Wire fraud has registered a year-over-year increase in losses of about 85-90 percent, and real estate transactions are one of scammers’ favorite targets. Luckily, there are a few simple things you can do to protect yourself and your customers.
A Canton woman was charged in federal court in Boston on Friday in connection with an ongoing investigation into a email scheme that sought to fool participants in real estate deals into transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars into bank accounts she controlled.
A California company is trying to trick Norfolk County property owners into paying “outrageous” fees for certified copies of deeds, Norfolk County Register of Deeds William P. O’Donnell warned in an email Friday.
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty earlier this week in federal court in Boston in connection with a scam in which he and co-conspirators defrauded victims by pretending to be employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A Belgian national was extradited from Morocco to the United States last week to face charges for his role in an email scam that used counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud charities and law firms.
For-profit school DeVry University has agreed to pay $455,000 in refunds to resolve allegations that it used deceptive job placement rates in marketing certain online programs to Massachusetts students, Attorney General Maura Healey announced.
