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Avoid Scams: These Are Top 10 Consumer Frauds Of 2023, NY AG Says
To honor National Consumer Protection Week, New York Attorney General Letitia James has revealed the most common fraud complaints faced by residents during 2023.
In an announcement on Monday, March 4, James said that these common complaints ranged from price gouging of much-needed goods and services to housing issues, online banking fraud, and even travel-related issues.
The top ten most common consumer complaints of 2023 in New York were:
Retail Sales: (Online purchases, price gouging, retail sales, defective merchandise, poor customer service, pet stores, animal breede…
Here Are Top 10 Scams To Avoid, NY Attorney General Says
Fraudsters were busy in 2019, going through drastic efforts in an attempt to scam New Yorkers, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
New York Attorney Letitia James released a new report of the top 10 consumer fraud complaints that her office received last year, topped by Internet-related schemes.
It was the 14th year in a row that Internet-related complaints topped the list.
According to James’ office, the top 10 consumer complaints were:
Internet-related (4,436 complaints in 2019);
Consumer-related (2,659);
Automobile (2,510);
Landlord/Tenant disputes (1,910);
Utilities (1,811)…
Three Long Island Residents Face Child Porn Charges
Three Long Island residents are among four people facing federal charges for possessing and producing child pornography.
Taylor Pick, of Calverton, Jonathan Beretta, of Centereach, and Maureen Serra, of Lake Ronkonkoma, were taken into custody by law enforcement for their roles in allegedly coercing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct.
A fourth suspect, Benjamin Downs, of Massachusetts, was also charged.
According to the indictment, the four coerced four minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce and distribute videos and pictures between January last year thr…
