KEY POINTS Casagrande worked as a team leader at Target Financial Services in Newport, Wales, providing services to the BBC, Barclays, and Credit Suisse. His partner, Jenna Connor, also admitted to the drug offences, for which she was slapped with a two-year suspended sentence and 250 hours of unpaid work, plus costs. A UK finance … Read more
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Summer is just around the corner, and with it comes an influx of vacationers ready to explore new destinations. As the summer travel season begins, businesses operating within travel and hospitality must adopt robust strategies to manage the anticipated increase in transaction volumes and fraud risks. These … Read more
Have you heard about the website, Frank? It helped students apply for Federal student aid in under five minutes, usually taking hours, and the process has always been notoriously tricky. It turns out the whole scheme was a fraud, and Frank founder Charlie Javice, 31, is now facing 100 years of prison time after being … Read more
Jamey and Lauren Bertram have been inundated with prospective buyers after their $1.6 million Kansas City home was fraudulently listed for just $10,200 on the real estate website Zillow. This shocking scam left the couple struggling to fend off eager viewers while they worked to rectify the situation. The 5,300-square-foot, five-bedroom home, which the Bertrams … Read more
Charlotte Cowles is a New York-based columnist for The Cut and the New York Times who delivers financial advice by revealing her first-hand experiences. Recently, Cowles revealed that she had lost thousands in an elaborate financial hoax. “I put $50,000 in cash in a shoe box,” the columnist wrote. In October 2023, Cowles received a … Read more
