07 March, 2018

GA ranks #2 in nation for consumer fraud - WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports

GA ranks #2 in nation for consumer fraud - WALB.com, South Georgia News, Weather, Sports:



FFINGHAM CO., GA (WTOC) -The Federal Trade Commission ranks Georgia second in the country for consumer fraud in 2017. 

The FTC said it received 96,316 consumer reports of fraud from Georgia in 2017 - or 924 per 100,000 state residents.
Much of the fraud in the Coastal Empire comes from card skimming at gas stations. Effingham County made a large bust recently recovering more than $1,000,000. The Effingham Sheriff's Office says with today's technology, the crime is easy but the criminal is hard to catch.


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