WASHINGTON, D.C. — A woman is facing serious charges after allegedly stealing more than $266,000 from her 95-year-old grandfather, using her legal authority to fund a lavish lifestyle. Erica Hopper, …
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Wake County, N.C. — Elder fraud continues to cost Americans billions annually, and a recent case in North Carolina adds to the troubling trend. Authorities say 57-year-old Brian Alexander Taulton …
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Charles Henry Williams, 63, of Trinity, Florida, has been arrested and charged following a five-month investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Crime Center. He faces one count of …
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Three women have been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $90,000 from an 88-year-old woman with dementia, according to Memphis police. The case came to light …
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CALIFORNIA – The U.S. Department of Justice announced on August 27, 2025, that 28 individuals have been charged in a $65 million fraud scheme orchestrated by a Southern California-based Chinese …
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BROOKLYN — Two New Jersey men have been indicted for allegedly orchestrating a fraud scheme targeting elderly women, stealing nearly $400,000 by pretending to be government agents and bank officials. …
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McKINNEY, Texas — A sophisticated scam that allegedly defrauded more than 75 elderly Texans out of over $1.5 million has resulted in the arrest of three suspects, McKinney police announced. …
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PIKE COUNTY, Ill. — A 27-year-old Los Angeles man, Akhmet Kuzgov, has been arrested in connection with a sophisticated Apple Pay scam that defrauded an elderly Pike County resident of …
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DORAL, Fla. — Monica Orta, a 59-year-old woman with a lengthy criminal history, was arrested Tuesday by Doral police after allegedly exploiting an 86-year-old woman she had been hired to …
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LINCOLN, NE (KOLN) — A second man has been arrested in connection with a nearly $100,000 gold scam that targeted a Lincoln resident in a sophisticated PayPal refund fraud scheme. …