/tags/financial-fraud financial fraud en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:32:13 GMT /law-justice/2025-08-01/sen-rick-scott-scammers-ripped-off-5-billion-from-seniors-last-year-his-new-bill-goes-after-them The Florida Republican senator is leading a bipartisan effort in the Senate to crack down on financial scams targeting older Americans with a bill aimed at equipping local and state law enforcement with more advanced tools and resources to track down scammers. Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:32:13 GMT /law-justice/2025-08-01/sen-rick-scott-scammers-ripped-off-5-billion-from-seniors-last-year-his-new-bill-goes-after-them Sergio R. Bustos /government-politics/2025-06-16/scammers-posing-as-border-patrol-agents-to-steal-personal-info-money-over-phone-says-feds Federal immigration authorities say scammers are calling and targeting people with threats of deportation or being tied to drug traffickers in order to get money or Social Security numbers. The feds advice: Hang up the phone. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-06-16/scammers-posing-as-border-patrol-agents-to-steal-personal-info-money-over-phone-says-feds SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± News Staff /news/2022-09-06/a-florida-woman-touted-as-a-mother-teresa-ran-a-196-million-ponzi-scheme-feds-say Federal prosecutors say Johanna Garcia's company wasn't a funding miracle for small businesses but a lucrative Ponzi scheme whose co-conspirators spent millions of dollars on luxury items. Tue, 06 Sep 2022 19:00:00 GMT /news/2022-09-06/a-florida-woman-touted-as-a-mother-teresa-ran-a-196-million-ponzi-scheme-feds-say Bill Chappell /local-news/2022-06-09/a-florida-man-is-accused-of-2-5-million-covid-19-relief-fraud A 34-year-old man was charged with one count of wire fraud after being accused of filing a fraudulent loan application in 2020. Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:45:48 GMT /local-news/2022-06-09/a-florida-man-is-accused-of-2-5-million-covid-19-relief-fraud Shauneen Miranda /2021-12-29/as-the-jury-deliberates-elizabeth-holmes-fate-experts-say-fraud-is-complicated A jury in Silicon Valley has been weighing the fate of Holmes, the former tech executive whose blood-testing startup Theranos shot her to fame. She now faces criminal fraud charges. Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:22:51 GMT /2021-12-29/as-the-jury-deliberates-elizabeth-holmes-fate-experts-say-fraud-is-complicated Bobby Allyn /2019-12-11/betsy-devos-overruled-education-dept-findings-on-defrauded-student-borrowers The education secretary says many students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges don't deserve full relief from their loans. Department memos show career staff arguing the opposite. Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:00:00 GMT /2019-12-11/betsy-devos-overruled-education-dept-findings-on-defrauded-student-borrowers Cory Turner /newscast/2015-05-27/may-27-2015-miami-dade-college-student-sentenced-for-fraud-marlins-lose-again Today on SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä±-Miami Herald News, you heard: Wed, 27 May 2015 10:47:09 GMT /newscast/2015-05-27/may-27-2015-miami-dade-college-student-sentenced-for-fraud-marlins-lose-again /news/2014-07-29/fau-calls-on-techies-and-entrepreneurs-to-improve-cyber-security Florida Atlantic University has started a collaborative project to bring South Florida tech entrepreneurs' businesses to life.The university's Technology… Tue, 29 Jul 2014 21:11:27 GMT /news/2014-07-29/fau-calls-on-techies-and-entrepreneurs-to-improve-cyber-security /show/topical-currents/2013-04-24/the-biggest-ponzi-scheme-in-florida-history 04/24/13 - Wednesday's Topical Currents examines the saga of Fort Lauderdale Ponzi-schemer, attorney Scott Rothstein. News of the scandal broke in 2009.… Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT /show/topical-currents/2013-04-24/the-biggest-ponzi-scheme-in-florida-history Joseph Cooper /show/topical-currents/2013-04-10/the-dark-side-of-the-personal-finance-industry 04/10/13 - Wednesday Topical Currents goes behind the scenes of the individual finance industry, with journalist Helaine Olen. She’s written POUND… Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:00:00 GMT /show/topical-currents/2013-04-10/the-dark-side-of-the-personal-finance-industry Joseph Cooper