“Carfax data shows that about 2.5 million vehicles on the road right now are suspected to have had their odometers rolled ...

A new homeowner’s dream turned into a nightmare when a six-figure sum needed to close the real estate transaction went to a scammer instead. The district attorney in Wichita, KS, is still trying to ...

On August 2, 2023, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the charging of FRANK LABRUZZO and CYNTHIA CARONNA for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections ...

Texas escrow agent Cathy Clamp thought she’d come across a “new sort of fraud” this summer when she received a contract from a local real estate agent for four vacant lots “for lots of cash,” even ...

A stranger offering to buy a valuable car from hundreds of miles away may sound like a stroke of luck, but it’s also the opening move in one of the oldest scams in the book. Fake-check fraud thrives ...

Most types of financial fraud are relatively straightforward: the fraudster uses creative accounting, inflated numbers, or out-and-out lies to trick their victim into handing over money or valuables ...

Detecting mortgage fraud is a mind-set, like exercising or eating right. Habits are born of routine and the surest way to start spotting fraud is to become aware of its existence. A former loan ...

May 1—LEWISTON — Today's housing market is, by many measures, the tightest it's ever been in Maine and across the country. There are simply more potential buyers than inventory — an imbalance that is ...

We are selling our condo (by owner) and have received an e-mail by a buyer who wants to buy the apartment asap and even pay for the closing cost (?). However, the buyer claims he is in Europe and ...