Fraud

A couple Broome County teens are accused of orchestrating a fraudulent check-cashing scheme.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James has put out her top ten list of 2019 fraud hits.

Someone is trying to draft Americans, but it certainly isn't the United States Department of Defense.

This is just becoming a crime?  Because I thought fraud was already a felony.
Apparently, according to news channel 6, staging a car for insurance fraud is now a crime which can be charged as a felony.  Seems to me like this should have been a thing all along...

Over a half million dollars in fraudulently obtained welfare payments are back in the public’s bank account in Delaware County.

NYS Police issue a warning about various phone scams in CNY.

A contractor is to spend 18 months in Federal Prison for submitting fake invoices for projects in Binghamton and Buffalo to the Department of Transportation.

A Binghamton woman is to serve probation for stealing Social Security benefits deposited into her late husband’s bank account.

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Police say a card skimmer was discovered inside an ATM at a branch of Community Bank N.A.

You get a phone call that places you into an immediate panic.  It's the IRS, or maybe it's an "attorney for a family member" or your online girlfriend/boyfriend, and they need your help. All of which can be easily taken care of by dropping some mo…

The Broome County Office for Aging says they've received about a dozen calls from seniors reporting that someone from the IRS is calling and advising them that they're being sued. This is a scam.