Tens of thousands of timeshare owners have filed complaints in court, with state attorneys general and the Better ...
Timeshare exit fraud is a serious problem that can lead to significant financial losses, particularly among older adults who are often the targets.
Vacationers seeking a Puerto Vallarta-area getaway online in recent years might have encountered Kovay Gardens, a 22-room resort with a private beach and four swimming pools abutting the Pacific Ocean ...
Timeshare owners are being targeted by organized crime groups running sophisticated fraud operations that have cost Americans close to $300 million since 2019. The FBI, Treasury Department and FinCEN ...
Getting out of a timeshare is hard enough. Now Mexican drug cartels are getting involved. Bentley University Professor and creator of scamicide.com Steve Weisman says drug cartels are preying upon ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. Timeshares are a legitimate vacation option for many people with about 9.6 million ...
Behind its plain name and nondescript Houston office, RCI Hospitality Holdings runs a flashy empire. The company owns Rick’s Cabaret, Bombshells and Miami’s Tootsie’s Cabaret, which bills itself as ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Last month, FOX 13 News brought you a story about the ins and outs of navigating timeshares. WATCH: Everything you need to know about protecting yourself from timeshare scams ...
The Houston-based parent company of strip clubs, including Bombshells and Rick's Cabaret, has, along with several of its top executives, been charged with crimes including tax fraud, conspiracy, and ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Summer may be winding down, but that doesn’t mean vacations stop for consumers, and if there's one thing you can find year-round, it’s a timeshare. Timeshares are well-known as ...
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug trafficking cartel to scam elderly Americans in a ...
FIRST ON FOX: The Treasury Department sanctioned a network of individuals linked to a "brutally violent" cartel for hundreds of millions of dollars of timeshare fraud targeting Americans in popular ...