A retired school principal in Delhi receives a video call from a man claiming to be a police officer. He tells her that her Aadhaar number has been linked to a money laundering case and warns her not to disconnect because she is under “digital arrest”. Over the next few hours, fear slowly replaces reason....Read More
A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home.Related video above: Gold scams surging nationwide, costing victims hundreds of millionsDavid Rush was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last...Read More
District Attorney Jason D. Herring said he attended the Prentiss County TRIAD and Sheriff’s Department Senior Citizens Appreciation Day and used the event to warn seniors about rising scam activity. Herring said he attended the event with Assistant District Attorneys Kyle Robbins and Joel Baldwin, whom he said share felony-prosecuting responsibilities in Prentiss County for...Read More
By Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California has emerged as the epicenter of a sweeping hospice fraud crisis, one that is costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and putting vulnerable seniors at risk. Yet years after the state acknowledged the problem, key regulatory...Read More
BRADENTON, Fla. – A 2024 investigation into a gold bar scam by the Bradenton Police Department helped uncover a nationwide conspiracy defrauding older adults out of millions of dollars. Federal investigators discovered there were at least 12 victims who lost a total of more than $6 million. Bradenton financial fraud network What we know: A...Read More
A North Carolina man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after authorities said he sold the personal information of millions of elderly Americans to Jamaican lottery scammers over a seven-year period. – Advertisement – The U.S. Department of Justice said Troy Murray, 57, of Hickory, North Carolina, was sentenced Thursday to...Read More
Prentiss County Sheriff Randy Tolar showed off some line dancing skills at the event. Sheriff Tolar has organized the special day, with the help of TRIAD, an initiative made up of police, sheriff’s departments, and senior citizens. The goal is to keep older adults safe and educated about scams targeting the elderly. ‘We have a...Read More
In response to a question for the record from Rep. John Rose (R-TN) on senior fraud-protection accounts, Adam Rust submitted the following statement for the record to House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-AR). The question followed as a result from Rust’s testimony at the hearing titled “Fighting Fraud on the Front Lines: Challenges...Read More
Uptick in grandparent scams hits seniors in Hope: RCMP Published 9:11 am Friday, May 29, 2026 RCMP in Hope are warning seniors and others to beware of grandparent scams following a recent increase in cases. Also known as emergency scams, this fraud happens when the victim gets a phone call stating a loved one is...Read More
Two Los Angeles County residents pleaded guilty to scamming an elderly man out of $25,000. As part of their plea deal, Yanwen Gu, 40, and Shaohua Sun, 39, face up to four years in custody plus a two-year grant of formal probation, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, which prosecuted the case. “These...Read More
