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Announcing Guides for New Immigrants on Money Basics
Throughout the United States, people unfamiliar with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) financial marketplace are more likely to fall prey to frauds and schemes. Low English proficiency can make it even harder to manage money safely and effectively on a day-to-day basis.
Read MoreFive More Money Laundering Cases in Coal Scam Probe Registered by ED
NEW DELHI: Taking the number of coal scam cases under its investigation to over 40, Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered five fresh money laundering cases against firms in various parts of the country. The latest FIRs have been lodged by
Read MoreFare Card Fraud Costing CTA $6.5 Million
Fraudulent use of CTA free-ride and reduced-fare cards at rail stations has cost the transit agency almost $6.5 million since a crackdown was launched late last year, but suspicious use of the cards was down more than 20 percent, CTA
Read MoreHOA Fraud Files Fighting to Remain a Secret by Feds
Federal prosecutors are fighting to keep secret the mass of evidence in the long-running investigation into the scheme to take over and defraud homeowners associations. Lawyers with the Justice Department’s Fraud Section in Washington filed court papers late last week
Read MoreScience Behind Money Scams
Savvy consumers can even fall for money scams sometimes. That’s because thieves have honed their sophisticated con skills. Here’s what you need to know, so you don’t fall for 10 of today’s most popular scams. RELATED: Protect Your Money from Scammers
Read MoreDoctors and Nurses Arrested in Huge Medicare Fraud Sting
The FBI arrested 46 doctors and nurses across the country this week in the largest Medicare fraud bust ever. In total, 243 people were arrested in 17 cities for allegedly billing Medicare for $712 million worth of patient care that
Read MoreProtect Your Money from Scammers
Financial advice can be like Longfellow’s little girl with the curl. It can be very, very good — but when it’s bad, it’s horrid. And in some cases, bad advice leads not just to a loss of money, but also to
Read MoreConcert Ticket Fraud
Concert season is in full swing and so are the fraud attacks. Several great performances are taking place in London, including rock band Muse at the Download Festival, Elton John at the Banks’s Stadium in Walsall and Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice in
Read MoreWNJC Interviews Heather Wagenhals on the Latest Stolen Tax Refund Scam
Brian Greenberg, host of The Greenberg News Show on WNJC 1360 AM, interviews Heather Wagenhals, Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist and Personal Finance Expert on the topic of stolen tax refund. Did you know thieves can potentially steal your tax refund
Read MoreOPM Breach Exposes Agency’s Systemic Security Woes
Immediate thoughts from the security community when news broke of the data breach at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that exposed personnel files of four million federal workers were that this was yet another sign of the room for
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