New York: Jury convicts Canadian man behind tens of millions of mailings claiming to be from psychic, including Mara Duvall; collected $175 million from elderly victims; defendant was extradited from Spain
FCC fines robocall operation $5 million over political robocalls; first time this has been done; political calls have generally been exempt
New AARP study concludes that those over 60 lose $28.3 billion to fraud every year
- Estimate $8.1 billion lost to strangers; $20.3 billion to caregivers; family members
- But assume that 2/3 of fraud victims report to enforcers, which is unlikely to be the case
India: FBI, Dehli police, and Interpol bust room in India calling impersonating the IRS and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); claim victim responsible for child porn, and requiring victims pay a fine; 6 arrested, including Canadian; group took in $20 million from the US; group also had rooms in Uganda
Want to see Taylor Swift? BBB warns that it got 21,000 complaints about ticket fraud last year, a big increase. Be VERY careful about where you buy tickets
Full Report here
