• Don’t Get Swindled by Your Financial Advisor

    Yesterday I read a horrifying local story about Edward Matthes, a former financial advisor for Mutual of Omaha who stole at least $2.6 million from his clients. According to the Information in the federal case, Matthes carried on his fraud […]

  • Real Housewives Star Teddi Mellencamp Accused of Fraud With Diet Program

    Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, one of the stars of reality series Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) has just been accused of running a scam with her diet and fitness program called All In By Teddi. The All in by Teddi […]

  • Primerica Reviews on Glassdoor

    People researching multi-level marketing (MLM) company Primerica seem to end up on this blog. I wrote previously about the fake job interview that is really a recruiting session for Primerica, some of the scammy aspects of Primerica, and one former […]

  • Wisconsin Election Conspiracy in Milwaukee

    Set aside for a moment your opinion about whether or not the Wisconsin April 7 election should have gone forward in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the statewide “safer at home” order.  Let’s talk about what happened in Milwaukee […]

  • Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans and Child Support (COVID-19)

    A family lawyer asked if a loan received under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will be considered income for purposes of the child support obligations of the business owner. The simple answer: Loans are not income. The business is not […]

  • COVID-19 Coronavirus Stimulus Check Scams

    Coronavirus stimulus check scams have already started. This is shameful, but not entirely unexpected. U.S. taxpayers will be receiving payments of up to $1,200 per adult and $500 per child, with reductions for special circumstances. To receive a payment, you […]

  • Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran $400k Fraud Victim

    Barbara Corcoran lost $400,000 to a fraud scheme. Or did she? The headlines were that the real estate mogul had nearly $400,000 stolen from her with an email phishing scam. It makes for good click-bait, but there was so much […]

  • Who Has FIVE Foreclosures?

    Jennifer McKinney, that’s who! Years ago I delighted in writing about mommy bloggers who earned gobs of money at the expense of their readers (and the advertisers who wanted to get in front of them), but were dishonest in one […]

  • Dooce Will Sleep With Your Husband

    From time-to-time, I used to talk about mommy bloggers here. Primarily the fraud that is Jennifer McKinney (MckMama), but occasionally I would mention others. One such person was Dooce (Heather B. Armstrong), the “original” mommy blogger. Dooce made a mint […]

  • Windy City Rehab Fraud?

    Windy City Rehab is an awesome reality show on HGTV. Alison Victoria (legal name Alison Gramenos) and Donovan Eckhardt are the faces of the show, and they find properties in Chicago to rehab and sell. But construction projects don’t always […]