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Gotten a text about Peach Pass lately? It's probably a scam

The FBI said that during the first two weeks of March, its Internet Crime Complaint Center received 1,573 complaints about the new scam.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Chase McGee
A screenshot of the AI-generated "Daisy" — a new program launched by British phone company O2 to combat phone scams.

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  • Technology

A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat scammers at their own game

The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
The office of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, pictured here, sued a crypto scam company known as SpireBit and seized its assets. The proceeds have now been handed back to victims of the scheme.

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  • Business

A victim of a crypto ‘pig butchering’ scam just got his $140,000 back

NPR investigated a crypto scam company known as SpireBit, which stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Russian-speaking seniors. Now, some of the victims are getting their money back after a lawsuit by Massachusetts authorities.

October 05, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
The United States District Courthouse sits on Mulberry Street on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. (Photo/Katie Tucker ktucker@macon.com)

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  • News

Macon rehab center admits to altering records during fraud investigation. Owner pleads guilty

The owner of a Macon area rehabilitation center admitted on Wednesday to ordering two employees to alter documents during a 2019 federal investigation into fraudulent billing, according to the Department of Justice.

June 07, 2024
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By:
  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • Alba Rosa
Insurance brokers say rogue agents are switching batches of customers to new plans without the customers' knowledge. The agents then collect monthly commissions on the Affordable Care Act plans.

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  • Health

ACA health insurance plans are being switched without enrollees' OK

Rogue insurance agents access consumer information on the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace and make the changes. Policyholders can lose their doctors and end up owing back taxes.

April 01, 2024
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  • Julie Appleby
Republican John Oxendine talks to reporters in Atlanta, July 20, 2010, during his unsuccessful bid for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor. Oxendine agreed on Thursday, May 12, 2022 to settle a state ethics case that alleged Oxendine was misusing leftover money from that campaign by giving $128,000 to the state of Georgia.

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  • News

Former Georgia insurance commissioner John Oxendine pleads guilty to health care fraud

A former Georgia insurance commissioner is pleading guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday in federal court in Atlanta. The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but the 61-year-old Oxendine is likely to be sentenced to less.

March 23, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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Impostor scams hitting Georgia faithful

Attorney General Chris Carr is warning Georgians of an impostor scam targeting faith-based communities in which fraudsters pose as religious leaders to try to trick congregants into sending them money.

October 17, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the courthouse following his arraignment in New York City on Dec. 22, 2022. Bankman-Fried's trial just concluded its second week, with explosive testimony from former girlfriend Caroline Ellison.

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  • Business

Criminal mastermind or hapless dude? A look into Sam Bankman-Fried's trial so far

The trial of the former FTX CEO concluded its second week, featuring explosive testimony from Caroline Ellison, a former girlfriend of Bankman-Fried.

October 15, 2023
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  • David Gura
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  • Law

Georgia man sentenced to federal prison for pandemic relief fraud

A Georgia man has been sentenced to one year and nine months in federal prison for obtaining nearly a half million dollars through fraudulent pandemic relief loan applications.

August 18, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Jason Gerald Shenk, 45, of Dublin, Georgia, is shown in a photograph provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia.

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  • Law

Feds say Georgia fugitive defrauded Christian charities, pocketed millions meant for Bibles in China

Jason Gerald Shenk of Dublin allegedly defrauded donors primarily from Ohio and North Carolina.

August 02, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Justice Department has charged a U.S. Army Reserves major in an alleged years-long fraud scheme targeting Gold Star families.

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  • Law

Gold Star families allegedly defrauded of death benefits by adviser

A major in the Army Reserves and financial counselor with the Army allegedly used his access to beneficiaries of deceased servicemembers to defraud them and enrich himself, prosecutors allege.

July 07, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Justice Department announced charges against 78 people related to health care fraud schemes.

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  • Law

78 people face charges for $2.5 billion in attempted health care fraud, DOJ says

At least $1.1 billion was actually paid out in these schemes targeting elderly patients, high-risk and low-income pregnant women and HIV patients.

June 28, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
This house in Atlanta's Edgewood neighborhood is where police arrested three key organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city's proposed public safety training center on May 31, 2023. The three are officers of the group that runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which has bailed out people arrested during protests against the project, which opponents derisively call "Cop City."

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  • News

Bond granted for 3 activists whose fund bailed out people protesting Atlanta 'Cop City' project

A judge has granted bond for three activists involved in supporting the protest against a planned police and fire training center in Atlanta that opponents have derisively dubbed "Cop City."

June 02, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Some older Americans got dozens of COVID tests they never ordered in the mail, just as the free test benefit was ending. It could mean they are at risk for more fraud involving their Medicare numbers.

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  • Health

Seniors got COVID tests they didn't order in Medicare scam. Could more fraud follow?

Some seniors got dozens of COVID tests they never ordered. Bad actors may have used seniors' Medicare information to improperly bill the federal government — and could do it again, investigators say.

May 18, 2023
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  • Susan Jaffe
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the U.S. Federal Court in New York for a hearing on Feb. 16, 2023. As he awaits trial, the disgraced former CEO is defending himself in the court of public opinion.

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  • Business

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has another big problem: He won't shut up

Most white-collar defendants lay low, but the ex-CEO of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX has been talking, tweeting, and sending email newsletters. Those comments could come back to hurt him.

February 26, 2023
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  • David Gura
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