The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday (March 23) that it has issued an advisory alongside a report detailing recommendations for financial institutions, ranging from credit unions to banks, offering information on how to recognize, report and also prevent financial exploitation of older customers....
May 01, 2024
Fraud targeting older Americans’ money or cryptocurrency increased by double-digit percentages in 2023. The number of complaints of elder fraud increased by 14% during the year, while the associated losses rose by 11%, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said in a Tuesday (April 30) press release. Individuals 60 years and older reported 101,068 of these scams in […]
March 24, 2016
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday (March 23) that it has issued an advisory alongside a report detailing recommendations for financial institutions, ranging from credit unions to banks,...