New York – Internet con men appear to be targeting victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal. The Securities Investor Protection Corporation warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus Web site in an attempt to trick Madoff victims into turning over confidential financial information. The site mimics the legitimate one set up by SIPC, with the [...]

New York City – A crooked cabbie stole an estimated $40,000 by overcharging passengers in what appears to be the city’s biggest rider rip-off ever, authorities said Monday. Wasim Khalid Cheema manipulated the meter in his yellow cab to inflate fares paid by unsuspecting passengers, authorities said. A Taxi and Limousine Commission review of trip data concluded [...]

New York City – A crooked cabbie stole an estimated $40,000 by overcharging passengers in what appears to be the city’s biggest rider rip-off ever, authorities said Monday. Wasim Khalid Cheema manipulated the meter in his yellow cab to inflate fares paid by unsuspecting passengers, authorities said. A Taxi and Limousine Commission review of trip data concluded [...]