MINNEAPOLIS — A long-running telemarketing scam in which dozens of people fleeced 150,000 mostly elderly victims across the country out of $300 million would still be operating if not for the ...

PORTAGE, Mich. — A Portage man could be sentenced up to 50 years in connection to an international telemarketing scheme linked to a Pakistan call center. Irfan Gill, 62, was convicted by a jury ...

A jury in Minneapolis on Friday heard closing arguments in the case of three people charged in a nationwide telemarketing scam that ensnared more than 150,000 magazine subscribers and cost them $300 ...

The FBI is issuing a stark warning to timeshare owners about a widespread telemarketing scam linked to a violent Mexican drug cartel. This scheme targets unsuspecting property owners, leading to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Portage man has been charged with 7 counts of mail fraud and 11 counts of money laundering. He is 62-year-old Irfan Gill. According to the Department of Justice, Gill worked ...

Regulations protecting people from telemarketing scams now cover tech support scams, which have cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years. In a 4-1 vote, the Federal Trade ...

WASHINGTON -- More than 135 people have been arrested in an investigation of global telemarketing scams that have victimized 5 million people, many of them elderly, Attorney General John Ashcroft said ...

A Canadian-Lebanese citizen was extradited from Greece to the U.S. to face fraud and money laundering charges in San Francisco, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Nemr Hallak, charged with operating ...

Aug. 6—Scams by text message and robocall flood cellphones and landlines daily, and they're not necessarily easy to spot or stop. They employ trust-inspiring, legitimizing facades to mask a real, ...