Rogue's Gallery of Investment Scams  

  • Ponzi scheme artist gets 5-year sentence: Bay Area woman must pay $2.5 million to investors she fleeced
     
  • Cybercriminals get trickier about stealing: More people fall victim to e-mail scams seeking info
     
  • Financial abuse of the elderly, 'the crime of the 21st century,' can devastate families, both emotionally and financially
     
  • Man held in Google stock fraud: FBI arrests Dutch native in sale of fake IPO shares
     
  • Danville man gets 5 years for tax fraud