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1. ‘This has left me with the inability to trust anyone’: Wisconsin woman loses over $500,000 to romance scam

Romance scams are among the world’s fastest-growing frauds. According to Nasdaq Verafrin, a financial crime management company, in 2023, $3.8 billion was lost to romance scams and other confidence schemes. One Wisconsin woman recently lost the fourth-largest amount of money in the U.S. to a romance scam.

2. Pursuing the American Dream: From refugee camp to owning 6 Fox Valley restaurants

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