Fraud and Lawsuits

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (105+ words) Brent Wilsey of Wilsey Asset Management appeared on Good Morning San Diego to discuss common scams targeting vulnerable seniors and offered advice on how to protect loved ones. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — When it comes to scammers, the seniors in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) Police are warning residents in Lancashire after two elderly residents were victims of a scam. The incidents happened in the Carnforth and Lancaster areas in the last month. Officers said a woman in her 70s was the victim of a courier…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (81+ words) Law360 Try our Advanced Search for more refined results The Practice of Law Deep News & Analysis Elder Fraud Risk And Pleading Lessons From Meta Cases Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (239+ words) SB 2067 was developed and endorsed through a coalition of statewide stakeholders including the Cornerstone League, the Oklahoma Bankers Association, AARP, and law enforcement organizations, according to the Cornerstone League. Credit union leaders worked through the league's Oklahoma Government Affairs Committee…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (664+ words) Three years after losing his wife, a lonely Jacksonville senior believed things were finally looking up. A friendly woman reached out on “WhatsAp” claiming to know a friend of a friend. “Over the next few weeks, she texted some videos,…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (249+ words) A York charity is urging people to be vigilant after elderly residents were targeted by fraudsters claiming to be from the organisation. Age UK York said the residents received phone calls from scammers acting as staff members of the charity…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (555+ words) The House approved legislation Tuesday (Sept. 15) aimed at giving state and local law enforcement more resources to investigate sophisticated financial scams targeting older consumers in the United States. Among the primary targets of the measure are so-called pig butchering schemes…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (314+ words) PurrtectMe.com lets anyone 60+ paste a suspicious email, text, or call script and get an instant, plain-language scam verdict — free, no account needed. SAMMAMISH, WA, UNITED STATES, September 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — A Sammamish engineer has launched a free tool designed to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (364+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday aimed at helping law enforcement investigate financial fraud and scams targeting older Americans. The legislation would allow law enforcement agencies to use existing federal grant funds to investigate elder financial…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (493+ words) Scammers manage to rip people off for an estimated $500 billion per year. That number is a best guess, since so many people who are taken by con artists either don't realize it or are too embarrassed to report the theft....