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Milos Komnenovic

Jeury Bol Villavicencio, 21, of Pennsylvania (left); Wallinton Castillo Rosario, 22, of New York (middle); and Leonard Roman, 25, of New York (right)

Best Buy Workers Flagged Credit Cards With Different Names. Then a Cardholder Called Police About a Charge at the Store

Three men are facing fraud and theft charges after police say they used multiple credit cards bearing different names to buy merchandise at a Virginia … Read More

Kavisia Blaylock, Nathanial Coleman, P’Trance Fields, and Felisa Suggs

They Got Inmates’ Personal Information in Prison, Authorities Say, Then Used It for About $58,000 in Unemployment Claims

Four people have been arrested in Mississippi after investigators say stolen inmate identities were used to obtain unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. State Auditor … Read More

A Conway man’s house

His Caregiver Became Power of Attorney. Then His Home Was Transferred to Her for $5

A South Carolina woman says she discovered that her father’s caregiver had become his power of attorney and received the deed to his home for … Read More

Konstantine Iannios

He Used Confidential Stock Information 15 Times and Made $220,912. One Drug Trial Trade Brought Him $46,421

A former head of equity trading admitted using confidential information he received through his job to make personal stock trades that generated $220,912 in illegal … Read More

Shamarri Tache Brooks

He Sold a “Sauce Book” Teaching Check Fraud. Authorities Tied Him to $6.5 Million in Stolen Checks. Now He Has 6 Years

A Georgia rapper who sold tutorials teaching other people how to commit financial fraud has been sentenced to six years in federal prison after pleading … Read More

Clay Harris (left) and Derick Gramling (right)

A Boxer Got a $30,000 Check That Bounced. Now the Event Organizers Face Fraud and Larceny Charges

Two organizers of an anti-violence boxing event in Rochester are facing criminal charges months after fighters, event workers and vendors said checks they received after … Read More

Fernando Jauregui Ochoa

He Took Nearly $1 Million From Immigrants Who Wanted Food Trucks. Now He Is Set for 20 Years in Prison

Fernando Jauregui Ochoa is facing 20 years in prison after customers paid his California company for food trucks and trailers that prosecutors say, in many … Read More

Ada William Obayuwana

Prosecutors Say He Had More Than $6.1 Million in Stolen Checks in His Car. Now the Rapper Is Charged in an $8.1 Million Scheme

An aspiring Southern California rapper has been arrested in a federal check fraud case after prosecutors say he and two other defendants possessed more than … Read More

Andrew Taylor Brown

A Fraudulent Card Bought a $2,500 Charizard, Police Say. Investigators Later Found the Suspect in Alabama

A man accused of using a fraudulent credit card to walk out of a Tennessee game store with a $2,500 Pokémon card has been identified … Read More

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Gold Bars and Dollars

Scammers Said Their Money Was in Danger. Two Boulder Residents Handed Over About $700,000 in Gold Bars

Zi Le

Scammers Told an Elderly Man to Withdraw $25,000 to Protect His Money. Police Say a Courier Came for the Cash

Shannon Monet Steel

She Claimed to Run a Bank With Nearly $350 Million. Feds Say a Fake Deutsche Bank Letter Led to a $200,000 Wire

Elizabeth Adair

A Victim Found $6,694 in Unauthorized Charges, Then a Second Credit Card Appeared in Their Name. Police Say Surveillance Led to an Arrest

GTA VI

A Scam Site Offered GTA 6 for PC for $50. Researchers Say Connecting a Crypto Wallet Could Drain It

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