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Poverty in America: Millions of families too broke for bank accounts

Sabino Fuentes-Sanchez hid $25,000 all around his house because he didn't trust banks. Lasonia Christon receives her Walmart salary on a pre-paid debit card. Kim James was homeless for most of the past decade in part because she had no place to save money. There are plenty of reasons people still live all-cash lives, but the sheer number who do it might surprise you.

 

Threatened by isolation, Switzerland lifting veil on secret bank accounts

Swiss Banks

For decades, Switzerland was the place where money went to hide. Cash sent to its mountain aeries was protected by some of the strictest secrecy laws in the world.

 

Woman sentenced for spiking Utah man's smoothie

A Utah woman was sentenced Tuesday to consecutive prison terms for spiking a 79-year-old man's peach smoothie with antifreeze after taking control of his bank accounts....

 

Scam traffics in kids' social security numbers

Scam traffics in kids' social security numbers

The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one has a bank account.

Senh: These scammers are starting early. My little brother's social security number was used once by an adult. My response to the creditors was how could my little brother, who was 5 at the time, be working and buying all that stuff.

 

Kate accuses Jon of draining bank account

The split between Jon and Kate Gosselin has been contentious from the beginning, but Jon could be found in contempt of court for the unauthorized withdrawal of $200,000 from the couple's joint bank account, Kate Gosselin's attorney told PEOPLE.

 

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