Consumer Interest High-profile Orders and AI Hype Cannot Hide a Broken Consumer Justice System Sucheta Dalal, 17 April 2026 In the past six months, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) and the Supreme Court of India (SC) have delivered several consumer-friendly rulings on real-estate delays. It is a heartening development, given that… Consumer Interest...Read More
A Chinese man featured in a viral YouTube video confronting scam operators has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his role in a sprawling, yearslong fraud scheme that targeted thousands of elderly victims across the United States, federal prosecutors said. He is the second defendant to be charged out of five in an indictment that was...Read More
Bradenton A scammer has been convicted of grand theft after scamming an elderly Bradenton widower while pretending to be a female love interest, according to police. The Bradenton Police Department, assisted by the Bloomington Police Department in Minnesota, arrested Benjamin Yakah in 2024 after he posed online as a woman named “Julia” and scammed a...Read More
I write a lot about scams because I hate to see good, hardworking people have their money and personal information stolen by criminals who would be better served using their talents for something worthwhile and legal. There are thousands of different scams being worked in Illinois and across the nation, and many of them are...Read More
By Jack SchwedAn 85-year-old Wayland resident was home on March 18 when a laptop notification alerted her of a security breach and provided her a number to call for technical support. However, rather than being connected with a legitimate representative, the person on the other line was a scammer who told her to wire $63,200...Read More
Half of UK businesses have been targeted by fraudsters impersonating senior leaders in the past year, as the increasing visibility of senior executives online is making them more vulnerable. According to new research from global insurance broking and risk management firm Gallagher, senior leaders’ roles, movements and personal details are giving fraudsters the information they...Read More
Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › A harsh, gritty close-up of the financial aftermath of a romance scam, exposing the human cost of these predatory schemes.Bradenton Today The Bradenton Police Department announced that Benjamin Yakah, a Minnesota man, has been convicted of grand theft for scamming a 79-year-old Bradenton widower out of $31,000...Read More
Authorities in Florida and Massachusetts have successfully recovered $5.4 million in cryptocurrency from scammers. James Uthmeier, Florida Attorney General, said his office called the successful recovery a historic and monumental operation against crypto scams. The fraud cases involved a romance-turned crypto investment scam affecting victims in Florida and Massachusetts. According to the attorney general’s office,...Read More
Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › Scams targeting the elderly expose the need for greater protections and awareness around home repair fraud.El Paso Today Two El Paso men were arrested and charged with deceptive business practices in separate cases after investigators said they were targeting elderly victims involving home and vehicle repairs. In...Read More
