The online discussions I host give me an opportunity to see the financial issues that trouble people the most. Often what I find are people racked with fear. ...more

December 16, 2007

A British man who was declared dead after disappearing at sea five years ago masterminded an elaborate life insurance fraud to pay off family debts and also lied to get a false passport, police said Saturday. ...more

December 9, 2007

A former bank manager was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for orchestrating a robbery at the Apollo Beach bank where she worked. ...more

November 14, 2007

TAMPA - A former bank manager was sentenced this morning to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for orchestrating a robbery at the Apollo Beach bank where she worked. Bibi Lall, 36, acknowledged plotting with armed robber Paul Anthony Graham, 46, to take $127,000 from Trustco Bank in October 2006. When investigators pressured Lall for details on the crime, she lied and told them Graham had blackmailed her, threatening to tell her husband about her boyfriend, lawyers said. ...more

November 13, 2007