By Rick Owens on October 29, 2026No Comment 10/28/26 – The former postmaster of Waverly, Iowa, was sentenced on October 26, 2026, to five years of probation and eight months of home confinement. Merri Ann Burgart, formerly known as Merri Ann Bentley, age 43, from Hazelton, Iowa,…
A scammer posing as a bank fraud department employee talked a victim into making multiple wire transfers, including one for $80,000, and withdrawing another $79,000 in cash over a matter of days, draining a total of $159,500 before the scheme was discovered. The…
A Florida resident has lost $159,500 after a scammer posing as a bank fraud investigator talked them into wiring money and handing over cash in parking lots. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says the scam started on October 7th, when someone claiming to…
An elderly New York woman has lost about $310,000 to a caller who pretended to work for her bank’s fraud department. The NYPD says it is looking for Luis Irahera, 34, in connection with the grand larceny on Staten Island, reports SILive.
PNB Greater Noida customers allege Rs 35 crore missing from accounts without consent, 18 complaints filed, FIR lodged, 5 staff suspended. Updated: Oct 29, 2026, 11:54 AM IST Five employees, including the branch manager, have been suspended after Rs 35 crore allegedly disappeared from accounts at a…
FREDERICKSBURG, VA — A 61-year-old New York woman faces six charges after police said she tried to withdraw money from someone else’s account at a Fredericksburg bank while possessing a fraudulent military identification card. Martha Renard was arrested Oct. 22 after a…
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A former postmaster of Waverly, Iowa, was sentenced to five years of probation and eight months of home confinement on Monday. Merri Ann Burgart, formerly known as Merri Ann Bentley, received the sentence after pleading guilty…
By Rick Owens on October 28, 2026No Comment OIG 10/28/26 – Prince George’s County Police Department had been investigating a known fraudster in Maryland suspected of negotiating fraudulent checks, when a large check scheme was uncovered and an unlikely suspect emerged: a U.S. Postal…
By Rick Owens on October 28, 2026No Comment OIG – 10/26/26 – The Coast Guard Investigative Service and Homeland Security Investigations had been following an alleged fraud ring in the Los Angeles, CA, area for some time. The allegations ranged from counterfeit documents to stolen…
A Brooklyn woman is out $35,000 after what police say started as a phone call about an iPad purchase and ended with two strangers walking away with $35,000 in cash. The NYPD is now searching for the two men accused of pulling…
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