A suburban Twin Cities man has agreed to pay almost $30 million in restitution to the victims of a nationwide magazine sales telemarketing fraud scheme.
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota today announced charges against dozens of people accused of the nationwide telemarketing scheme to rip off senior citizens and vulnerable individuals.
Four Twin Cities women are facing federal charges connected to a scheme to allegedly defraud a non-profit organization that provides housing and other services to the homeless.
The Rochester Police Department is warning that citizens have reported receiving calls identified as coming from the department's non-emergency number (507-328-6800) that are the work of apparent scammers.
A southern Minnesota farmer has been sentenced to just over a year in federal prison and has been ordered to pay over $880,000 in restitution for a fraud-related conviction.
A former Hennepin County employee and her husband have pleaded guilty to federal charges involving the theft of almost a quarter million dollars worth of government benefits and services.