Fraud

The Attorney General's Office of Consumer Protection and AARP Montana collaboratively trained volunteers this week who will in turn educate community groups in several Montana cities about scams, fraud, and identity theft.

Q2 reports that a woman admitted Monday she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her Billings employer. Jennifer Thaw pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to four counts of wire fraud. There is no plea agreement in the case. Thaw was the comptroller and office manager for J & S Recovery in July of 2017. He...

With cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin continuing to attract headlines, the Office of Securities Commissioner Matt Rosendale reminds Montana investors to be cautious about such investments.

Imagine waking up one morning to discover that a dear friend, a person you trusted with the intimate details of your business, has been robbing you blind for years, leaving you and your business near bankruptcy.

The Missoula Police Department and other agencies are looking into what appears to be a number of credit card fraud cases that occurred in Missoula recently.

Back in November of 2013 a massive cyber hack of Target stores nationwide led to widespread fraud attacks on Target customers.

A Miles City man was been convicted on six counts of theft by embezzlement and other charges after scamming 18 people, including a 100 year-old woman, out of $1.9 million.

46-year-old Billings contractor Kevin McGovern pleaded guilty on Wednesday to wire fraud and to theft from an Indian tribal organization– federal crimes accusing him and two of his former companies of defrauding the Chippewa Cree Tribe in north central Montana and the federal government in a series of schemes involving inflated and phony invoices and kickbacks...

As winter approaches, the Better Business Bureau warns consumers about four different scams that can rob them of their hard-earned money.

Former Broadwater County DES coordinator charged with theft