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Olamide Shanu, 35, pleaded guilty Sept. 21, 2026, in Idaho federal court to laundering more than $2.5 million from romance and sextortion schemes.
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Kristopher Lunsford of Henderson, Nev., is charged with wire fraud and money laundering in an alleged $105M semi-truck lease investment scheme.
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Franco Fuentes, 30, of Woodland Hills was sentenced Sept. 21, 2026, to 57 months for bank fraud targeting elderly victims with spoofed calls.
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David Obeng, Lynley Joseph, Lindsley Georges and Shaunsayh Addo were charged Sept. 24, 2026, in alleged $12.2M stolen Treasury-check and bank frauds.
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SEC sued Cryptoaiml and TSAI entities Sept. 29, 2026, alleging WhatsApp and social-media AI trading scams took more than $15 million.
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Amway, World Wide Group and Leadership Team Development agreed Sept. 17, 2026, to a proposed $225M FTC-Washington settlement over alleged MLM deception.
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How pig-butchering crypto scams work, what federal prosecutors allege against Trung Nguyen Van, and how to spot fake investment platforms.
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SEC charges Michael D. Williams and CMI Capital over an alleged $860,000 investment scheme targeting South Florida law enforcement and retirees.
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NY AG sues Michael and Justin Brown and Evolutions Festival over $243,000 in unrefunded tickets after a 2025 Allegany County festival cancellation.
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Jeancarlos Castellanos, 27, faces Craven County charges after extradition on a $4.4M bond in an alleged Pokémon stolen-card scheme.
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SEC charges Jacob Garfinkel and 5G Funding over an alleged $4.5M investment fraud aimed at Orthodox Jewish communities in three states.
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Florida AG sues Evolve Construction and six principals, alleging more than $1 million taken from hurricane victims for unfinished roof and mold work.
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Edwin Emmett Lickiss Jr. of Danville pleaded guilty and was sentenced Sept. 16, 2026, to nine years for a decades-long Ponzi scheme hitting 93 victims.
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SEC charges Christopher Kenji Dinelli and Jacob David Frankel over an alleged $8.7M scheme targeting veterans with false fund returns and pre-IPO claims.
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Convicted PSA label forger Anthony Curcio was arrested in Canada on Sept. 25, 2026, before his adjourned SDNY sentencing in a $2M-plus card scheme.
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OFAC sanctioned Anibal Canelon Aguirre and associates on Sept. 30, 2026, over ATM malware jackpotting tied to Tren de Aragua and $40.7M in reported losses.
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How the gold-bar courier scam works, who has been charged in 2026 cases in Hawaii, Las Vegas, Texas and Missouri, and how seniors can protect savings.
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Makaio' Kekoa, formerly Lorenzo Hood, is charged with wire fraud over fake short-term investments that allegedly cost victims at least $180,000.
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Jason Cloth of Creative Wealth Media is charged in Chicago with seven counts of wire fraud over an alleged $100M film-investment Ponzi scheme.
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Kartik Saini got six years and a month in prison for a fake tech-support scheme that posed as Google, Apple and Citibank staff to rob U.S. seniors.
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Paaris Kopsaftis of Blackwater Assets is charged with four counts of wire fraud, accused of running a Ponzi scheme and faking account values.
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Amirali Bhimani is charged over $240M in Covid test-kit claims with AI-faked consent calls; Daniel Robinson over $75M in alleged fake Medicaid therapy.
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A jury convicted chiropractor Seung Han Lim of billing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois more than $600,000 for services never provided.
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John Myers of Sterling Capital Investments is charged with wire fraud; the SEC alleges he raised about $4M from 28 investors and faked statements.
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Raed Naser is charged with wire fraud and money laundering over alleged fake freight invoices and inflated bakery franchise sales worth $4M+.
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Raymond Echavez Villamor of Newport Beach got 30 months for swindling a Glenview, Ill., investor out of $2 million and buying vintage cars.
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Mark Carroll and Luke Curry admitted running sham '80/20' credit lines and private loans through Catapult companies, costing 60 victims $11.8M.
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Robert Dunlap got 23 years for selling Meta-1 Coin with false claims it was backed by $44B in gold and Picasso art; nearly 1,000 investors lost money.
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Tatiana Bazer is charged with taking $3.5M for supposed Ukraine projects and immigration help, then allegedly posing as FBI agents to stall victims.
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Ralph 'Tres' Rogers III of Batavia got 78 months for taking money for fake fiber-optic, Tesla chip and fitness studio deals while on supervised release.
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