Fraud and Scam News

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Jeremiah Mondello from Oregon pleaded guilty to charges in a district court last Wednesday. He was being held under charges of aggravated identity theft, criminal copyright infringement and mail fraud. He is accused of having made a profit of around $400,000 by illegally selling pirated software through online auction sites.
Mondello had earned a […]

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Albert Lea resident, Frank Buchanan, along with his mother, has been charged with playing out a refund scam on big retail outlets in and around Minnesota. He is said to have made 192 purchases over a period of one year on stores like ShopKo, Wal-Mart and Target using two credit cards. He later […]

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Esther Elizabeth Reed was arrested by the State Police in Chicago on February 3rd this year. Law enforcement agencies have charged her with identity theft and other fraud-related charges. Originally from Townsend, Montana, authorities have accused her of using stolen identities to gain admissions to top universities in the US. She is […]