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Montgomery County police have charged a woman with fraud after she allegedly provided out-of-state residents with fraudulent documents to obtain a Maryland driver’s license from Maryland’s Vehicle Administration. After a nearly 14-month investigation, Elisa Ordonez, 38, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of fraud. Detectives believe that more than 40 people provided the fraudulent documentation from Ordonez […]

Montgomery County police say residents in the last two weeks have fallen victim to the “Grandparent Scam” — someone calls a number claiming to be a grandchild who needs money to get out of jail. Each resident has lost $5,000 to the scammer, police said. One victim was instructed to wire money to a bank […]

A 48-year-old Germantown physician trained in pain management was convicted last week on 26 felony counts in two schemes — one to receive $1.376 million in kickbacks for referring patients’ urine toxicology specimens to a New Jersey lab and the other for fraudulently billing for anesthesia services. According to a statement from Stephen M. Schenning, […]

Background: What is Equifax? Equifax is one of three major U.S. credit reporting bureaus. The other two are TransUnion and Experian. There is also a smaller, less well-known credit-reporting agency called Innovis (aka CBCInnovis) that operates slightly different in that its main purpose is to provide mortgage credit reporting services to the financial services industry. […]

Montgomery County police are looking for two men whom they believe perpetrated two scams in the county where they present a bit of real gold and at the end of a transaction, the scammers have the victim’s money and the victims are left with worthless, fake gold. Police say they have arrest warrants for Xiaoping […]

The latest Consumer Alert from the Office of Consumer Protection is about online scams. Watch the alert, below:

Here are your five things to know today, Aug. 3, in Montgomery County: 1. Summit on Violence: Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger will attend the National Summit on Violence in America today at the Newseum in D.C. Strategies to reduce violence across the nation.  2. Confederate Statue: Find out the latest on the Confederate statue in […]

Here are your five things to know today, July 17, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Rabid Bat: One week ago today, Gaithersburg animal control officers captured a rabid bat in a resident’s apartment. Now, officials are reminding residents to get their cats and dogs vaccinated against the rabies virus. There’s a free rabies clinic taking […]

The Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) recently received a National Fraud Information Center alert about phishing activity in our area. A Montgomery County resident was contacted by an individual claiming to work for Dish Network. The person offered the resident a promotion where, if the customer prepaid for six months of service, he […]