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YouTubers set trap for crime ring targeting seniors, resulting in 25 arrests

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Federal agents have disrupted a long-running fraud scheme targeting seniors, arresting 25 members of a Chinese criminal gang over the past week. The twist? The agents were assisted by YouTubers who set and sprang the trap on the fraudsters, who are charged with stealing $65 million from seniors nationwide. The criminal group, made up of […]

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FBI reissues warning on scam that wipes out bank accounts

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Amid increasing levels of mortgage fraud, the FBI has renewed a warning to Americans about an app that could trick victims into losing their entire banking, savings, retirement or investment accounts. The FBI first issued a public service announcement on the Phantom Hacker scam in September 2023. But on July 15, the bureau’s Los Angeles

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Minnesota housing program under federal fraud investigation

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Federal agents are probing what they describe as a massive scheme to defraud Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program, according to a search warrant. Numerous outlets reported that a federal investigation is targeting a Medicaid-funded benefit created in 2020 to assist people with disabilities, mental illnesses, substance use disorders and seniors in securing and maintaining housing.

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French Hill calls for investigation into Little Rock Housing Authority

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Citing a series of missteps made despite the oversight and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) action plans, the chairman of the House of Representatives‘ Financial Services Committee is calling for a federal investigation into the housing authority of Little Rock, Arkansas. Rep. French Hill (R) — who represents Arkansas’s second congressional district

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