Fraud

Former Broadwater County DES coordinator charged with theft

Spoofing in Bozeman leads to calls to Missoula Police Department

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced a settlement with Dallas-based MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. on Thursday, resolving a multistate investigation which focused on complaints of consumers who used MoneyGram’s wire transfer service to send money to third parties involved in schemes to defraud consumers.

The former CEO of Vanns Appliances indicted on federal fraud and corruption charges. George Manlove is the son-in-law of the store's founder, Pete Vann.

A Helena jury found Matthew Ryan Ailer of Missoula guilty last Friday of felony workers’ compensation fraud.

The Montana Attorney General’s office reminds state residents that the Montana Department of Justice maintains a hotline for citizens to report suspected Medicaid provider fraud.

The Montana Department of Revenue is busy filing tax returns!

Missoula County Sheriff's detectives took a report this week from a couple who discovered they were victims of identity theft when they attempted to file their income tax returns.

The Montana Department of Revenue is warning Montanans to be extra careful about protecting their personal information during tax season.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Chippewa Cree tribal leader and a former Montana legislator used a shell company to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus aid into their own pockets.