The 2024 Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, recently released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows Wyomingites as having lost $20.1 million in total fraud losses in 2023 with a median fraud loss of $600 per incident. That ranks Wyoming 40th in the nation for fraud reported by population per 100,000 population.
On March 11, Governor Jim Pillen signed Nebraska Legislative Bill 609, the Controllable Electronic Record Fraud Prevention Act, into law. Introduced by State Senator Eliot Bostar and endorsed by AARP Nebraska, the bill successfully passed its final reading on March 6.
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