Scammers use dating websites for financial gain. Image Source: Flickr user Don Hankins. Sometimes love hurts so much that the only people who can help are the police—unlikely confidants for the brokenhearted. But when someone claims to love you only to steal hundreds...
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Investigating Ponzi Scheme Cases Using Police Interviews and Truth Verification
In a Ponzi scheme, interviewing people is how you follow the money trail. Image source: Flicker user Keith Cooper. When schemers meet dreamers, visions of driving out of a four-car garage in a new Lamborghini can mess with cognitive thinking. Piles of “Benjamin...
Using CVSA to Deal with Deception and Fraud in Pharmaceutical Company Lawsuits
We’ve all seen those pharmaceutical ads featuring smiling people hiking through the forest or enjoying life with increased vigor thanks to some medication. Then the announcer lists the side effects—could cause nausea, allergic reactions—and sometimes death....
