Moneygram Agrees To Settle Scam Charges

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Fri, 11/09/2012 - 5:54am

MoneyGram says it has agreed to set up a $100 million compensation fund as part of a settlement of government accusations of fraud through money-transfer scams from 2003 to 2009.

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