Main Street Dollars

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Two founders of a Tampa-based real estate investment company have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of pocketing retirement and health-insurance money that had already been deducted from their own employees’ paychecks. Federal prosecutors say the payroll deductions kept coming out of workers’ pay, but the money stopped reaching the 401(k) plan and the…

The IRS says it will never call or text asking for the six-digit number that protects a return

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in Fraud & Scams

A federal notice from the Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners this month renewed a specific warning aimed at anyone who has ever worried about a stolen refund: no one from the agency will ever telephone, email or text asking for the six-digit code that keeps a tax return tied to the right…

The consumer bureau has not filed a new enforcement case in more than a year

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in Consumer Rights

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s public list of enforcement actions has not gained a new entry since August 21, 2025, when the agency sued a failed fintech company called Synapse Financial Technologies. More than a year has now passed without a fresh case appearing on that list, an unusually quiet stretch for the federal regulator…

Ring customers are being paid again over the camera-spying case, and the money arrives by Zelle

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Some former Ring customers who never collected an earlier settlement payment are now seeing money show up in their bank accounts through Zelle. The Federal Trade Commission is sending a new wave of payments tied to a 2023 case over how the smart-camera company handled customer videos and account security. For anyone who owned a…

Amazon is sending delivery drivers a third round of withheld tips, this time by Zelle

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Amazon Flex drivers who never cashed an earlier settlement check are getting a new shot at that money, this time landing straight in a bank account. The Federal Trade Commission has opened a third round of payments tied to tips Amazon withheld from delivery drivers between 2016 and 2019, using Zelle instead of a paper…

Jordan Trought drew eight years and a $6,166,227 forfeiture for a sweepstakes scam aimed at older Americans

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in Fraud & Scams

A federal judge in White Plains sentenced Jordan Trought, a 31-year-old Jamaican national, to eight years in prison this week for leading part of an international sweepstakes fraud ring that took more than $9 million from more than 200 elderly victims across the United States. The Southern District of New York’s announcement, dated September 10,…

Prime refunds are going out by check, PayPal or Venmo, and Amazon has not published a mailing date

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A $2.5 billion settlement ranks among the largest the Federal Trade Commission has ever announced, yet the agency’s own page for the case currently gives no delivery date for a large share of the money still owed. Amazon has already paid out one round of Prime refunds tied to the case, but a second round…

A Grubhub settlement check dies if it is not cashed within 90 days

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More than 640,000 checks and electronic payments are moving through the mail and inboxes of Grubhub drivers and diners right now, and each one comes with an expiration date attached. The Federal Trade Commission is distributing more than $23.8 million to people it says were harmed by the delivery platform’s business practices, and the agency…

Cash App users are getting refund checks under a $75 million CFPB order

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Brian Lund

Some Cash App users are opening their mailboxes this year to find a paper check they never asked for, sent by a company most of them have never heard of. The checks trace back to a January 2025 order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against Block, Inc., the parent company of Cash App, over…

Former AT&T customers who never cashed a 2024 refund check are getting the money by Zelle instead

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Brian Lund