- Answer (1 of 15): How does someone steal “your” inheritance? From legal wills to personal bank accounts, all of this is done through an attorney and sometimes taken to court. Were you promised this inheritance? Were you told money would be split a certain way when a loved one passed. Was it in wr...
- If you are an heir fighting inheritance theft, you will likely have to pay your attorney on an hourly basis, since you will be engaged in an ongoing legal dispute. U.S. law firms' hourly rates averaged $245 per hour in 2018. The average heir may experience sticker shock when hearing how much they may have to pay to fight for their inheritance.
- Phillip Cummings: Stole and Sold 33,000 Credit Reports. One of the most famous identity theft cases of recent years was that of Phillip Cummings. The 35-year-old, Phillip Cummings worked at a small software company in Long Island.He worked there briefly for a year, from 1999 to 2000, but before leaving the company, he stole the credit reports of about 33,000 people across the US.
- The National Law Review provides news and coverage on federal taxing agencies including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Treasury, and state and local government agencies, which ...
- Inheritance fraud involves a person receiving a contact from someone representing themselves as being a solicitor or banker managing a large sum of money from a deceased estate. The initial approach is unexpected and the contact may be personalised to you using your correct name, address or other personal information. The fraudster may have located your family tree from a