by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
Illegal pyramid schemes take many forms. Year after year since 2015 I have warned you about the Secret Sister Gift Exchange, which keeps reappearing each year around the holidays. It seems harmless enough when you see it come up in your email or on social media,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 8, 2021 | Scam of the day
Investment scammer Anthony Diaz was recently sentenced to 17.5 years in prison upon his conviction of eleven counts of fraud related to his scamming his clients out of millions of dollars. Diaz was a financial planner who convinced his clients to invest in high risk,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 15, 2021 | Scam of the day
Earlier this week, Andrei Tyurin, a Russian hacker was sentenced in federal court to twelve years in prison on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit computer hacking. The charges stemmed from a number of large data breaches done by Tyurin...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jan 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
In November 12, 2018’s Scam of the day I first told you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had started a legal action against Andris Pukke and five other defendants in regard to a massive real estate scam allegedly masterminded by Pukke, a previously...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 31, 2020 | Scam of the day
In March I told you about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suing the investment training company Online Trading Academy (OTA) and its principals for fraud. In September the FTC settled its claims agains the OTA and its principals. As a part of the settlement, the...
