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| Aug.20 |
Milpitas |
Police warn of 'virtual kidnapping' scam that preys on parents A parent was conned over the phone into believing her child had been kidnapped and was extorted for ransom
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| Feb.13 |
Alameda |
Missing man owes $113 million over get-rich-quick scam| John Nelson Beck and his company are behind at least two versions of infomercials promoting 'John Beck's Free & Clear Real Estate System' | |
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| Aug.26 |
Napa |
 Quake: investigators to warn residents about contractors and insurance As the city goes into recovery mode, state began sending in its fraud investigators to warn about unscrupulous contractors and insurance adj...
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| Sep.20 |
San Francisco |
Man convicted in multimillion-dollar scam disappears  | A judge has issued a fugitive warrant for 48-year-old Jay Shah, who disappeared after the jury found him guilty | |
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| Aug.25 |
Oakland |
Former Kaiser employee pleads guilty in $1.8 million fraud
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| Jan.25 |
Oakland |
'West Coast Donald Trump' pleads guilty Jim McConville has pleaded guilty to charges involving massive real estate scheme involving investors across the state
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| Nov.24 |
Hayward |
Woman gets 5 years in foreclosure scam
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| Sep.14 |
San Francisco |
Father charged, daughter wanted in scam
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| Jul.9 |
San Francisco |
Ex-attorney charged in Ponzi scheme Robert Tunnell, Jr., 72, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly defrauding friends and relatives of $7 million
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| May.19 |
San Jose |
6 indicted in mortgage fraud scheme |
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| May.2 |
Pleasanton |
Ex-college president arrested in fraud Susan Xiao-Ping Su of a now-closed Tri-Valley University has been arrested on what authorities are describing as a student visa fraud scheme
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| Feb.28 |
San Francisco |
SF woman faces jail in blast scam| Angela Marie Wise who pleaded no contest to posing as a victim of the San Bruno pipeline explosion to receive free benefits is facing a year in jail | |
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| Feb.8 |
Alameda County |
Mortgage fraud suspect indicted |
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| Sep.28 |
Fremont |
Court clerks accused in bribe scheme Two clerks at the Fremont Hall of Justice have been charged with embezzlement for allegedly agreeing to dismiss traffic tickets in exchange for...
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| Aug.2 |
Blackhawk |
Man Sentenced In $62 M Ponzi Scheme |
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| Jul.24 |
San Francisco |
SFPD Sting Illegal Muni Transfer Scheme Police have broken up an scheme to illegally sell Muni transfers after arresting a Municipal Transportation Agency employee and another man
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| Jul.23 |
San Jose |
Man Gets Nearly 7 Years For IRS Scam Seth Sundberg filed an income tax return claiming that he had paid nearly $6 million in taxes on income from a debt instrument
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| Apr.7 |
Vallejo |
Guilty plea in Ponzi scheme Robert Brown Jr., 56, pleaded guilty to running a $15 million scheme that ensnared prominent businessmen in Vallejo and members of city gove...
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| Mar.31 |
Oakland |
DA Charges Attorney In Accident Scam An attorney and her office manager have been charged in connection with an insurance scam in which participants staged car crashes
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| Mar.5 |
San Jose |
Man Gets 41 Months In Fraud Scheme 46-year-old John Bui has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $3.5 million in restitution for a loan scheme he ran for several years
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| Nov.3 |
San Francisco |
Investment Mgr Pleads Guilty To Fraud Alexander Trabulse is facing a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison after admitting that he mailed fraudulent account statements to investors
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| Oct.15 |
San Francisco |
Man accused of 30-year Ponzi scheme Roberto Heckscher, 55, has been accused of defrauding investors of more than $20 million in a Ponzi scheme that spanned 30 years
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| Sep.18 |
Napa |
Ex-Dispatcher Gets Jail For Cancer Scam Dannille Vanderpool , a former Police Department dispatcher was sentenced for scamming people by falsely claiming she had cancer
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| Jul.31 |
Napa |
Dispatcher Pleads Guilty To Cancer Scam Dannille Vanderpool, a former Dannille Vanderpool police dispatcher, is heading to jail for six months for accepting nearly $50,000 in donat...
