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The SEC -- At Last -- Takes the Lid Off China Stock Scams Forbes Few episodes illustrate more clearly the pig's ear the United States has been making of globalization than the scandal of "red collar crime." The phrase has been coined by my Forbes colleague Joshua Brown to describe a pattern of stock scams emanating ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Goa mining scam: action likely against two former CMs New York Daily News According to the Justice M.B. Shah commission report, which exposed the scam, and as reflected in Vijayan's letter, the delay in renewing the mines' leases was allegedly improperly condoned by Kamat and Rane in their respective tenures as chief ministers. See all stories on this topic »

Brain Changes May Help Explain Why Old People Get Scammed Wired According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), up to 80% of scam victims are over 65. One explanation may lie in a brain region that serves as a built-in crook detector. Called the anterior insula, this structure—which fires up in response to the ... See all stories on this topic » Wired

Scam victims urged: Move on Manila Standard Today Victims of the P12-billion scam allegedly pulled off by the Aman Futures Group were urged to move on because there was no way they could recover their money, according to an official of the Anti-Money Laundering Council. Another supposed victim of the ... See all stories on this topic »

Cash-for-vote scam: Witness seeks cancellation of Amar Singh's bail Zee News Cash-for-vote scam: Witness seeks cancellation of Amar Singh`s bail New Delhi: An oral plea by a witness to cancel the bail of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, an accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case, allegedly because he was being threatened on ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare phone scam hits Hilton Head Hilton Head Island Packet A Hilton Head Island couple has joined AARP in sounding the alarm on a new Medicare phone scam being reported throughout South Carolina and the country. Carol Malick said she received a call Friday from a woman with an accent, who called her by ... See all stories on this topic »

Why are older people vulnerable to scams? Houston Chronicle (blog) Now a new study may help explain why people become more vulnerable to scams. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (see abstract) University of California, Los Angeles neuroscientist Shelley Taylor showed photos of faces considered ... See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle (blog)

Subsidy Scam - FG Recovers N29 Billion From Suspects AllAfrica.com Abuja — The Federal Government says it has recovered N29 billion out of the N232 billion oil subsidy scam. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala dropped the hint in Abuja, yesterday. Okonjo-Iweala ... See all stories on this topic » AllAfrica.com

Don't be duped: Senior scams increase around the holidays Kankakee Daily Journal A recent report of a failed senior citizen scam — told in Monday's edition of The Daily Journal — should serve as a warning, according to Kankakee Police Deputy Chief John Girard. "They're always out there. Maybe it picks up a little around the ... See all stories on this topic »

Some progress on hotel fee scams -- but no results yet Chicago Tribune "We believe that online hotel reservation sites should include in the quoted total price any unavoidable and mandatory fees, such as resort fees, that consumers will be charged to stay at the hotel. While a hotel reservation site may breakdown the ... See all stories on this topic »

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