Link to Complaint. A California court has issued a major ruling against Kars4Kids, finding that the charity violated California’s False Advertising Law and Unfair Competition Law through misleading advertising connected to its long running “1-877-Kars4Kids” vehicle donation campaign. The ruling was issued on May 8, 2026, after a full trial on the merits in Puterbaugh v. Oorah, Inc. and Kars4Kids by Judge Apkarian of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange. The Court found that … [Read more...]
How Bad Can Things Get for Employees Whose Data is Stolen in a W-2 Phishing Scam?
The IRS recently issued an urgent bulletin warning of the dangers of so-called “W-2 phishing" scams. In these cons, fraudsters use phony emails to fool someone in the company into handing over employees’ W-2 records and other personally identifying information and then use the data for all manner of identity theft. While phishing is as old as the internet, the current wave of W-2 scams—often coupled with an old-school wire transfer scam—has reached an unprecedented level. And the consequences … [Read more...]