Top Stories
FTC releases summary of 2020 complaint data
- Losses spike from $1.8 billion to $3.3 billion
- Massive increase in ID theft to get unemployment or other benefits
- Imposter scams #1
- Online shopping #3
- Internet services #3
- Prizes/sweepstakes/lotteries #4
- Telephone and mobile services #5
- Canada’s Fraud Centre releases 2020 report; most money lost to romance frauds
Nigeria orders all citizens to register their SIM cards within two weeks
Virus Benefit Theft
- Virginia: CEO pleads guilty to PPP and other fraud against the government
- Two arrested in California for fraud in getting unemployment benefits
- Buffalo, New York: Two brothers indicted for PPP fraud; sought nearly $7 million
- Oakland: Woman arrested for PPP fraud; got $4.5 million she spent on luxury items
- Florida man indicted for PPP loan fraud; bought mansion and Maserati
- Kentucky seeing massive amounts of unemployment fraud
- Ohio loses $330 million to fraud in unemployment benefits; Nigerian gangs suspected
- Florida man charged with PPP fraud; got $7.2 million