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| Jul.7 |
Bay Area |
More Bay Area Ponzi schemes Many victims do not report the loss of lifetime savings due to fears that reporting will chill their ability to get paybacks from the scam l...
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| Mar.20 |
Martinez |
Participant in grade scandal sentenced
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| Sep.26 |
Tiburon |
Couple Pleads Guilty To Investment Scams
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| Aug.7 |
Oakland |
Man charged with duping investors
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| Jul.24 |
San Francisco |
SEC to freeze assets of invest. Adviser
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| Jul.20 |
Bay Area |
Foreclosure Rental Scam Strikes Bay Area
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| Jun.9 |
San Bruno |
Man charged with bilking elderly woman
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| May.8 |
San Ramon |
Shooting of man linked to mortgage scam
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| Mar.26 |
Livermore |
2 Women Arrested In Foreclosure Scam |
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| Jan.9 |
San Jose |
Tow Truck Operator Faces Life
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| Aug.18 |
Danville |
Man will join son in jail for tax evasion
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| Jul.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
34 Charged In DVC Grade Scam| Students and former students at Diablo Valley College face felony charges in an alleged 'grades-for-cash scam' | |
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| Jun.23 |
Oakland |
Ex-CEO pleads guilty to tax evasion
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| Nov.19 |
Concord |
FBI Search For Dangerous Fraud Suspect
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| Aug.25 |
San Francisco |
Former Ukraine PM jailed A court has sentenced Pavlo Lazarenko to 9 years for extortion, money-laundering through U.S. banks and fraud
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| Jul.7 |
Carlos |
Ex-Mayor Gets 45 Days In Jail For Fraud
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| Apr.26 |
Hayward |
Unlicensed Doctor Gets Prison For Exams
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| Feb.22 |
San Jose |
Scam Artists Prey On Real Estate Agent
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| Jan.17 |
San Ramon |
Fake Teacher Scams School |
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| Dec.28 |
San Ramon |
Woman Accused Of Elderly Scam
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| Oct.13 |
Palo Alto |
3 Face Katrina Scam Charges
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| Sep.30 |
El Cerrito |
Police Foil Alleged 'Pigeon Drop' Scam
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| Sep.9 |
San Jose |
 Couple Pleads Guilty In Chili Finger Scam| The Las Vegas couple, Anna Ayala, 39, and her husband Jaime Placencia, 43, pleaded guilty to all charges | |
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| Mar.24 |
San Francisco |
Thousands Stolen in ATM Scam
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| Feb.17 |
San Jose |
Father-Son Scam Team Get Prison Time |
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| Dec.29 |
Moraga |
Man ordered to pay millions to victim |
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| Oct.18 |
San Bruno |
'Pigeon drop' scam |
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| Oct.16 |
Moraga |
Pledge scam at St. Mary's College An donor promised contributions totaling $121 million. The school built a $26 million science center
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| Aug.25 |
Walnut Creek |
Real estate scam bilked investors
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| Aug.20 |
San Jose |
Indicted for $10 million CD scheme |
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| Jun.16 |
San Francisco |
Ex-Network Associates CFO charged
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| Jun.8 |
Athletics |
Fans ripped off by ticket scanner scam |
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| Nov.3 |
Hercules |
Scheme to defraud city
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| Oct.31 |
San Francisco |
Spanish-Postmark Lotttery scam |
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| Sep.3 |
Vallejo |
Lottery scam |
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| Jul.15 |
San Francisco |
Lawyer arrested for alleged Ponzi scheme |
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| Jun.12 |
San Jose |
Ex-Network Associates veep pleads guilty
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| Apr.26 |
Vallejo |
Insurance broker accused of fraud |
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| Apr.11 |
Santa Rosa |
Sentenced to state prison for id theft |
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| Mar.4 |
Los Altos |
Woman lost $250,000 to real estate scam |
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| Jan.23 |
San Francisco |
6 arrested in auto-insurance scam |
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| Jan.17 |
SFSU |
Arrest warrants for 20 in bookstore scam
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| Jan.6 |
Oakland |
Trio allegedly scammed Home Depot |
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| Sep.6 |
Napa |
Minister indicted in ponzi scheme
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