A man is now in custody and is facing charges in a Dakota County case involving an alleged large-scale financial scam that drained hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly Lakeville resident.

A Minnesota man has been indicted in federal court on allegations that he filed and conspired to file false tax returns seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.

A Burnsville man already serving a lengthy federal prison sentence for a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme has received a downward durational sentence in a separate Dakota County financial crime case tied to fraudulent loan documents used at Wings and Royal Credit Union in the south metro.

The Apple Valley City Council has unanimously approved a new ordinance prohibiting virtual currency kiosks, often referred to as cryptocurrency or Bitcoin ATMs, within the city limits, citing rising fraud, cybercrime, and limited law enforcement ability to recover stolen funds.

Three people have been charged in Dakota County with conspiring to defraud a local grocery store chain through a Western Union money order scam that investigators say stretched across several months and involved nearly $10,000 in fraudulent transactions.

Over the past several years, Corey Hayes has been tied to a series of armed robberies, burglaries, fraud schemes, and now domestic violence and stalking allegations that paint a portrait of escalating criminal conduct stretching nearly a decade.

The Eagan Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in identifying an individual about an active financial transaction card fraud case.

A 33-year-old resident of Jordan, Minnesota, is facing multiple felony charges across Hennepin and Scott counties for a series of alleged fraudulent activities involving forged checks, theft by swindle, and attempts to defraud individuals and businesses.