fraud

A Sioux Falls woman in her sixties is out $400 after a scam that began in India. Police Information Officer Sam Clemens says the woman got a call telling her something was wrong with her computer. He says the caller was able to talk the 66-year-old woman into downloading software that allowed him access to her computer...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A jury in Cleveland has convicted the mysterious defendant in a $100 million, cross-country veterans charity fraud case.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State and federal officials say they have reached a settlement with a Rapid City optometrist in a civil case involving alleged overpayments.

A possible fraud complaint from a homeowner about a contractor is being investigated by Sioux Falls Police.

Four men from Georgia, all in their 20s, are charged in a forgery scheme in Sioux Falls that police say involved dozens of checks and tens of thousands of dollars in losses to banks and other businesses.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man must repay more than $106,000 to his former employer for company checks he wrote to pay personal expenses and credit card bills.

A Sioux Falls man who pleaded guilty to a felony fraud charge has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to make restitution. The State Department of Revenue says Patrick J. Ford, 47, pleaded guilty to making a false statement on an application for a certificate of motor vehicle title...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Sturgis couple has been indicted on federal charges of scamming Filipino migrant workers by making them pay fees in exchange for help getting temporary work visas.

A former South Dakota optometrist has publically apologized for committing Medicaid fraud over a period of more than three years.

The South Dakota Department of Revenue is warning people to use common sense when hiring a transient vendor to do home repair this summer.