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Recent Stories
Latest news from around Northern Michigan, the State of Michigan and the Nation/World
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Probe of well-connected truck stop chain, owned by the Tennessee governor's family, may widen
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
William Lowder, 57, scammed clients at Lowder Insurance and Ash Brokerage out of significant investment funds as a part of a wire fraud scheme.
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Thursday, May 09, 2013
The Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office is warning of a phone scam that claims to be from the Social Security Administration.
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Monday, May 06, 2013
The Sheriff says an automated call identifies that Medical Alert equipment has been purchased on behalf of the recipient of the call.
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Friday, May 03, 2013
UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Police are looking for a woman who they say sold several hundred fake silver bars to local metal buyers under the guise that it was real silver.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
The Alpena Police Department is warning of a email scam that is claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Online housing rental scams are becoming more popular in northern Michigan.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Charlevoix County Sheriff is warning citizens of a text message scam that is currently circulating.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
The caller claims they're with Microsoft and calling to let the person know that the security features on their computer were recently compromised.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
The Clare County Sheriff's Detectives helped the Department of Homeland Security break up a fraud operation today.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
A Traverse City woman is accused of creating an internet scam that targeted people around the country. Police say she collected about $40,000 in the name of injured veterans and used it for personal use.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
A realtor has a warning about overseas scam artists acting like landlords and trying to rip off potential renters.
The scammers are using real homes and real ads, just changing a few details.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Nigerian criminals infamous for tempting people with get-rich-schemes are using a new scam that targets small businesses. A downtown guitar shop is the con artists' most recent victim.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Cheboygan County Sheriff Department is investigating a billing scam implicating the telephone carrier Sprint.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Several Northern Michigan businesses are connected to a federal investigation into health care fraud.
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