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Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Dec 1912, p. 7     Thirteen men were indicted in New York City Tuesday for fraudulent selling of rare books. Mrs. Amanda L. Patten, wife of James A. Patten, was one of the victims who lost $22,700. Other victims includ

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 26 Jun 1913, p. 4     Merchants are warned to be on guard against forged money orders

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 30 Jul 1914, p. 3     Department of Agriculture has investigated many of the so-called and claimed fat reducers and find frauds. The compounds contain injurious drugs and death has resulted in a number of cases

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Aug 1914, p. 3     Some passengers lie about the ages of children to avoid payment of half fares causing alarming loss of revenue to the railroads.

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 30 Oct 1914, p. 1     ...

Alan Schmidt, Wilmette Life, 12 Aug 2010, p. 7     Winnetka Police report some residents have been victims of bank fraud involving international transfers of money from their home equity lines of credit.

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Dec 1918, p. 1     Members of the New Trier Commercial Association have devised plans to guard against post-war imposters who claim to be veterans.

Irv Leavitt, Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Jun 2007, 5, 17     Residents were evacuated from their homes Tuesday afternoon when an item that looked like a bomb was found at the Kenilworth home of Kurt Calabrese, son of Frank Calabrese, Sr., a defendant in the Fa

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jun 1914, p. 6     Two young men passed a bad check for $10 in Highland Park yesterday. The check was made out by Earl Davis and endorsed by George Fitzgerald. Evanston police have been informed.

Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 May 1914, p. 1     Many local citizens from Bank Official to Grocery Clerks taken for dollar each in smooth old contest.

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Nov 2007, p. 7     Readers of NorthShore Magazine are being warned of a scam attempting to charge them for subscriptions which are fee to households requesting the publication.

Irv Leavitt, Wilmette Life, 6 Mar 2008, p. 6     Philip Kwon, 31, of Skokie, stole almost $44,000 from a former Wilmette Chase Bank customer. Kwon, of 5055 W. Madison Place, Skokie, is scheduled for arraignment Monday

Alan Schmidt, Wilmette Life, 26 Aug 2010, p. 30     An 80-year old woman on the 1200 block of Dartmouth street reported to police August 17 that she was the victim of a Canadian lottery scam.

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Apr 1971, p. 132     Four North Shore residents were arrested in 1969 for promoting a charity art auction fraud. They have been enjoined from soliciting money on behalf of charitable causes in Illinois.

Wilmette Life, 28 Jul 2011, p. 28    

Wilmette Life, 17 Feb 2011, p. 5     Donald Doering, 63, of Wilmette, and Jay Strauss, 75, of Scottsdale, Arizona, were charged with wire fraud in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Wednesday. The pair contracted through

Kimbery Fornek, Wilmette Life, 4 Feb 2010, p. 12     A Chicago man accused of swindling his Wilmette girlfriend of $225,000 pleaded not guilty last week. Full article available at Wilmette Public Library

Kimberly Fornek, Wilmette Life, 19 Feb 2009, p. 8     Wilmette family called police when a suspicious plumbing inspector visited their house on the 400 block of locust Road.visited

Wilmette Life, 27 Aug 2009, p. 17     Full article available at Wilmette Public Library.

Lynne Stiefel, Wilmette Life, 25 Feb 2010, p. 11     Teddie Kossof, 64, owner of a Northfield hair salon and spa, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to filing a false income tax return. Full digital issue available at Wilmette Public Library.