Word: fraude
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Adoption lawyers and advocates say Furlow's scam is unusual because of the number of victims and the degree of her deception. But they report hearing more and more fraud stories, partly because of the Internet's way of lending legitimacy to anyone who can type. And since there are many states where facilitators are perfectly legal and completely unregulated, experts expect the rip-offs to keep happening...
Furlow started Tender Hearts in 1997, at age 40. She set up a convincing website and took out a small ad in the Yellow Pages, decorated with tiny hearts. It is a testament to how ripe the adoption world is for fraud that within months Furlow was part of the industry buzz, getting referrals from lawyers and other facilitators across the U.S. In reality, Tender Hearts is not a registered corporation. The two addresses she gave for her business are both residences. Furlow's website--which remains up despite a court directive to dismantle it--goes deep and long. Upon...
...Furlow's behest. She says Furlow told her Roxanne had changed her mind. But in the end, Roxanne's mother supposedly took the child. When Kiser-Mostrom returned home to Nebraska, she noticed an Internet posting that made inquiries about Furlow. She replied and met Charles Elliott, a Philadelphia fraud examiner who had been hired to investigate Furlow by another victimized couple. He had posted the inquiry to find Furlow's other clients. Within weeks, he handed over the names of 10 couples...
...That technology is already built into major Web browsers, and this fall Sony will market a device that enables users to sign documents with a thumbprint. Although the bill is a big win for e-commerce, some consumer groups have expressed concern about the potential for online fraud. For good or for ill, President Clinton is expected to sign the bill (presumably the old-fashioned way); it could go into effect as early...
...been followed by some of the wise guys more used to the ways of shakedowns and loansharking. In a crackdown authorities are calling the largest in U.S. history, 120 people, including alleged members and intimates of New York's five major organized crime families, were charged Wednesday with securities fraud. The defendants are said to have defrauded investors out of at least $50 million over five years, often using the Internet to hype falsified and/or inflated stocks. The charges, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, included 16 indictments and seven criminal complaints, and targeted a dazzling array of stockbrokers...