago $44.7 million for low price hotel claims; actually site give higher visibility to those who paid company for ads
- North Carolina: DOJ sues three money mules who received funds stolen from a San Diego business; seeks forfeiture of $547,000
- Massachusetts: Owner of car dealership pleads guilty to laundering money from romance and unemployment fraud; shipped luxury cars to Nigeria
- India freezes assets of Amway; alleges it is a pyramid scheme and launders money
- Tech support scammers advertise phone numbers online that may claim to be Apple, etc but really go to scammers; here is a list of ten real numbers for Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft etc
- FCC issues cease and desist orders to three more VoIP companies over allowing illegal robocalls
- Survey finds counterfeit goods not only made in China but sold from there
Humor
FTC and CFPB
- CFPB and New York AG sue MoneyGram over delays in paying out remittances sent to other countries, policy and paperwork issues
- DOJ files case on behalf of the FTC against cremation company over deceptive claims
- FTC/DOJ settle with Florida-based Voice over Internet Protocol company for illegal robocalls from outside the US
Virus Benefit Theft
- Tennessee: Man pleads guilty to PPP/EIDL fraud; got $600,000
- Former claims manager for State of Michigan pleads guilty; took pay offs to approve fake unemployment claims
- Texas: Liberian man in prison for tax fraud gets ten more years for $23 million PPP fraud he engaged in while in jail
- Georgia: Nigerian woman gets prison for fraud in applying for FEMA and Social Security benefits; got $1 million
Data Breaches
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency
- Hacker steals $182 million in crypto
- New York: US indicts Canadian man for crypto mining investment fraud; took $1.8 million; got $550,000
ATM skimming
- San Diego: Three get prison for skimming ATMs and gas pumps; got $1 million
- India: Four arrested for ATM skimming