Virus benefit theft
- Florida: Roofer arrested for PPP fraud; got $2 million and bought a $700,000 boat
- New Jersey: Lawyer arrested who got $9 million in PPP loans
- Salt Lake City: Man pleads guilty to PPP fraud
- Virginia: Woman pleads guilty to PPP fraud
- Ohio: 3 from Florida charged with stolen identity refund fraud and stimulus payment fraud; took in at least $1 million; stole PII on the dark web and used IRS e-verify system to make sure it was good
Coronavirus
History review and recommendation of the week: American Lion, a biography of Andrew Jackson, by John Meacham. Once the hero of the New Deal, he is now vilified. But the story is far more complex, and he is far more interesting, than the detractors know. He adopted an Indian boy as his son. He saved the Union from the first secession attempt. And of course winning the Battle of New Orleans was hugely important for the infant United States.
BBB studies: They can all be found here. There are links below to several topic areas, and there are also studies on puppy fraud, tech support fraud, romance fraud money mules, apartment rental, crooked movers, government imposters and rental fraud
Fraud News From Around the World
- CFTC sues five Canadians, others for $165 million binary option fraud operating around the world
- India arrests man for defrauding US and Canadian victims by claiming to be tax or immigration official
- India arrests two Nigerians for hacking into a bank
- Puppy scams soar during pandemic
- Twitter hack of India PM Modi to push bitcoin investments
- Waterloo, Ontario: Woman arrested for puppy scam
- North Carolina: Money mule gets five years prison; handled funds for BEC scams, romance fraud, and account take overs; sent most money to west Africa
- Nigeria arrests 13 yahoo boys in Lagos for cyber fraud
- Police in Milton, Ontario investigating moving scam
- Man convicted of laundering money in the UK over text messages that seemed to come from victim’s bank
- Washington State: Attorney General wins $10 million fine against duct cleaning company that made millions of robocalls
- East St. Louis: Four charged for fraud; used ID theft to buy new cell phones and resell them
- Philippines arrests four Nigerians for hacking banks
