The suspect in a high-profile scam targeting seniors has been identified as 19-year-old Zhenyong Weng from Brooklyn, N.Y. Weng was arrested for allegedly defrauding an 82-year-old woman in Silver Spring …
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In a press conference at the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Headquarters, Sheriff Bill Brown announced the arrest of several suspects linked to a “murder-for-hire scheme” that resulted in the death …
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ULSTER COUNTY – Frank Whittaker, 56, of Kingston, and his daughter Christine Ellsworth, 38, from Accord, have been indicted and arrested for allegedly embezzling over $280,000 from a vulnerable elderly …
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A woman has been sentenced to prison for stealing over £200,000 from her mother, who suffers from dementia. Luana Dougherty, 50, from Great Sutton, Cheshire, faced confrontation from family members …
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Bensalem, PA — Shannon Lynn Eberhart, 48, was sentenced on Wednesday for stealing thousands of dollars in cash and heirloom jewelry from the families of two elderly women she cared …
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Alexandra Gehrke and Jeffrey King, a Scottsdale couple, are at the center of a nearly billion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme, according to a federal indictment. Prosecutors allege the duo received $330 …
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A 29-year-old Queens man, Gurpreet Singh, has been arrested in Lindenhurst for allegedly attempting to defraud a 77-year-old woman out of $10,000. The victim received a fraudulent alert on her …
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A 35-year-old woman is facing multiple charges in connection with a fraud investigation targeting senior citizens. Dubbed the Emergency Grandparent Scam, this scheme involves phone calls to seniors, claiming that …