by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 27, 2022 | 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. | Jul 29, 2022 | Scam of the day
Federal law enforcement recently arrested Fola Alabi accusing him of conducting a romance scam in which he scammed women, most of whom were between 70 and 80 years old and widowed or divorced out of approximately a million dollars According to the criminal complaint...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 27, 2021 | 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 23, 2021 | Scam of the day
Romance scams, which have been a problem for a long time have increased dramatically during the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Americans lost more money to romance scams last year than to any other scam and the situation is...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 4, 2021 | Scam of the day
Romance scams, which have been a problem for a long time have increased dramatically during the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Americans lost more money to romance scams last year than to any other scam and the situation is...