MINNEAPOLIS — A long-running telemarketing scam in which dozens of people fleeced 150,000 mostly elderly victims across the country out of $300 million would still be operating if not for the ...

The Federal Trade Commission today settled charges with four telemarketing scammers who were charging for products that were never ordered, making bogus claims about their products, and harassing ...

SAN JOSE — The breakup of a network of telemarketers and scammers who fraudulently billed insurance carriers to the tune of $40 million — after fooling thousands of Californians into obtaining ...

The FBI is issuing a stark warning to timeshare owners about a widespread telemarketing scam linked to a violent Mexican drug cartel. This scheme targets unsuspecting property owners, leading to ...

PORTAGE, Mich. — A Portage man could be sentenced up to 50 years in connection to an international telemarketing scheme linked to a Pakistan call center. Irfan Gill, 62, was convicted by a jury ...

We’re watching the documentary series “Telemarketers” in October. The three-part doc follows a whistleblower investigation that spans nearly two decades, as former call center employees learn their ...

State consumer advocates are warning of a telemarketing scam in which seniors are urged to pay $247 for, ironically, a telemarketing protection plan. The bogus Senior Advisory Council's salesmen often ...

PORTAGE, MI -- A Portage man was convicted for a telemarketing scam that likely victimized more than 1,400 people nationwide, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten reports.

A Canadian-Lebanese citizen was extradited from Greece to the U.S. to face fraud and money laundering charges in San Francisco, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Nemr Hallak, charged with operating ...

(NAPS)—Unscrupulous people masquerading as medical alert system providers have targeted seniors with high-pressure telemarketing scams. But in good news, one company, Bay Alarm Medical, believes it ...