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      <title>Grand Rapids Man Arrested After Using Client Funds To Make Luxury Purchases</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:51:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[23-year-old man arrested for fraud after using contracting funds for personal expenses in Grand Rapids. <a href="https://wgrd.com/grand-rapids-man-arrested-fraud/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[23-year-old man arrested for fraud after using contracting funds for personal expenses in Grand Rapids. <a href="https://wgrd.com/grand-rapids-man-arrested-fraud/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Police Warning Michigan Shoppers Of New Gift Card Scam</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:01:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you're planning to pick up a gift card for someone on your Christmas shopping list, you need to be aware of an evil new gift card scam that has already drained hundreds of their hard-earned dollars. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/gift-card-scam-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you&apos;re planning to pick up a gift card for someone on your Christmas shopping list, you need to be aware of an evil new gift card scam that has already drained hundreds of their hard-earned dollars. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/gift-card-scam-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>These Are The Most Popular Scams Happening In Michigan</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 04:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Scammers are hitting Michigan residents hard with scams involving taxes and pets. Here's how you can protect yourself from becoming a victim. <a href="https://wgrd.com/these-are-the-most-popular-scams-happening-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Scammers are hitting Michigan residents hard with scams involving taxes and pets. Here&apos;s how you can protect yourself from becoming a victim. <a href="https://wgrd.com/these-are-the-most-popular-scams-happening-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Michigan Attorney General Targets Fake Vaccination Card Schemes</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 20:43:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As vaccination status becomes more important in workplaces and venues across West Michigan, the Michigan Attorney General's office is targeting those who are offering fake vaccination cards online. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-attorney-general-targets-fake-vaccination-card-schemes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As vaccination status becomes more important in workplaces and venues across West Michigan, the Michigan Attorney General&apos;s office is targeting those who are offering fake vaccination cards online. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-attorney-general-targets-fake-vaccination-card-schemes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">&amp;#x1f4f7; Olena Hololobova/State of Michigan</media:description>
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      <title>West Michigan Insurance Agent Charged with Scamming Clients</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:32:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If found guilty on all the charges, the suspect faces over 15 years in prison. <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-insurance-agent-charged-with-scamming-clients/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If found guilty on all the charges, the suspect faces over 15 years in prison. <a href="https://wgrd.com/west-michigan-insurance-agent-charged-with-scamming-clients/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Experts: Flyers in West MI Asking COVID Patients to Expose Themselves to Vaccine Trial Recipient Are Fraudulent</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:16:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Have you seen any signs soliciting COVID-19 patients to help "test the validity" of the vaccine?  Experts say it's a scam. <a href="https://wgrd.com/experts-flyers-in-west-mi-asking-covid-patients-to-expose-themselves-to-vaccine-trial-recipient-are-fraudulent/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Have you seen any signs soliciting COVID-19 patients to help &quot;test the validity&quot; of the vaccine?  Experts say it&apos;s a scam. <a href="https://wgrd.com/experts-flyers-in-west-mi-asking-covid-patients-to-expose-themselves-to-vaccine-trial-recipient-are-fraudulent/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Man Dressed As A Delivery Driver Tricks Health Center Employees</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:48:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Yep, you read that right. A man dressed as a delivery driver tricked health center employees into giving him 29 really important testing kits. See the full video here.
Source: KVOA & Tuscan Police Dept Facebook
 <a href="https://wgrd.com/man-dressed-as-a-delivery-driver-tricks-health-center-employees/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yep, you read that right. A man dressed as a delivery driver tricked health center employees into giving him 29 really important testing kits. See the full video here.
