Watch Out Scottsdale: You’re in the Crosshairs for Scammers

With a population that leans both old and wealthy, Scottsdale has become well known as a place for fraudsters to both live and pillage, so much so that we’ve written numerous pieces about it, which you can read here. And with technology comes new and innovative ways to steal from people. One of the newer and hottest ways to separate … Read More

Yet Another Fraud in Scottsdale…Are We Officially Fraud Central in Arizona?

It was only weeks ago that we had written about yet another fraud cause born out of Scottsdale was that had been prosecuted. And was had thought, perhaps naively, that it would be months and months before another similar case came to our attention…but we were wrong. Recently Christopher Galvin was convicted of defrauding an investor out of $100,000 as part of … Read More

Another Scottsdale Fraud Case Being Prosecuted: Is the City a Hotspot for Financial Malfeasance?

The actions to mitigate the financial stress caused by our nation’s COVID-19 response were swift and significant; the federal government was throwing checks to every citizen, giving loans with extremely favorable payback requirements or total forgiveness to nearly anyone who asked, and many people received massive amounts of money that they had no real business receiving and with essentially no … Read More

Scottsdale-Based Business in Trouble with the Feds: Is it Warranted or Not?

  Most of you have likely heard of Zelle; they are a payment processing company on par with CashApp or Venmo, making payments between individuals or small businesses extremely easy and generally at no cost. It boasted over 140 million users as of this year. It’s a giant. You probably didn’t know that it’s powered by a Scottsdale company however, … Read More

An Omelette with a Side of…Fraud?

Last year, an ambitious restaurateur decided to take a bold chance: she brought her unique concept to Phoenix and opened her second location in the midst of a pandemic. One year later, her risk-taking may lead to time in federal prison, but for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with her restaurant. The owner and operator of Breakfast Bitch, … Read More