William Bortz, left, stands alongside his daughter, Ave Williams, at his senior living center in San Diego. Bortz said criminals stole his family's nest egg of almost US$700,000 in an elaborate scheme. Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave that's projected to get worse as the US population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to perpetrate fraud and get away with it. — AP
The scammers are winning.
Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the US population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to perpetrate fraud and get away with it.
