by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 9, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for March 6, 2025 I first told you about twenty-five Canadians who were arrested and charged with operating the grandparent scam through a call center in Canada where they contacted elderly victims in 40 American states between 2021 and 2024...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 5, 2025 | Scam of the day
Zhimin Qian, the self-proclaimed “Goddess of Wealth” was convicted this week in the UK on money laundering charges related to a massive Ponzi scheme that she operated in China between 2014 and 2017 that cost her 128,000 victims $6.7 billion. Qian claimed...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 19, 2025 | Scam of the day
Laundering money derived from a scam is an essential element of many scams. Scammers can be extremely clever at distancing themselves from their scams in order to avoid detection. The people they enlist either as willing or unknowing participants in the laundering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 2, 2025 | Scam of the day
Laundering money derived from a scam is an essential element of many scams. Scammers can be extremely clever at distancing themselves from their scams in order to avoid detection. The people they enlist either as willing or unknowing participants in the laundering...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 24, 2025 | Scam of the day
Natalie Cochran was recently convicted of first-degree murder for killing her husband in 2019 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Natalie was already serving a 135-month sentence for money laundering and wire fraud connected with a...
