New Scam Targets Bay Area Renters
Bay Area renters need to be aware of a new scam popping up online. Some properties are being offered at rock-bottom rents by people who neither own, nor have control over, the properties.
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Bay Area renters need to be aware of a new scam popping up online. Some properties are being offered at rock-bottom rents by people who neither own, nor have control over, the properties.
A New York attorney will spend time in federal prison for a scheme in which he transferred more than $1 million from a dead Bay Area friend's bank accounts to his own.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is warning residents to be aware of a scam targeting the elderly after a woman in her 70s was taken for a ride, both literally and metaphorically speaking.
Federal prosecutors have expanded to $2.2 million the amount that they accuse a former San Francisco Giants payroll manager of embezzling from the team.
Candidates vying for the San Francisco's mayor's seat are requesting federal and state monitors for the Nov. 8 election after allegations of ballot tampering in early voting.
Four more people are facing charges in connection with a Pleasanton university that authorities have said was a front for an illegal immigration operation.
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Ebrahim Shabudin and Thomas Yu on charges that they falsified corporate books, lied to auditors and conspired to hide substantial loan losses at United Commercial Bank.
A Saratoga lawyer who ran two investment funds was convicted of wire fraud in federal court in San Francisco Wednesday in connection with a scheme to defraud investors of $1.1 million.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's campaign filed a lawsuit Friday against a bank that handled accounts for a prominent Democratic campaign treasurer accused of looting millions of dollars from the war chests of local, state and federal politicians.
Chinese companies appear to be flooding the U.S. with very realistic looking fake drivers licenses, and according to both local and federal law enforcement it is a growing concern.
State regulators claim Kinde Durkee victimized several politicians over the years, taking hundreds of thousands of dollars.
One year after the deadly gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, a woman who went to the disaster area and falsely claimed to be a victim pleaded no contest to identity theft and other charges in San Mateo County Superior Court.
Two suspects are being sought for allegedly using a crayon to try to convince an elderly man that he struck a car in San Francisco's Sunset District last week to get money from him.
Two men and a woman suspected of swindling the elderly through a bogus roof repair scam were arrested in San Jose last week, police announced Tuesday.
A family from Southern California suspected of swindling the elderly through a bogus roof repair scam were arrested in San Jose last week, police announced Tuesday.
Underwater homeowners frantic to hold onto their homes have become a tempting target for scam artists offering loan modification help at a hefty price.
Contra Costa County is developing a program that would quickly alert homeowners to potential real estate fraud by proactively notifying them of any transactions involving their property.
A San Jose travel agency owner has been arrested on suspicion of scamming several members of the Vietnamese community.
Legislation to combat wage theft in San Francisco is picking up momentum at the Board of Supervisors.
San Jose police are investigating a travel agency fraud scheme in which several members of the Vietnamese community were targeted.
Two Southern California men were arrested in Pleasant Hill on Sunday on suspicion of cloning hundreds of ATM cards, police said.
A $200,000 arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who failed to appear in court for a hearing on charges that she scammed more than a dozen San Francisco apartment seekers out of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said.
Robert G. Tunnell, 72, of San Francisco, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on seven counts of mail fraud, 13 counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.
The U.S. Justice Department said eight real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty in a bid-rigging scheme to buy foreclosed real estate at public auctions in two Bay Area counties.
A man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after allegedly impersonating a police officer and attacking another man in San Francisco's Mid-Market neighborhood, police said.
