Scam and Fraud Lawyers in the United States

Fighting for victims of fraud

A report released by the FBI on April 30 showed that various fraud methods, including telecommunications fraud, are difficult to guard against, resulting in Americans over the age of 60 being defrauded of more than $3.4 billion last year.

To learn more about how our fraud cases and Beston Attorneys can help you recover, please contact our firm at (929) 841-6928.

We handle fraud cases across the country

Our fraud attorneys have experience handling all types of fraud recoveries for clients across the country.

We have handled many large-scale fraud cases:

The fraud attorneys at our law firm will help you recover your lost assets and help you recover the compensation you need.

Common types of fraud

Fraud, or deception, is intentional deception intended to obtain unfair or illegal gain, or to deprive the victim of a legal right. The definition of fraud covers actions by a person who, through deception, induces another person to dispose of his or her own or another person's assets, thereby causing financial loss to the perpetrator or a third party. Fraud may violate civil law (for example, a fraud victim can sue the fraud perpetrator to avoid the fraud or to obtain monetary compensation) or criminal law (for example, the fraud perpetrator may be prosecuted by a government authority or prosecuted and imprisoned depending on the case).

The types of fraud are often caused by the following reasons:

• Scammers often use the name of "dating and romance" to lure victims into participating in online gambling, investment and other activities, or directly ask for money transfers under various pretexts, causing the scammers to disappear after all their money is taken away.
• Scammers use various channels such as online social tools, text messages, and web pages to publish information promoting investments such as stocks, foreign exchange, futures, and virtual currencies, claiming to have inside information and investment channels in order to recruit targets, find victim groups, and establish connections.
• 81-year-old Norman was told that he had won the 15 million jackpot, but was asked to pay a handling fee. Norman believed them and remitted 400,000 US dollars in 6 years.
• A classic example of a forex scam is a Ponzi scheme, a fraudulent investment scheme that lures investors with promises of sky-high returns and minimal risk. Fraudsters hype up lucrative business opportunities that, in reality, do not exist. However, early investors do see returns initially, as the Ponzi scheme operator pays early investors with the funds raised from later investors. Simply put, it's like robbing Peter to pay Paul - a fraudulent shell game.
• According to data from the National Consumer Law Center and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Americans receive more than 33 million fraudulent calls every day. Fraudulent calls usually target vulnerable groups, including scams against the elderly. Many people also often receive fraudulent text messages on their mobile phones. For example, criminals will pretend to be courier companies to notify that packages require additional fees, or falsely claim that the mobile phone user has won a lottery, can provide lower credit card interest rates, help cancel federal student loans, etc., to lure people to open the text message link and enter personal information such as credit card numbers and passwords.
• The EB-5 visa is an investment immigration visa program developed by the U.S. government to attract foreign investment, create job opportunities, and stimulate economic growth. Most of the investments are in the form of building regional centers. In recent years, the U.S. immigration department has found that some regional center investment projects are scams or tools for obtaining immigration status fraud, so it is more cautious and strict in reviewing project qualifications. Due to the long construction period of regional center investment projects and the waiting time for immigration status review of more than ten years, when investors finally find that the investment projects have failed, they often "lose both money (green card) and green card". The Chicago Convention Center and San Francisco Regional Center projects have been prosecuted for suspected immigration fraud. The U.S. Immigration Service has repeatedly stated that approving a regional center does not mean that the U.S. government has guaranteed the legal operation of the regional center and the acquisition of legal status, but illegal intermediaries often use the gimmick of quickly obtaining a U.S. "green card" to take advantage of investors' weaknesses such as lack of information, poor communication, and blind credulity to mislead investment and make illegal profits.
• It is illegal to marry a U.S. citizen in order to obtain residency status. U.S. citizens receiving money to marry foreigners and foreigners defrauding marriages are all marriage immigration frauds that are expressly prohibited by the U.S. immigration authorities. Once a foreigner is found to have engaged in a fake marriage, their residency status will be revoked and both parties may be criminally prosecuted for marriage fraud. If found guilty, the maximum sentence is 5 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. They may also be subject to additional prison terms or fines for visa fraud.
• Criminals steal victims' personal identity information (such as name, social security number, etc.) to use for fraudulent activities such as applying for credit cards, applying for tax refunds, and obtaining medical services. Identity theft may affect your credit record. Usually, victims are unaware until they receive an unknown bill, are denied a loan, etc. Common identity thefts include stealing the identities of children and the elderly, tax numbers, health insurance identities, and social security card identities. Some criminals take advantage of the fact that tourists or international students know little about the law, use rewards as bait, use their identity information to obtain credit cards for shopping, or deposit some fake checks into the bank and immediately withdraw cash. After obtaining these goods or cash, they disappear without a trace, leaving the victims with a bad credit record, or even becoming suspects under police investigation.