Financial fraud, schwab, chinese elderly couple, $18 m loss

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/schwab-crypto-alleged-fraud-elderly-205351006.html

 

Schwab, crypto, alleged fraud and an elderly couple's $18.5M loss

 

In July of this year, Lawrence Liu saw a pop-up warning appear on his computer telling him his Schwab accounts were under attack.

Liu was provided with a phone number ostensibly for a Schwab employee who could help him protect his assets. The scammer advised Liu to move his and his wife's assets to other institutions for safekeeping.

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