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Santa Rosa man accused of stealing $100,000 from wife’s grandfather

20 September 2011, 2:36 pm

UPDATE:  Sept 30, 2011 The Santa Rosa man charged with defrauding his 97 year-old grandfather-in-law rejected a plea bargain that would have offered him five years in county jail and a single count of elder financial abuse. He is also charged with impersonating a Marine Corps combat veteran. Paul Tart, 29, did not accept the [...]

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MEDICARE FRAUD COSTS $60 BILLION A YEAR

4 November 2010, 3:01 pm

According to an AARP article published last month, Medicare fraud costs tax-payers a whopping $60 billion a year. By billing the program for thousands of unnecessary services and equipment, criminal physicians and therapists, nurses and even health care companies are getting away with one of the easiest and most lucrative scams in the country’s history. Thankfully, the [...]

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BEWARE FAKE GRANDKIDS CALLING FOR CASH

5 January 2010, 3:21 pm

If someone claiming to be a relative asks you to wire money for an emergency, be suspicious. Scammers have already bilked ‘grandparents’ for more than $3.5 million. By CreditCards.com Dear ‘To Her Credit’: I just got a call from someone claiming to be my granddaughter. She said she was in Montreal and had been in [...]

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