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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Sean Christopher Williams, 40, of Sandy Springs, GA, was sentenced to three years in prison, five years of …
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WEST CHESTER, PA — The announcement by Microsoft that tens of thousands of email servers had been hacked in a campaign attributed to a group of Chinese State-sponsored hackers called …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission, through its refund administrator, is mailing 187,664 checks totaling more than $3.2 million to consumers who lost money to an illegal credit card …
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HARRISBURG, PA — With tax filing season underway, the Department of Revenue is urging Pennsylvanians to file their tax returns as soon as they can. Filing your returns early is one …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission received more than 2.1 million fraud reports from consumers in 2020, according to newly released data, with imposter scams remaining the most common …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier has provided an update on the recent Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Education and outreach staff from the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) will be hosting and participating in numerous virtual presentations for groups of senior citizens, …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission is launching Identity Theft Awareness Week, February 1-5, 2021, with a series of events to highlight steps consumers can take to help reduce …
Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service is urging taxpayers who receive Forms 1099-G for unemployment benefits they did not actually get because of identity theft to contact their appropriate …
Read MoreHARRISBURG, PA — Attorney General Josh Shapiro stated an investigation into a 2017 data breach of an online hotel booking company’s reservation system that exposed the information of 1.3 million …
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