Following instructions she thought came from Booking.com, a woman wired payment for her planned eight-day stay to a bank account in Bilbao, Spain. It was a scam. She blames the company, but does she also bear some responsibility?
Category: Frauds and Swindling
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The $50K Scam: F.T.C., C.I.A. and Amazon Weigh In on NY Magazine’s Charlotte Cowles
New York Magazine’s money columnist wrote about being conned out of $50,000 by crooks pretending to be from Amazon and government agencies. We asked the company and agencies for comment.
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Staggering Rise in Catheter Bills Suggests Medicare Scam
Seven medical supply companies made suspicious claims involving thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, an advocacy group found.
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Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong Acquitted in Stock, Accounting Fraud Case
Lee Jae-yong’s case had raised questions about the immense power that chaebol leaders wield and the legal system holding them to account in South Korea.
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Citi Is Sued by New York State Over Account Transfer Fraud
New York’s attorney general said the bank failed to protect its customers from hackers who, in some cases, stole their life savings and college funds.
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Pastor Charged With Cryptocurrency Fraud Said God Told Him to Do It
In a civil action, prosecutors in Colorado said that a Denver pastor and his wife created and sold a cryptocurrency that was “practically worthless” and then pocketed more than $1 million.
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Pastor Charged With Cryptocurrency Fraud Said God Told Him to Do It
In a civil action, prosecutors in Colorado said that a Denver pastor and his wife created and sold a cryptocurrency that was “practically worthless” and then pocketed more than $1 million.
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At Art Fraud Trial, Sotheby’s Is Pressed on Role in Sales to Russian Oligarch
The auction house is accused of helping an art dealer who the oligarch says defrauded him in several sales. A Sotheby’s specialist involved in some of the transactions defended his conduct.
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Phantom Artists Stole Their Songs. They Couldn’t Get Them Back.
Bad Dog, a group from D.C., was forced to take a crash course in streaming fraud, a shadowy realm that costs musicians $2 billion a year.