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Two Wells Fargo Units Charged for Anti-Money Laundering Lapses
Reuters – Two brokerage units of Wells Fargo & Co must pay a joint $1.5 million fine for failing to comply with anti-money laundering regulations by not verifying 220,000 new accounts during a nine-year period, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) said on Thursday. The
Read MorePhone Scam Fraudsters Pose as Marriott Employees
CTV NEWS – A new round of spam robocalls is hitting the Vancouver market, this time with fraudsters claiming to be from the Marriott hotel chain. The spam calls offer a complimentary stay at a Marriott hotel. The caller requests
Read MoreTaxpayer Fraud Alert
Daily News – Three Bowling Green, Kentucky residents used identification documents of Mexican nationals living outside the U.S. to file fraudulent tax claims in Warren County over a two-year period, according to a federal indictment. Maria Chavez Salazar, Fernando Diaz
Read MoreLucentis Scam Costs Medicare a Billion a Year
Ed Notes Online – When the drug maker Genentech introduced a major product in 2006, it found itself in an awkward position: persuading eye doctors to start using its new more expensive drug instead of a popular cheaper version that the
Read MoreFake Confirmation Emails Contain Malware
Kim Komando – You’ve just bought a sleigh full of gifts over the Internet. But before any of them arrive in the mail, you’ll first be getting a series of order confirmations in your email inbox. Beware. Some of them are
Read More$100 Bill on Your Windshield is a Scam
WJLA – The Maryland attorney general opened a new satellite office Wednesday to serve consumers in Prince George’s County, but leaders hope you’ll never need it. In a frightening scam that’s popping up this holiday season, scammers can do more
Read MoreAT&T Customer ID Theft Scam
Local 10 – Eight people have been convicted in a South Florida identity theft scheme in which AT&T customer information was stolen by a former call center employee. Federal prosecutors say ex-employee Chouman Syrilien illegally provided other conspirators with identifying
Read MoreFTC Shutters $120 Million Tech Support, Bogus Software Scam
Threat Post – Earlier this week a federal court in Florida issued a temporary restraining order shutting down a series of organizations in the business of peddling fake software and nonexistent tech support services, temporarily freezing the assets of those
Read MoreScam Tricks WalMart into Selling PS4S for $90
IGN – In an abuse of Walmart’s recently announced online price match policy, several customers have scammed the department store by turning in screencaps of third-party Amazon listings for the PlayStation 4 at $90 USD, instead of its market price of
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