Donald Trump has suggested Jerome Powell could be sacked for fraud as pressure builds on the Federal Reserve chairman over a multi-billion dollar renovation of the central bank.

In back-and-forth emails, James is set up by a scammer who says he works with fictitious “Lord Henry Thompson Fother-Smythe” of the fake “Centre for Research into Advanced Pharmaceuticals.” The center’s financial advisor is Martha Stewart.

Maryland business owners are being targeted by a sophisticated scam involving fake official-looking letters demanding payment to maintain "good standing" status with the state.

The fact is, Trump and subservient Republican legislators are using this mantra to gut programs serving Americans, showing no real concern for rooting out fraud, waste or abuse. They’ve cut 20% of the Federal Food Stamp budget (SNAP) without addressing any specific acts of ‘fraud’.

A foreign resident recently posted in the Foreigners in Bratislava Facebook group asking whether a suspicious letter found in their mailbox could be a scam. The letter, which looks quite official, demands payment for something called a “Digital Infrastructure Fee (PDI)” – and it has been turning up in postboxes around the country.

The Publishers Clearing Houser scam is one of the most common frauds targeting older adults. Even in 2025, people are falling for it. Younger people might not even know what PCH means these days, but seniors remember the old commercials showing balloons and big winners.

Police in Chimbu are digging into a serious case of suspected forgery and fraud involving a K10 million road project.

Lawyers for former Reditus Labs CEO Aaron Rossi are pointing to his traumatic childhood and a desire to “prove his worth to everyone” in seeking mercy from a judge sentencing him this week.

A federal appeals court has upheld the perjury convictions of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, but the court overturned a mortgage fraud conviction and the resulting forfeiture of a Florida property.