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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Portsmouth woman with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud veterans.
According to allegations in the indictment, Rita Copeland, 59, operated “Veteran Services of the Commonwealth.”
Officials say Copeland purported
WESTFORD, MA — Since May, Westford police have been responding to a steady stream of reports of fraudulent claims. But between Sept. 27 and Oct. 3, the number of cases related to identity theft shot up.
Last week there were 17 reports of fraud, and of those 15 considered identity
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Photographer: Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump’s campaign agreed with a Montana judge that the state’s June primary didn’t lead to any fraud even though it was conducted almost entirely by mail, contradicting a theme being pressed by Republicans in litigation across
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Department of Labor says it’s taking new steps to stop identity theft-related fraud.
According to a news release sent out Tuesday by the department, Kansas, like every other state, is seeing a historic increase in reports of fraudulent unemployment claims.
The department said it
The Kansas Department of Labor launched a new website Tuesday that helps people report identity theft fraud during the COVID-19 outbreak.The KDOL says scammers are filing fraudulent claims by using names and personal information of people who have not lost their jobs.People often don’t know they’ve had a claim made …
The Arizona Department of Economic Security has created a task force to deal with a rising number of fraud cases stemming from unemployment claims.
A new law enforcement task force was announced Friday by the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which is working to reduce the growing number
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TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Kansas is seeing an increase in unemployment claim fraud, and it’s happening all across the country. With the increase of unemployment claims due to the pandemic — comes identity theft.
Sonia Olmos has been working from home since March, but she wasn’t out of a job.
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Credit card fraud and identity theft is exploding as thieves prey on consumer’s pandemic spending habits and desire for contactless shopping.
“I was like wait a minute, why does this say $40 dollars on here?”
When Nathan Grant’s father passed away, he needed to do a
Longtime Republican election lawyer Benjamin Ginsberg in a new op-ed issued a blunt rebuke to GOP claims of widespread voter fraud as President Trump
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Recent reports
Sept. 14: Timothy L. Johnson, Pineview Road, Randleman, reported $1,500 in damage to a gate at his residence.
Sept. 14: Cira Terrones, Edwards Mill Road, Ramseur, reported the theft of $3 from a vehicle parked at his residence.
Sept.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A 39-year-old Lexington man is accused of using other people’s
identities to purchase luxury cars valued at more than $300,000 and lease apartments in Kentucky and Florida.
Following investigations by Lexington Police and
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Missed payments, long delays in response time, and most recently, reports of fraud. These are some of the issues plaguing the Kansas Department of Labor as the state works to process an unprecedented amount of unemployment claims.
The concerns led state lawmakers to launch an audit