The CEO of ID.me told Axios the US lost $400 billion to fraudulent claims, with another expert saying 70% of stolen money ultimately left the country.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thursday the IRS and Treasury Department reported 159 million Americans have received Economic Impact Payments, or stimulus checks. However, the I-Team is finding that scammers could ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Experts say scammers are ramping up their efforts to separate people from their hard-earned money, and with the busy holiday season approaching, consumers might miss the red flags. Here ...

The Internal Revenue Service is using the run-up to Christmas to warn millions of Americans that cybercriminals and con artists are already positioning themselves for tax season. Instead of waiting ...

Despite renewed online chatter, no federal agency or congressional leader has announced or confirmed any plan to distribute new stimulus payments this year. Without approval from Congress or the ...

Picture this: A little extra cash shows up in your bank account — unexpected, unearned, and oh-so-tempting. For many, that’s exactly what happened when stimulus checks rolled out. Some people put the ...

A Mississippi audit found 5.5% of stimulus unemployment claims were incorrect or fraudulent in 2020, after the OIG found states failed to stop fraud.