As tax season nears its halfway point, the Internal Revenue Service recently launched a webpage for taxpayers to report fraudulent activity by scammers. “Improvements to the IRS fraud reporting system ...

It started with a voicemail from a Hertz rental car location in Miami, Florida. A 57-year-old woman in Los Alamitos, California, was asked when she planned to return a Mercedes-Benz she had never ...

More than 1.15 million cases of identity theft were reported to the FTC in just the first three quarters of 2025, already surpassing all of 2024. Credit card fraud led the way, and the trend line is ...

When someone you love dies, the to-do list can feel endless. There are legal steps, financial paperwork and emotional weight all happening at once. What many families do not realize is that identity ...

As part of its effort to root out the waste and abuse of government resources, the Trump administration has recently placed fraud squarely in its crosshairs. With that, senior government officials and ...

For much of the past decade, fraud was treated primarily as a private sector problem. Banks, payment service providers, and corporates were expected to absorb losses and manage risk within their own ...

PHOENIX — A California man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for participating in an identity theft and bank fraud ring across multiple states, including Arizona. Muhammed Drammeh, 30, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Ghost students" are scammers who are stealing identities, enrolling in schools, signing up for federal loans, and then disappearing as soon they get the money. U.S. Department of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A convicted bank robber — who also once stole the identity of one of the world’s richest men in order to pocket ...

A Gaithersburg man pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple federal charges, including SNAP benefits fraud, identity theft, and witness tampering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District ...