Via Forbes: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is sending out bills and notices to taxpayers – including correspondence focused on cryptocurrency and healthcare reporting. It may be hard for taxpayers… read more →
Via the Minneapolis Star Tribune: A major package of protections for Minnesota’s elderly has cleared the Legislature and awaits Gov. Tim Walz’s signature. The House and Senate passed the final… read more →
AARP’s new weekly podcast The Perfect Scam profiles America’s biggest scam stories. Hosted by Will Johnson, former Discovery Channel podcast host/producer, and leading fraud expert and AARP Fraud Watch Network… read more →
Via the Faribault Daily News: Residents of Minnesota nursing homes and assisted living facilities or family members would be allowed to place secret cameras in their rooms to monitor their… read more →
Via WTTW Public Television: Earlier this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought cases against several Midwestern investment professionals for scamming senior clients out of millions of dollars. In… read more →
Via the Los Angeles Times: The prices of generic drugs haven’t risen since 2011—in fact, in many cases have fallen—but out out-of-pocket costs for those drugs for seniors on Medicare… read more →
PSA from the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission has a new tool for victims of identity theft. Now, people can report tax-related identity theft directly to the IRS… read more →
News from the Governor’s Office: Based on the recommendations of an independent work group convened by AARP Minnesota and a recent report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA),… read more →
A new report on consumer complaints, the Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2017, shows that people in their 20s are more likely to lose money to fraud than senior citizens. … read more →
Via the Batesville (Indiana) Herald-Tribune:’ Repairing your home is a good thing, but lost dollars on shoddy or nonexistent repairs is to be avoided! National Consumer Protection Week, March 4-10,… read more →