A former kitchen employee of the Cameron County Juvenile Justice Department was recently arrested for felony theft. What was he accused of stealing? Over the course of nine years, he allegedly stole $1.2 million worth of fajitas. Gilberto Escaramilla’s scheme came crashing down when he missed a day of work to attend a medical appointment….
Founded in 2004, Yelp is one of the largest crowd sourced business recommendation networks on the internet. Yelp has more than 174 million unique monthly users and upwards of 110 million reviews on businesses that range from tattoo parlors and doggy day camps, to plumbers and personal injury lawyers. Thus, it should come as no…
Veterans need to be on the lookout for mortgage refinance scams involving Veterans Administration mortgages. According to Ginnie Mae, vets are being lured into repeatedly refinancing their homes – in some cases, multiple times a year – which ends up costing them thousands more. In addition, they may be urged to switch from a long-term,…
The Harris Firm, P.C. is pleased to announce that, in the four months between June 1, 2017 and September 30, 2017, we have recovered over $485,000 for our clients who had been victims of various investment scams. The Harris Firm has successfully pursued many claims for investment fraud over the past 10 years. Please feel…