Hua Wang pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to running the pickup end of a $65 million elder fraud ring that reached from India-based call centers to short-term rentals across America. The machine ran on cash mailed in shoeboxes by people who thought they were saving their own money.
A Rusk County retiree clicked a pop-up and lost $47,000 in cash handed to a stranger at the door. The stranger drove up from Illinois. He was twenty-four. He came back a second time because the script told him to.
By Elena Ruiz · Jun 9
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