Main Street Dollars

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Donnie Russell is accused of doing something federal prosecutors call especially cruel: signing a dead homeowner’s own name on a deed to take that person’s house. He is one of five people a federal grand jury in Louisville indicted on August 19, 2026, over a scheme prosecutors say went after vacant houses left behind when…

Chrysler is recalling 239,131 Ram pickups whose backup camera can go dark

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in Recalls

Chrysler has told federal safety regulators that 239,131 Ram 1500 pickups built for the 2025 and 2026 model years can lose their rearview camera picture without any warning light or error message. The cause is a radio software glitch, not a broken camera or a bad wire, and the fix will cost you nothing. But…

Jeep is recalling 328,381 SUVs whose rear springs can fall off, and an earlier repair does not count

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in Recalls

If you own a Jeep Grand Cherokee and already had a rear suspension recall fixed in the past few years, that repair does not close the book. Chrysler parent FCA US, LLC has opened a new recall covering 328,381 SUVs whose rear coil springs may be installed wrong and can detach while the vehicle is…

Two Florida men shipped braces nobody ordered and billed Medicare $34.8 million

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A brace shows up in the mail. Nobody in the house ordered it, no doctor ever mentioned it, and it sits in its box because no one needs it. That is not a shipping error — it is the exact scheme two Florida men just went to federal prison for running on a $34.8 million…

Two people were extradited from France over a timeshare scheme that took $40 million from owners

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A call saying a timeshare has finally sold, but a “tax” or “transfer fee” needs to go out by wire before the money can be released, is the setup federal prosecutors say drove an alleged $40 million scheme. On September 1, two defendants extradited from France, Christian Felipe Rodriguez Peraza and his wife, Brenda Tamayo…

A payment processor will pay $4.85 million after moving $30 million for a tech-support scam

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Brian Lund

in Settlements & Claims

A payment processor that helped move more than $30 million out of American bank accounts for a tech-support scam has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to settle federal fraud charges — but that money is not on its way to victims yet. The Federal Trade Commission says Nuvei, a Canada-based company that processes credit…

Chrysler is recalling 1,271,294 Ram pickups because seat belt anchors were never bolted down

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in Recalls

Chrysler has told federal safety regulators that second-row seat belt buckle anchors on more than 1.27 million Ram 1500 pickups were never bolted to the truck’s body during assembly. For any household that depends on a Ram to get kids to school, gear to a job site, or a family on a road trip, an…

The FTC is sending 2,005 people about $166 apiece from a scheme that promised them success coaches

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Brian Lund

in Settlements & Claims

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing a second round of checks to people who paid to join a business-opportunity program called Blueprint to Wealth, which promised buyers a turnkey business run by so-called success coaches who would supposedly do the work for them. The agency says it is sending 2,005 payments totaling more than $333,000,…

The SEC says a crypto operator took $425 million and spent $51 million on homes, cars and a yacht

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Federal regulators say a Florida crypto entrepreneur ran one of the largest digital-asset Ponzi schemes on record, using a pitch that will sound familiar to anyone who has gotten a message promising guaranteed monthly returns. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s complaint accuses Goliath Ventures, Inc. and its founder, Christopher A. Delgado, of raising at least…

A man who told investors to raid their retirement accounts got 20 years and owes $233.7 million

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Brian Lund