The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its Elder Fraud Strike Force. The Strike Force targets foreign-based fraud schemes that target American seniors.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its Elder Fraud Strike Force, the agency announced on Tuesday.
From September of 2021 to September of 2022, the DOJ pursued approximately 260 elder fraud cases involving more than 600 defendants, they reported. The cases involved mass-marketing scams to"bad actors" scamming their neighbors. The DOJ said it has also attempted to return the money to fraud victims whenever possible.
Older Americans can be the target of so-called"romance scams," where the perpetrator gains the trust and often love of an unwitting person and then coerces them into transferring money to them. There are also so-called"grandparent scams" that defraud older people by posing as a family member in need. Call recipients are told that their family member is in jeopardy and urgently needs money.
In March of 2020, a Vallejo couple pleaded guilty in a DOJ investigation into allegations that they defrauded Social Security and some of its recipients. Kimberly Dominguez diverted Social Security direct deposit payments into her own accounts and her husband, Erick, then withdrew the money in cash. In total, Dominguez diverted nearly $250,000 dollars taken from more than 30 recipients.
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