fraud

A Virginia woman says she found herself in a financial mess after discovering a private seller of a used car lied about the vehicle. Consumer Investigative Reporter Susan Hogan says what happened next left the unsuspecting buyer with the burden of an outstanding debt she didn’t even know she had until it was too late.

Students at one Maryland high school are dealing with some serious drama off stage. News4’s Walter Morris reports. 

John Hyman took his passion for planting trees and turned it into a multimillion-dollar Maryland landscaping business that is going strong after 45 years. While many companies rely on electronic payments for transactions these days, Hyman said his company had always used paper checks and never had a problem, until recently. Check fraud has exploded, increasing by more than 100%…

Check fraud has increasing by more than 100% in the past 5 years, and by the time fraudulent checks are detected, the thieves are often long gone. In most cases, banks will put the money back into their customer’s account, but that’s not always the case. Consumer Investigative Reporter Susan Hogan and the News4 I-Team heard from a local business...

The FBI arrested the founder of a D.C. nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ+ youth on money laundering and fraud charges after her return to the United States from El Salvador. Ruby Corado allegedly transferred at least $150,000 in emergency relief funds intended for Casa Ruby to private bank accounts in El Salvador and hid it from the IRS, according to…

The FBI arrested the founder of a D.C. nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ+ youth on money laundering and fraud charges after she returned to the United States from El Salvador.

The Virginia General Assembly passed a measure to encourage banks to do more to spot, prevent and report the financial exploitation of elderly and vulnerable adults. Del. Michelle Maldonado, D-Manassas, sponsored the Virginia Senior Safe Act, though she calls the bill “Larry’s Law” in honor of a local Navy veteran whose family says lost more than $3 million in an…

A bill that will encourage banks to do more to spot elder financial abuse is on its way to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk. Consumer Investigative Reporter Susan Hogan and the News4 I-Team explain how a Navy veteran whose family says he was scammed out of more than $3.6 million inspired the bill.

A man from Nigeria who says for five years he approached women online and took money from them by convincing them that they loved him now wants to warn them about falling for fraudsters like him.

A former romance scammer reveals his secrets and the one thing people should do to avoid becoming a victim. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan spoke with him.

GALA Hispanic Theatre learned after a devastating bank hack that their funds were restored. Co-founder Rebecca Medrano described to News4’s Mauricio Casillas the moment she got the good news.

Sarah Depoian is suing Dr. Merle Berger, a founder of the Boston IVF fertility clinic who has since retired, for fraud and other claims in Massachusetts’ federal court, seeking damages. Berger denied the claims through a lawyer as the suit was filed on Wednesday.

When a D.C. landlord lost out on a pandemic-era rent relief program, he expected someone in the District would help him get the thousands he said he was owed, but more than two years later, no one has. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team report that those impacted by problems with the program say it’s only getting...

Tourism is a multi-billion dollar industry and criminals want their share. Here’s how not to risk falling into their clutches.

In newly public testimony, Donald Trump boasts about building a multibillion-dollar brand and saving “millions of lives” as president.

The U.S. Justice Department announced last week hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid, and Maryland was one of the states leading that nationwide investigation. The wrongdoers were identified and prosecuted with the help of multiagency strike forces operating out of U.S. attorney’s offices in Florida, California and...

U.S. Attorney Erek Barron explains how his state is leading the fight against COVID-19-relief fraud. The News4 I-Team’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

A New Jersey man who was twice convicted of defrauding investors out of $230 million and whose lengthy prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump is once again facing fraud charges.

Prosecutors have charged a 55-year-old Swedish man with fraud and falsifying records for putting his dead female companion in a freezer and cashing in her pension.

Check fraud is back in a big way, fueled by a rise in organized crime that is forcing small businesses and individuals to take additional safety measures or to avoid sending checks through the mail altogether.