Foreign Scammers Exploit U.S. Banks to Target Americans
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Summary
The article discusses how foreign scammers use U.S. banks to defraud Americans, focusing on a specific case involving Brian Maloney Jr. and his family's business. It highlights the challenges faced by U.S. banks in preventing online scams by Asian crime syndicates.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledBrian Maloney Jr. was flummoxed when he was served with a lawsuit against his family’s business, Middlesex Truck and Coach, in January.
Asian crime syndicates’ online scams have reached industrial proportions, cheating victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.
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