Associated Press – February 28, 2010 11:15 AM ET WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) – The lawyer for a Wisconsin teen convicted of using a Facebook scam to blackmail classmates into sex says the 15-year… Read more:  Lawyer: 15-yr sentence for Wis. sex scam ‘fair’...

A judge has cleared the way for a former Radio New Zealand news boss to take the state broadcaster to court for fraud for allegedly failing to disclose documents. View original here: Sacked news boss cleared to bring fraud case against RNZ (Stuff)

A special alert has been issued about a nation-wide mortgage scam. Continued here: New hot line to report mortgage scam artists (Bucks County Courier Times)

Six people face charges in connection with a Nanaimo debit-card-fraud scheme police believe may be linked to organized crime. Describing the group — all from the Lower Mainland — as highly organized, police say PIN pads may have been stolen from as many as 10 Nanaimo businesses. Excerpt...

Former SK Foods CEO Scott Salyer pleaded not guilty Friday to federal racketeering and fraud charges, and a judge delayed ruling whether Salyer would be released on bail. Read more here:  SK Foods CEO pleads not guilty to fraud charges (Santa Cruz Sentinel)

State police in Waynesburg are reminding area residents that during cold weather, they should remain vigilant for home-improvement scam artists. Read more from the original source:  Police warn of home-scam artists (The Uniontown Herald Standard)

Well-meaning senior citizens who think they are helping a grandchild in distress are becoming victims of another wave of the so-called “Grandparent Scam,” warns Better Business Bureau. So far, the scam has targeted grandparents in more than a dozen states and Canadian...

The FBI is hunting for a Queens man who went on the lam last week before he could be arrested for masterminding a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme. See original here:  Queens con artist Raghunath on lam in $7M mortgage fraud (New York Daily News)