Category : Scams, Hacks & Breaches
Healthcare Firm Handing up to $5,000 to Victims After Hack Exposed Full Names, Social Security Numbers, Bank Account Info and Confidential Medical Details
A US healthcare firm has agreed to pay out millions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit filed over a data breach. According to...
Bank Insider Drains $140,000 From US Government Using Illegally Obtained Customer Information
A former bank executive used his position at the lender to drain more than $140,000 from two US government programs. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for...
Bank Employee Accused of Quietly Draining $40,000 From Customers’ Accounts in Just Five Weeks
A bank employee is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from customers’ accounts over a period of less than two months. Hawaii’s Department...
Scammer Posing As JPMorgan Chase Convinces Woman To Withdraw $12,000 From Bank Account, Hand It to ‘FBI Agent’: Report
An elderly woman has lost $12,000 after a fraudster pretending to work at JPMorgan Chase duped her into thinking her account was in trouble. The...
Insider Drains $345,014 From Accounts Within Weeks of Joining US Lender – Here’s How
A former employee at a US lender will spend more than two years behind bars for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from people’s accounts....
FBI Searching for Woman Who Allegedly Drained $30,000,000 From Banks and Financial Institutions While Posing As Wealthy Heiress: Report
A 73-year-old Michigan native is on the run after allegedly scamming nearly $30 million from banks and financial institutions by claiming to have family ties...
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Embezzles $278,201, Splurges on Hawaiian Vacation and Personal Expenses: DOJ
The ex-chief executive of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce had pleaded guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars and using the funds on...
Fraudster Drains $1,128,233 From US Government After Faking Company Losses: Department of Justice
A man from Florida drained $1.1 million from the US government after faking a mountain of business losses, according to the U.S. Department of Justice...
Ohio Man Escapes With $13,000 After Stuffing Bank Account With Fraudulent Wire Transfer: Report
Authorities in Ohio say they’re looking for a man accused of executing fraudulent bank transactions. A man recently opened a checking and savings accounts at...
$25,000 Drained From Woman’s Wells Fargo Bank Account After AT&T Breach: Report
An 86-year-old Wells Fargo customer lost tens of thousands of dollars in her bank account days after her AT&T phone number stopped working. It all...