"Smishing" scams aim to compromise your data and pilfer money. And if you think the problem is getting worse, you're right.

"People think they're getting kind of a cheat sheet or a shortcut," personal finance expert Lynnette Khalfani-Cox said. "And ...

An 80-year-old Los Angeles woman and former IRS agent was found guilty of 24 felony charges in the Sonoma County Superior ...

On March 13, James LaForte, 48, of New York, was sentenced to 11½ years in prison for his role in a sprawling criminal ...

A Fake Biofuel Business That Fooled the Government A man in Florida has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) opened the 2025 tax season on Jan. 27, which not only means that thousands of people began ...

He was convicted in August of all eight counts of an indictment charging him with four counts of tax evasion and four counts of filing false returns in tax years 2014 through 2017 ...

A woman who ran for Baltimore City Council in 2019 has been convicted of fraud for misusing nearly $1.7 million in COVID-19 ...

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State prosecutors have rested their case in the 36-count felony fraud trial of James Staten, former owner of Olympus Pools.

The Better Business Bureau finds that people looking online for a tax preparer can be scammed by someone simply seeking to steal their personal information.

Jaimeka Michelle Austin, 31, pleaded to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of money laundering.