Source: KVOA &amp; Tuscan Police Dept Facebook
 <a href="https://wgrd.com/man-dressed-as-a-delivery-driver-tricks-health-center-employees/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Free Beer and Hot Wings]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Identity Theft Victim Forced To Pay Taxes On The Thief’s Unpaid Purchases</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:23:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Having your identity stolen sucks. But you know what sucks even more than that? Having to pay taxes on the purchases that the identity thief made in your name! And that happened to a man in Tampa, Florida, who is now footing the tax bill for crooks that bought two phones in his name from Verizon... <a href="https://wgrd.com/identity-theft-victim-forced-to-pay-taxes-on-the-thiefs-unpaid-purchases/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Having your identity stolen sucks. But you know what sucks even more than that? Having to pay taxes on the purchases that the identity thief made in your name! And that happened to a man in&nbsp;Tampa, Florida, who is now footing&nbsp;the tax bill for crooks that bought two phones in his name from Verizon... <a href="https://wgrd.com/identity-theft-victim-forced-to-pay-taxes-on-the-thiefs-unpaid-purchases/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Sara Robinson</media:description>
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      <title>Parents, Don’t Fall for the “Letters from Santa” Scam</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:34:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, some people use the season of giving as a season of taking. <a href="https://wgrd.com/parents-dont-fall-for-the-letters-from-santa-scam/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Unfortunately, some people use the season of giving as a season of taking. <a href="https://wgrd.com/parents-dont-fall-for-the-letters-from-santa-scam/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Sparta Police Need Your Help Identifying Fraud Suspect</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's a pretty clear picture, can you help?  <a href="https://wgrd.com/sparta-police-need-your-help-identifying-fraud-suspect/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&apos;s a pretty clear picture, can you help?  <a href="https://wgrd.com/sparta-police-need-your-help-identifying-fraud-suspect/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Sparks]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Michigan is One of the Worst States for Getting “Catfished”</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 01:38:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michiganders are hooking the wrong type of catfish. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-is-one-of-the-worst-states-for-getting-catfished/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michiganders are hooking the wrong type of catfish. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-is-one-of-the-worst-states-for-getting-catfished/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">MTV</media:description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Defendant Who Fled Michigan Served $800k Judgement via Facebook</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/defendant-who-fled-michigan-served-800k-judgement-via-facebook/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:59:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Facebook frenemies.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/defendant-who-fled-michigan-served-800k-judgement-via-facebook/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Facebook frenemies.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/defendant-who-fled-michigan-served-800k-judgement-via-facebook/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>BBB of West MI is Warning People of Romance Scams</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/bbb-of-west-mi-is-warning-people-of-romance-scams/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:55:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The BBB estimates a million victims in the U.S. alone. <a href="https://wgrd.com/bbb-of-west-mi-is-warning-people-of-romance-scams/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The BBB estimates a million victims in the U.S. alone. <a href="https://wgrd.com/bbb-of-west-mi-is-warning-people-of-romance-scams/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Michigan Woman Defrauded Out of 30K By Fake Tom Cruise</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:37:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How's the phrase go? If it seems to good to be true... it's probably a douche pretending to be Tom Cruise on the Internet?
Yeah, something like that.
The Press and Guide reports a woman visited the Dearborn, Mich. Police Department on Nov... <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-woman-defrauded-out-of-30k-by-fake-tom-cruise/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How&apos;s the phrase go? If it seems to good to be true... it&apos;s probably a douche pretending to be Tom Cruise on the Internet?
Yeah, something like that.
The Press and Guide reports a woman visited the Dearborn, Mich. Police Department on Nov... <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-woman-defrauded-out-of-30k-by-fake-tom-cruise/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Moving Company Employee Busted For Attempting To Fake An Injury To Get Workman’s Comp</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:32:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Is there anything worse than fraud? This idiot got caught on camera trying to get workman's comp. It backfires on him really bad. <a href="https://wgrd.com/moving-company-employee-busted-for-attempting-to-fake-an-injury-to-get-workmans-comp/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Is there anything worse than fraud? This idiot got caught on camera trying to get workman&apos;s comp. It backfires on him really bad. <a href="https://wgrd.com/moving-company-employee-busted-for-attempting-to-fake-an-injury-to-get-workmans-comp/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2017 16:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Do you recognize these men?
WZZM-13 reports that the Grand Rapids Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying two men who have reportedly made fraudulent purchases at Best Buy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/two-men-wanted-for-fraud-at-grand-rapids-best-buy-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you recognize these men?
WZZM-13 reports that the Grand Rapids Police Department is asking for the public&apos;s help identifying two men who have reportedly made fraudulent purchases at Best Buy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/two-men-wanted-for-fraud-at-grand-rapids-best-buy-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:01:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2015, over 2,000 Michigan residents gave $36,372 to an organization to fight breast cancer. The organization that raised the money is being accused of giving all of the funds to pay its president and professional fundraisers. <a href="https://wgrd.com/money-raised-in-michigan-to-fight-breast-cancer-goes-to-pay-salary-and-professional-fundraisers/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In 2015, over 2,000 Michigan residents gave&nbsp;$36,372 to an organization to fight breast cancer. The organization that raised the money is being accused of giving all of the funds to pay its president and professional fundraisers. <a href="https://wgrd.com/money-raised-in-michigan-to-fight-breast-cancer-goes-to-pay-salary-and-professional-fundraisers/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Milhouse]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Michigan Unemployment Fraud and the Pistons are in Trouble – FBHW Segment 16</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:34:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There's apparently a log of unemployment fraud going on in Michigan, and the guys check out a story on it on today's Segment 16. Also, why does it take so long to get your new driver's license? And WTF is really going on with the Pistons and they're terrible turn this season? <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-unemployment-fraud-and-the-pistons-are-in-trouble-fbhw-segment-16/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There&apos;s apparently a log of unemployment fraud going on in Michigan, and the guys check out a story on it on today&apos;s Segment 16. Also, why does it take so long to get your new driver&apos;s license? And WTF is really going on with the Pistons and they&apos;re terrible turn this season? <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-unemployment-fraud-and-the-pistons-are-in-trouble-fbhw-segment-16/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Johnnie Walker]]></dc:creator>
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