Investigations

This article was published by the Southern District of Texas United State’s Attorney’s Office. HOUSTON – A 56-year-old Houston resident has been arrested following her indictment in a fraud scheme with her son in which they allegedly tricked an elderly couple out of over $1 million, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Authorities have arrested […]

This article was published on the FBI’s website. LOS ANGELES—FBI Los Angeles is warning the public about scams targeting the nation’s senior population. Cyber criminals continue to seek ways to profit from our dependence on technology by launching a variety of attacks and, in many cases, specifically targeting elderly victims. Their tactics include phishing, spoofing,

The following article is provided by Yahoo! Finance. “Pig Butchering” schemes by scammers refer to their victims as ‘pigs’ because the scammers will use elaborate storylines to ‘fatten up’ victims into believing they are in a romantic or close personal relationship.   Shreya Datta had been swiping through dating apps for months before she met

HOUSTON, TX—In 2021, some 24,000 victims across the United States reported losing approximately $1 billion to romance scams.1 It’s likely that many more losses went unreported. Romance scams occur when a criminal adopts a fake online identity to gain a victim’s affection and trust. The scammer then uses the illusion of a romantic or close relationship

As the warning from the FBI states, the public should not be surprised by an increase of romance scams before Valentine’s Day. The nature of the holiday itself lends to this increase, with predators understanding how to exploit human emotions associated with this day.   The Private Investigation Services Group in Bluffton, SC, encourages those who

The Department of Justice, FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and five other federal law enforcement agencies announced the completion of the fourth annual Money Mule Initiative, which targeted networks of individuals through which international fraudsters obtain proceeds of fraud schemes. These individuals, sometimes referred to as money mules, receive money from fraud victims and forward the

Charleston, South Carolina — Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2020 Internet Crime Report, South Carolinians lost more than $30 million to cyber criminals in the past year.  Acting U.S. Attorney DeHart urges the public to remain vigilant of cybercrimes, so they do not fall victim. “Cybercrimes

LOS ANGELES – A Santa Monica man was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison for deceiving women he met online and elsewhere into investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into his sham companies, and then spending their money on himself. Antonio Mariot Wilson, a.k.a. “Brice Carrington” and “Dr. Tony Mariot,” 58, was sentenced by