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80-year-old woman loses 36K to scammer as Colorado sees sharp rise in cases targeting older adults
12+ hour, 32+ min ago (722+ words) October 8, 2026 / 6:00 PM MDT / CBS Colorado Colorado is seeing a sharp rise in scams targeting older adults, with many victims losing tens of thousands of dollars. According to the FBI, the number of Coloradans aged 60 and older who reported financial losses…...
Georgia Arrests Man Over Attempted $700,000 Uranium Sale
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (244+ words) TBILISI, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Georgia has detained a man who planned to sell uranium-238 to a foreign national for $700,000, the national security service said on Wednesday. The Georgian citizen is accused of illegally handling nuclear material and faces up to 10 years…...
Lake Elmo woman found guilty in Housing Stabilization Services fraud scheme
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (146+ words) Updated on: October 7, 2026 / 8:43 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota A Lake Elmo, Minnesota woman was found guilty Wednesday of defrauding the state's Housing Stabilization Services program. A jury deliberated for five hours before finding Sharmaine Meadows guilty of three counts of aiding…...
North Texas Clinic Chain Heal 360 Agrees to Pay $20M Over Fake COVID Test Billing
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (276+ words) A network of North Texas urgent care and primary care clinics called Heal 360, along with its owner, has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations that it billed the federal government for complex medical visits that patients never actually received…...
Georgia woman charged after taking thousands for wedding flowers she never made, officials say
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (164+ words) October 7, 2026 / 4:38 PM EDT / CBS Atlanta In what could be described as a bride's worst nightmare, a Georgia woman is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after officials say she took thousands of dollars for wedding floral arrangements that she never…...
Owings Mills insurance agent admits stealing $100,000 in commissions
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (228+ words) October 7, 2026 / 2:36 PM EDT / CBS Baltimore An Owings Mills insurance agent pleaded guilty in a Baltimore County courtroom Tuesday to stealing more than $100,000 in commissions from life insurance policies he sold. Gregory A. Maslow, 72, admitted to a four-year scheme that allowed him…...
Man accused of charging $2.4K to someone else’s room at Florida Keys resort
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (257+ words) A west-central Florida man is accused of charging more than $2,400 in hotel services to another person’s room at a Florida Keys resort without her knowledge, authorities said. According to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Malachi Ethan…...
Georgia prison scam costs DeLand woman nearly $16K, cops say
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (739+ words) A Georgia man who allegedly helped his father, an inmate serving time for murder, scam a DeLand woman out of nearly $16,000 has been arrested, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. Sharod Poellnitz, 18, of Stockbridge, Georgia, is accused of being part…...
Stone Mountain Ex-Bank Teller Charged in $931K Fraud
1+ week, 2+ day ago (304+ words) The result, per the indictment, was approximately $931,500 in unauthorized transfers moved directly from victims' bank accounts into Coinbase accounts controlled by Henry's co-conspirators. In exchange for extracting the account data that made those transfers possible, prosecutors say Henry accepted more…...
Avis Billing Dispute Drains Georgia Uber Driver's Account
1+ week, 5+ day ago (399+ words) Kenyatta Owens signed up for Avis's rental program for Uber drivers after her own car was totaled in a crash, hoping for a simple way to keep earning behind the wheel. Instead, she says a single disputed charge of more…...