Council approved an ordinance (B3) to regulate virtual‑currency kiosks — including warning signage, receipts, and daily transaction limits — with AARP testifying that kiosks are a growing source of fraud targeting older adults.

Utah Insurance Department fraud director Arman Glick outlines how ghost brokers obtain discounted premiums by falsifying applications and offers practical red flags: unusually low premiums, nontraditional payment methods, personal email addresses, and verifying agent licensing via the state website.

Health and Human Services staff outlined coordinated-entry and prevention contracts funded by the consolidated homeless grant and said payments are processed on reimbursement and backup documentation; commissioners pressed whether the county follows up with clients to guard against fraud, and staff said random follow-up calls could be added to audit practices.

Roger Gordon, cofounder and president of Safety Deed, presented a patented blockchain-backed title-protection covenant intended to alert recorders and block enforceability of future transfers without a Safety Deed certificate; he framed the product as a consumer safeguard against deed fraud targeting seniors.

City commissioners approved an ordinance to restrict convertible virtual currency kiosks in certain locations after staff described roughly 16 kiosks in the city and more than $300,000 in reported victim losses; staff said many victims are older adults and tracing funds is difficult.

After testimony about local scam reports and state-level activity, councilors approved amended language at first reading that would ban virtual-currency kiosks and software allowing ATMs to operate as crypto kiosks; amendment passed to include ATM software, and the ordinance advanced on first reading (10–1–1).

The committee forwarded three District Attorney items to the full board: a $75,000 revolving fund agreement renewal to pay emergency victim expenses, a $1,000,000 workers' compensation fraud grant to fund investigative and prosecutorial positions, and a roughly $4.0 million victim‑witness assistance grant to fund nine advocates over three years.

A coalition of major global banks — including Bank of America, Capital One, and NatWest — is sounding the alarm that AI shopping agents are racing ahead of the fraud protections consumers rely on. The concern: when an AI buys something on your behalf and something goes wrong, nobody's quite sure who's responsible or where to turn.

The council voted to amend the general ordinance to add a prohibition on cryptocurrency ATMs following police testimony that ATMs have been used in scams that cost local victims large sums and are difficult to trace and recover; existing devices would need removal within 30 days and fines of $300 per device per day were proposed.

Police Chief Tony Slowick and AARP fraud specialist Dan Moll recommended a city ban on public cryptocurrency kiosks (crypto ATMs), citing six local scam reports this year and national data showing rapid growth in kiosk-related fraud; staff proposed a 90‑day removal window for existing kiosks.

Town staff reported repeated cases of scammers emailing professional-looking invoices to applicants immediately after meetings; staff recommended adding warnings to notices of decision, email signatures and website notices and limiting personally identifiable contact info on posted applications.

Industry and public-witnesses told the council that the Department of Finance's published supplemental role made it unusually easy to assemble homeowners' contact and valuation data, creating opportunities for scammers and safety risks; speakers urged immediate mitigation and clarified public-record limits.

House bill CS/HB 777 addresses fraud and neglect issues affecting vulnerable populations.

Florida House bill establishes penalties for filing false liens and misuse of identification.

Florida House includes penalties for fraud involving protective equipment and vaccine sales.

The county board unanimously adopted an amendment and then approved a resolution encouraging state action on Assembly Bill 384 and Senate Bill 386 to regulate virtual-currency kiosks, after prosecutors described repeated scams that have targeted local residents, often seniors.

Kelsey Zack presents legislation to protect Idaho veterans from fraudulent claims assistance.