89-year-old sues Regions after losing $120,000 in alleged online fraud
Regions Bank is being sued by an elderly woman who lost her life savings in a scam. The suit alleges that bank employees did not do enough to ascertain why she was sending nearly all her life’s savings to overseas accounts. (The Daily Memphian file)
The woman lost her money in a scheme that started with a message that her computer had been hacked.
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Jane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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