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Tag: fraud

Posted inFinancial Literacy

COVID-19 Scams Target Blacks, Other People of Color

by WI Guest Author October 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Just as the annual holiday season of shopping and celebrating nears, a major federal financial regulator released new research detailing how communities of color not only are targeted by well-known types of predatory lenders, but new forms of fraud seek to exploit consumers in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted inNational

AARP Report Puts Spotlight on ‘Consumer Fraud in America: The Black Experience’

by Stacy M. Brown August 25, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity, Coronavirus, Covid-19

Vaccines Are Free — Beware of Scammers Attempting Sales, Maryland Officials Warn

by WI Guest Author February 24, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity

Over 82% of Recent Maryland Unemployment Claims are Fraudulent, Labor Dept. Says

by WI Guest Author October 15, 2020December 21, 2021
Identity theft and fraud are growing problems in D.C. (Courtesy of Napolilaw)
Posted inNational, Stacy M. Brown

Identity Theft, Fraud Poses Problem in D.C.

by Stacy M. Brown October 23, 2019December 21, 2021
Tawanna P. Gaines
Posted inPolitics, William J. Ford

Md. Lawmaker Charged with Federal Wire Fraud

by William J. Ford October 7, 2019December 21, 2021
Posted inNational

Woman Behind Racist Michelle Obama Post Guilty in FEMA Fraud Case

by WI Guest Author February 18, 2019October 31, 2020
Talented individuals, including Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden and others, stood above the industry prior to the 1980s while the Harlem Renaissance, AfriCOBRA, and other black art movements were the last of the noted revolutions in African-American art. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
Posted inArts, Black Experience

Forgeries of African-American Art on the Rise

by Stacy M. Brown January 14, 2019October 31, 2020
Posted inBusiness

Who Stole My Identity? Identity Theft is More Common than You Think

by Washington Informer October 29, 2013October 30, 2020

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