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John Leiber: “There's a lot of financial fraud going on, whether it's…”

Featuring: John Leiber, Republican | Wisconsin Treasurer

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Published | Video Starts at 14:25

So I want to focus on, well, something I've gotten a lot lately is people contacting the office say did you send this or did. Am I supposed to send you money? And what's happening is There's a lot of financial fraud going on, whether it's online or on the phone. And sometimes they oftentimes the scammers will try to pretend they're government officials or they're missing taxes and you pay to the state treasurer and you'll get a refund later. (14:25–14:30)

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Asserts that financial fraud is prevalent online and via phone.

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