Category: Scams & Your Rights
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Certain Bestway pool owners can claim $40 without a receipt until Oct. 30
A steel-frame backyard pool that has stood for years may now be worth $40 from a court settlement, with no receipt needed. Owners of certain Bestway above-ground pools have until Oct. 30, 2026 to file a claim from a $15 million fund, the settlement website says. People who kept a receipt can ask for more.…
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New York sues festival promoters it says pocketed $243,158.04 from 521 ticket buyers
New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued the organizers of a canceled upstate music festival, saying they collected $243,158.04 in advance ticket sales from 521 people and refunded almost none of them. The suit, announced Sept. 29, 2026, targets Evolutions Festival and two men who ran it, Michael and Justin Brown. Her office says…
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Two former postal clerks charged; one allegedly stole at least 200 mailed gift cards
Two former U.S. Postal Service clerks in New York were charged on Sept. 25, 2026, in a scheme to take gift cards out of the mail. Prosecutors say Pian Pian Wong-Tam, 59, took at least 200 of them, worth $25 to $500 each, from mail she handled at the White Plains processing center. William Wong,…
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A coalition of 45 states and territories is seeking preliminary court approval of generic-drug price-fixing settlements with Ascend, Mayne and Citron before a February 2027 trial
A coalition of 45 states and territories has asked a federal court to approve settlements with three generic-drug companies, Ascend Laboratories, Mayne Pharma and Citron Pharma. The settlements are small, and one of them involves no money at all. They matter because they are the latest step in a long price-fixing case that heads to…
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A court-appointed guardian agency owner is charged with keeping $180,000 from a ward’s home sale and spending $87,000 of a ward’s money on a van
A Michigan probate court trusted TriState Guardian Services to manage the affairs of people who could not manage them. Federal prosecutors say the company’s owner, Kijuana Evans, 54, of Clinton Township, and a manager took their money. An indictment announced Oct. 1 accuses them of keeping $180,000 from the sale of a ward’s home and…
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Kroger pharmacy customers who paid for prescriptions with insurance face an Oct. 22 exclusion date and a Dec. 21 claim deadline in a class settlement
A Kroger pharmacy receipt from any year covered by a new class settlement could be worth a claim, and two dates decide what a customer can still do. Anyone who wants out of the case has to ask by Oct. 22, 2026. Anyone who wants a payment has to file by Dec. 21, 2026, the…
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DR Power Pilot and Premier trimmer mowers sold for $380 to $550 at Ace, Tractor Supply and other stores get a free repair kit after 19 fire reports
Anyone who paid $380 to $550 for a DR Power trimmer mower between November 2022 and July 2026 should check the model number on the frame. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Oct. 8 that DR Power Equipment is recalling its Pilot and Premier walk-behind trimmer mowers because grass and debris can build…
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People strip searched twice on the way from Rikers Island to Manhattan court have until Nov. 26 to claim from a city settlement
People held in New York City jails who were strip searched on Rikers Island and then searched again on arrival at the Manhattan court have until Nov. 26, 2026 to claim from a $28 million city settlement. The deadline is a postmark date, and the money is shared among everyone whose claim is approved. The…
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Illinois users of Neutrogena’s Skin360 skin scans can claim from a $4.7 million privacy settlement until Nov. 25
Anyone who ran a Skin360 skin assessment while in Illinois between Dec. 9, 2019 and May 5, 2023 can ask for a share of a $4.7 million privacy settlement. Claim forms are due Nov. 25, 2026, the settlement website says. The case accuses the makers of the Neutrogena and NeoStrata Skin360 tools of violating an…
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A Texas therapist admitted billing Medicaid about $477,872 for therapy that was never provided
Tekiyah McLeod, 34, of Magnolia, Texas, has admitted billing Medicaid about $477,872 for mental health therapy that was never provided. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas says in its Oct. 2 announcement that McLeod pleaded guilty to health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, and that Medicaid paid her about $453,323.…