Anyone wanting a copy of their deed should contact the Register of Deeds at 349 Court St., Maryville, or by phone at: 865-273-5880. Crisp said copies are 50 cents per page or $1 per page for a certified copy.

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.

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.

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.

*A federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, has reversed the mortgage fraud conviction of Marilyn Mosby, former Baltimore City State’s Attorney, while affirming her perjury convictions.

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.