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Have the Banks Gone Crazy? Wells Fargo Sues Itself
By Angie Moreschi:
We’ve apparently reached the perfect storm for complete and utter idiocy by some banks trying to foreclose on homes. Wells Fargo is now suing itself in order to foreclose on a property in Tampa, FL. Sounds crazy, but it’s true. Click here to watch the video and learn more.
Health Insurance Nightmare - Coverage Canceled!
A Texas woman battling breast cancer fought back against a big health insurance company when it canceled her coverage after she was diagnosed. It’s little known, controversial, insurance industry practice called rescission. Companies like Blue Cross Blue Shield dump patients after it’s learned they have a serious illness. The practice is an outrage, and this woman wasn’t going to take it. CNN Money’s Jim Acosta shares her fight in this report. Click here to watch the video and learn more about “rescission” and how patients are denied coverage.
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CWN Staff
Jonathan Cohen
Jonathan Cohen was born in upstate New York and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. While successfully managing to avoid developing a southern accent or an affinity for country music, Read more »
Jillian Estes
Jill Estes was raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. As the middle daughter of small business owners, she learned early on about how important it is to be an advocate for the little guys. Read more »
Kim Fowlkes
Kim Fowlkes was born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and received a degree from Hillsborough Community College. She has extensive experience as a paralegal. Read more »
Chris Hoyer
Factory worker, Laborer, Fisherman, Career Federal and State Prosecutor, Campaign Manager, Systems Designer, and Artist.
Frank Martelli
Frank Martelli was employed in law enforcement for over twenty-five years. During this time, he worked for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, Florida. Read more »
Nicole Mayer
Nicole spends much of her time with CWN fighting to help victims of predatory student lending, or as she likes to call it: Subprime for Kids. Read more »
Angie Moreschi
Angie has 20 years working as an investigative journalist at TV stations all over the country. She is a national award winning producer, reporter and anchor. Read more »
John Newcomer
Being the son of parents that survived "The Great Depression" John was taught at an early age the value of family and hard work. His first job was at the age of 12 delivering the evening newspaper Read more »
Jim Ross
Investigating consumer fraud, corruption and wrong-doing for the past 25 years, Jim Ross came to The Consumer Warning Network from the Economic Crimes Unit of Florida Attorney General Read more »
Al Scudieri
Al Scudieri is a native of New York City who graduated from the City University of NY. He joined the FBI in 1969 as a Special Agent and was assigned at New York, Alabama and Washington, D.C. Read more »
Terry Smiljanich
Terry is part of the original baby boomer generation, born at MacDill Airfield, Tampa, Florida, shortly after World War II, to a military family. His dad was part of the D-Day Read more »
Chad Soriano
Chad Soriano brings more than 12 years of experience as a television news videographer and still camera photographer. Chad worked at Tampa's Fox Television station, WTVT. Read more »
Bob Ulmer
Bob is originally from New Jersey and after graduating from Niagara University with a degree in Accounting, he spent 3 years as a US Army officer. He is a Vietnam veteran. Read more »
Larry Wiezycki
Larry´s unique brand of television post production, shooting and editing has been broadcast all over the country in both national and local feature programming. Read more »
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Consumer Warning Network comes online
The inaugural blog post for the Consumer Warning Network. Here we’ll be posting news articles, stories, and warnings - basically any information relevant to everyday people about the many flavors of consumer fraud going on all around us each and every day. We’ll have tips and general information gathered from our full-time investigative team on topics ranging from discriminatory credit scoring practices to predatory lending. Where appropriate we’ll provide information on how and where you can obtain help. Check back often for updates on our investigations.
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Top Stories
What’s Wrong With the Cost of Health Care - A Tale of Two Cities
By John Newcomer: The crazy world of health care costs can best be illustrated by the “Tale of Two Cities.” Health care spending varies wildly based... Read more »
Which Airplanes and Airlines are the Safest?
By Terry Smiljanich: The crash of Air France Flight 447 in Brazil, last week, killing 228 passengers and crew, has renewed questions about airline safety in many... Read more »
Consumer Alerts
Help for Students Struggling to make Loan Payments
By Nicole Mayer: The government just unveiled an Income-Based Repayment plan to help those federal student loan borrowers struggling to make student loan payments. The... Read more »
Want a Lower Mortgage Payment? Just Ask!
By Nicole Mayer: With property values dropping dramatically, property taxes are also falling, and that could be an opportunity for you to save money. Many homeowners... Read more »
Where's the Outrage?
Madoff Sentenced: 150 Years!
Bernard Madoff apologized ever so briefly at the end of the hearing where he was sentenced to the maximum of 150 years in jail for the biggest Ponzi scheme ever... Read more »
Fight Foreclosure: Make ‘Em Produce the Note
Using the “produce the note” strategy is something all homeowners facing foreclosure can do. If you believe you’ve been treated unfairly, fight back. We have... Read more »
Voice of Democracy
What is the Career College Association Trying to Hide?
By Angie Moreschi: Is the Career College Association afraid of the public scrutiny of its member colleges? It would seem so. The Career College Association has decided... Read more »
AG’s Take Action on CWN Reports of Foreclosure Abuse
Several Attorneys General nationwide are taking action in response to information readers provided to Consumer Warning Network. CWN recently reported that it... Read more »
Your Money
Travel Insurance - Do I Really Need It?
So you’ve gotten your travel invoice and see that somehow you signed up for travel insurance (see our article from last week on how you can get tricked into... Read more »
Foreclosure Roundtable: Frustration Leads to Promises of Help
Homeowners are quick to tell Consumer Warning Network about repeated frustrations in trying to get mortgage lenders to work with them to avoid foreclosure. Now,... Read more »


