Homeowners in Alleged Scam Get Settlement
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Five D.C. residents who say they were tricked into signing away their homes have reached out-of-court settlements that enabled them to regain ownership and a total of $455,000.
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A local resident recently reported to the Monett Police Department a prank call that sounded too good to be true.
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Police say a Boston man used a website that promoted a high-yield certificate of deposit to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars that he used for himself, including to make rent payments.
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A woman in Milwaukee and her ex-boyfriend are under orders to pay thousands to the recording industry. A man in California refinanced his home to pay an $11,000 settlement...
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A US court charges five people over an alleged multi-million dollar scam involving Iraq reconstruction contracts.
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TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa man was freed on bond Wednesday after being accused of trying to rent out a home he didn't own to 10 different people, collecting about $8,600 in security deposits, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported...
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Three people pleaded guilty on Tuesday and promised to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution in a massive Florida insurance scam that cost investors nearly $1 billion, prosecutors said.
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With the housing market in decline, financial predators are finding yet another way to take advantage of people who fall behind on their payments.
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A TV station and a cameraman accused of getting in the way of people fleeing a deadly Rhode Island nightclub fire have reached a tentative $30 million settlement with survivors and victimsâ relatives.
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An increasing number of shady Web sites are offering to make insolvent home buyers in the United States more attractive to lenders.
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Malicious-toolbar distributor pays more than $2 million in federal settlement.
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Abigail R. Safran was taken for more than $5,000 earlier this year in what appears to be a burgeoning scam involving counterfeit cashier's checks, but the Northeastern University student is balking at paying back the money because she says her bank bears some of the responsibility.
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For some, replying to Internet scams is a rewarding hobby. They call themselves scam-baiters, and they have started taking justice into their own hands.
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The U.S. FTC has settled a complaint filed last year against a company accused of illegally selling telephone records.
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The settlement worth $31.5 million resolves accusations that the companies promoted illegal Internet gambling, the Justice Department said.
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The S.E.C. said that I.B.M. had settled a case in which it had been accused of misleading investors.
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People selling items over the internet or through newspaper adverts are warned of a sophisticated fraudulent payment scam.