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The New Jersey man prosecutors say was in the middle of a scheme to bilk thousands of GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran has pleaded guilty and faces years behind bars.

A woman hired to oversee the books and finances at a major Washington, D.C. ballet school founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon is charged with defrauding the school, including by using its credit cards at MGM National Harbor casino.

When the U.S. Census Bureau counts residents of Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods next year, a significant portion of their population will be missing: prisoners. For these predominantly black areas, with incarceration rates among the highest in the nation, the government’s longstanding policy to count inmates as residents of the prison where they are held diminishes their political power back home. “When...

A woman abducted from North Las Vegas and held for several days was rescued earlier this week from the Antelope Valley desert – where she had been beaten, bound with duct tape, and left to die, several law enforcement sources told NBC4. Detectives from the LA County Sheriff’s Department and FBI agents have arrested a father and daughter suspected of...

A Delaware County man, his wife and his sister-in-law are accused of using a shell company and their local church to steal over one million dollars from more than 100 incapacitated people they were appointed by a court to take care of.

This month, Florida became the first state in the nation requiring sex-trafficking education as part of every student’s curriculum.

PNC Bank has forgiven the debt of a suburban Chicago mom whose child is battling cancer after she received a bogus check from a seemingly kind stranger.

A suburban Chicago mom of a child battling cancer says that someone who offered to pay her bills for a month instead sent her a fake check. Now she’s being charged overdraft fees from the bank that initially cleared the $3,500 check after she spent the money on rent and other bills.

Federal prosecutors say three men beat a man, forced him to drink a bottle of liquor and locked him in a trunk, while driving the victim to multiple ATMs and making him withdraw cash.

The New Jersey man prosecutors say is in the middle of a scheme to bilk thousands of GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran now faces federal charges.

A property manager at a northern New Jersey apartment complex stands accused of stealing more than $120,000 from an elderly tenant’s bank account to pay for lavish vacations and designer clothes

Authorities say a corrections officer stole more than $6,000 in donations raised to honor a colleague who died of cancer

A NASA astronaut is accused of hacking her estranged spouse’s bank account from space. Astronaut Anne McClain allegedly accessed the bank account of Summer Worden, while aboard the International Space Station this year, according to NBC affiliate KPRC in Houston. The two women are in a custody battle over a 6-year-old son who was conceived through in vitro fertilization and...

The conspiracy included frauds involving business email, romance scams and schemes targeting elderly people.

Tesla lost $408 million in its latest quarter as it struggles to prove it can make money selling electric cars at mass-market prices. “We have to make cars more affordable,” Musk conceded.

The recent cluster of tourist deaths in the Dominican Republic has raised concerns about the safety of international travel. While the specifics behind those deaths are still being investigated, there are some general steps you can take regardless of where you’re traveling to help you and your family stay safe. Attorney Loni Coombs has some advice for staying secure when...

Political polarization in the U.S. has increased — in the news, social media and out on Main Street. But that is not translating into a major change in willingness of Americans to open up their wallets and pocketbooks and donate to candidates in the 2020 presidential election. Under one-third of Americans have already made donations or say they plan to...

Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally. “He failed to remain silent,” said the U.S. citizen mother of five. “He proceeded and told the truth.” The...

Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally. “He failed to remain silent,” said the U.S. citizen mother of five. “He proceeded and told the truth.” The...

Customers looking to buy their significant other a rock found out their New York City diamond dealer was a crock