The holidays bring out the best in people giving, but also the worst in con artists. With some careful research, giving to reputable charities can be part of the holiday season. Visiting ...

The government has recovered a lot of money from scammers this year. The Department of Justice has recovered $3.5 billion in settlements in fraud cases in 2015. Many of the fraud cases ...

A genetic testing scam defrauded Medicare out of $1 million — but the perp has now been arrested. Seth Reyfuss has been arrested for using a fraudulent group called The Good ...

While identity theft is a constant threat regardless of geographical location, a study by WalletHub.com has revealed that some states face a higher risk of identity theft than others. The ...

In this column, financial elder abuse attorney Craig T. Matthews explains how seniors can protect themselves from abuse of a power of attorney by family or friends, and how to spot ...

OpenRetirement has occasionally covered the growing business of pension advances—businesses that apply the concept of a payday advance to retirement benefits by giving retirees an ...

In the past, we’ve briefly covered “pension advance” firms – firms that make very high-interest loans against retirees’ pensions, similar to a payday loan model. The business ...

The above video tells the story of Ramona Wilson, a retired Ohio woman who was conned out of $50,000 by an ex-felon masquerading as a priest. The man was also her husband — but ...

Charles Ornstein is a senior reporter for ProPublica and a past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists. This story originally appeared on ProPublica. Fraud and abuse ...

Twenty-nine percent of Americans have served on a jury in their lifetime. And although most adults understand they are eligible, they don’t understand how the process works. Who ...