Raising awareness about fraud targeting seniors

The FBI reported in 2023 seniors lost $3.4 billion, an 11 percent increase in reported losses from 2022, through an ever-growing array of scams targeting the nation’s senior population. I co-sponsored a Senate Resolution the Senate unanimously passed to help increase awareness and support efforts to combat fraud targeting seniors.

The Idaho Department of Finance, among others, have been helping to educate Idaho’s seniors and caregivers about how to prevent, identify and report financial crimes and abuse.

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