From the United States Courts, a new personal information scam posing as seeking information related to serving as a juror in federal court:
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Warning! Arrest Warrant Scam | United States Courts
You’ve received a warrant by fax or email saying a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government wants to arrest you. Charges may be for money laundering or bank fraud, or missed jury duty. To avoid arrest, the warrant says, send money.
Read more here . . .
Warning! Arrest Warrant Scam | United States Courts.
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Pretrial e-mail Scam Reports from Minnesota Court of Appeals
WARNING, SCAMMER ALERT!
The Minnesota courts website, www.mncourts.gov, reports fraudulent emails appearing to be from the a Court of Appeals has been making the rounds to in-boxes recently. The official notice is below.
Five More Tips It’s a Fraud
1. No “complaint” originally filed with Court of Appeals
2. E-mail address not governmental
3. No “trial” in Court of Appeals
4. Poor grammar
5. No electronic communications YET from Minnesota Appellate Courts.
They play off fear and ignorance to have you bite on these e-mail scams so that you will open the attachments. Don’t do it unless you have confirmed the e-mail from other sources first. Be diligent people!!! The fraud will never end but can be beaten with caution, knowledge and education!
MKT
Notice: Pretrial e-mail Scam Reported
The Minnesota Judicial Branch has learned of an e-mail scam where recipients are receiving a pretrial notice regarding a court complaint. The public should be aware that the e-mails are not coming from the Minnesota Judicial Branch or the Minnesota appellate courts, and they should not open the e-mail or respond. Official court communications will only be sent by phone or U.S. mail. An example of the message is included below:
FROM: Minnesota Court of Appeals
Mon 2/3/2014 8:46 PM Pretrial notice Hereby we confirm that your complaint has been received together with enclosures dated January 30, 2014. The complaint will be reviewed in court in the nearest possible time based on the documents and information you have previously provided. You do not have to be present at trial in person if the Court does not suggest otherwise. Please use this link to check your complaint once again and confirm it. If we do not get your confirmation the claim will be cancelled. You will be further notified without delay of any judgement delivered in regard to your complaint. Sincerely, Court secretary
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Small Businesses Sue AIG Over Workers’ Compensation Insurance Scheme
ALTON, Ill. (Oct. 9) (Press Release): Small businesses in California, New York and New Jersey this week initiated coordinated class action lawsuits in federal courts on both coasts against American International Group (“AIG”), its subsidiary companies and former CEO Maurice Greenberg alleging unfair business practices, fraud and violations of the federal racketeering statutes.
The businesses allege that for approximately four decades beginning in the 1970s, AIG engaged in a sophisticated scheme to misreport the amount of workers’ compensation premiums it collected in each state, thereby causing insured employers to pay more in certain workers’ compensation fees than they otherwise would have paid. By making it appear less money was collected in workers’ compensation premiums in these states, AIG caused . . .
Small Businesses Sue AIG Over Workers’ Compensation Insurance Scheme.
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St. Paul Man Accused of Filing False Insurance Claims on Artwork
Global locations of the AXA Group of insurance companies. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Insurance disputes are common. In the case of one St. Paul man, the dispute is an accusation by the insurance company that he filed a false insurance claim for collectibles and artwork that he reported stolen.
Rather cut and dry, right?
Now, Jason Sheedy, 39, has been charged in federal court with wire fraud.
Prosecutors said that Sheedy filed an insurance claim for over $275,000 for art and other valuables that he reported stolen in 2007. The total collected from AXA Art Insurance Corp was $254,000.
But after paying the claim to Sheedy, AXA later stated that some of the works that were reported stolen by Sheedy were found for sale on Artbrokerage.com. They contend that the art pieces were the same exact ones they had insured.
Sheedy says that some of the artwork was in a moving van when it was stolen.
However, it has been reported that investigators searched Sheedy’s home and found 22 pieces of historic items and artwork that he had reported missing. In fact, the pieces were found in his home in 2011 by armed government agents.
Sheedy had initially told the police late last year that the art was stolen from his moving van when he was moving to a Minneapolis condo to his St. Paul home. He said the condo wasn’t ready, so he had to park the van alongside the street, which is when someone allegedly broke off the padlock and stole the contents.
Pursuant to a plea agreement earlier this year, Sheedy was sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation on one count of wire fraud.
Sheedy also must pay $352,000 in restitution and serve 500 hours of community service.
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