As consumer activity revs up this holiday season, here are a few of the most common holiday scams.

The Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation have released a new public service announcement with some tips for consumers that can help prevent their card information from getting swiped by criminals when they go to swipe it at the pumps.

Civilian employee, Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for stealing more than $100 million in Army funds.

A civilian employee accused of stealing $100 million from the U.S. Army pleaded guilty to 10 charges in a federal courthouse on Thursday.

We filed a public record request with the San Antonio Police Department asking where they found skimmers in San Antonio last year. They provided a list of more than two dozen locations.

A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the purchase of a car with stolen personal information.

Skimmers are devices that are illegally installed on ATMs, gas pumps, and any other point-of-sale terminals to capture debit and credit card information and record PINs.

UTSA's cybersecurity program has been around for over 20 years and continues to put cybersecurity professionals into the workforce.

A $110,000 truck found in Kentucky after federal authorities attempted to seize it as restitution in a fraud case this summer has been returned to San Antonio, court records filed by the Department of Justice confirm.

Josephine Perez-Gorda, 40, and the man found in possession of the truck, Franklin Powell, were ordered to be in court Jan. 15 for a show cause hearing, according to an order signed by Judge Fred Biery last week.

Criminals are able to clone people's voices from online content, then use that to trick loved ones into handing over money.

A Medina County commissioner who resigned last week citing personal reasons faces felony fraud and tampering with evidence charges, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed to KSAT Wednesday night.

RBFCU tracked a 230% increase in phishing calls and texts in the last two months. Before deleting a phishing text, you should report the message to FTC to help fight the scammers.

Here's a few tips to help decipher the real bankers from the phony impersonators

Department of Justice officials have moved to freeze the assets of a Dripping Springs woman who embellished her Army husband’s wartime injuries as part of a lengthy fraud scheme, federal court records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

A San Antonio man is accused of stealing and cashing in a $95,000 check that was made as a donation to a local church.

Taxpayers should be aware of the “Dirty Dozen,” a list compiled by the IRS of the top 12 tax scams.

Two men were escorted to the Bexar County Jail after being caught trying to purchase firearms with stolen credit cards around town, according to San Antonio police.

A San Antonio couple was federally sentenced to prison for failing to report their income to the IRS and scheming to defraud business investors of over a million dollars, according to the Department of Justice.

A woman convicted in 2016 of murdering her husband during a road rage incident provided false payroll information over a seven-year period in order to avoid more than $9 million in payments, Texas Department of Insurance officials confirmed Thursday.

A Helotes woman convicted of murder in the 2013 death of her husband is back in jail four years after she was released from prison.

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Ashlee Ring faced up to 10 years in prison after being indicted in separate cases that accused her of taking funds from her former employer and then from ECISD’s Future Farmers of America booster club.

Ashlee Ring has been given until March 22 to show significant progress in making restitution in the two felony fraud cases.

Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union has had nearly $1 million in fraud attempts in just the past two weeks, said Vice-President of Enterprise Fraud Brian Munsterteiger, and most of the targets, from what he has seen, have 210 area codes.

A San Antonio woman who had until Tuesday to pay back more than $201,000 in restitution in two felony fraud cases has gotten an extension after convincing a judge she is close to extracting equity from property tied up in a related civil lawsuit.

Authorities have arrested 11 people they say were involved in a crime ring targeting Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union ATMs.

A city of Kirby employee is in custody after Kirby police officers found fraudulent money and large amounts of checks in his car Monday morning.

A San Anronio woman who applied for COVID-19-related unemployment benefits in Massachusetts to which she was not entitled has pleaded guilty.

The former treasurer of an East Central Independent School District booster club pleaded no contest Tuesday in an unrelated felony fraud case and can avoid prison if she pays back more than $201,000 in restitution by early next year, court records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.

In a story published May 22, 2021, The Associated Press reported that Vector Fleet Management submitted fraudulent invoices to Midland County.

Karl Wanke was stunned to open a letter from the Texas Workforce Commission to learn he'd not only filed for unemployment, but had been paid. Turns out, he's one of a surging number of people whose identities were used to fraudulently pocket payouts.

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio woman convicted of stealing nearly $1 million from her employer was sentenced to 45 months in prison, Department of Justice officials said Wednesday. Rosalinda Fuentes will have to pay back the money she took, which is more than $973,000, officials said. Fuentes used paychecks under current and former employees' names and then sent those funds to bank accounts she controlled between 2014 and 2019, officials said. Investigators say Fuentes tried hiding her scheme by voiding the fraudulent transactions but was eventually caught. Related: FBI arrests man for posing as Black Lives Matter leader, collecting donations for personal use

Ex-Castroville police chief accused of having SUV torched before reporting it stolen charged with wire fraudPublished: January 29, 2020, 5:11 pmThe former police chief of Castroville was indicted by a federal grand jury after authorities said he conspired with two other people to have his luxury SUV destroyed before reporting it stolen.

Two employees with San Antonio’s Center City Development & Operations Department have been fired after an investigation found they exchanged disability parking placards that should have been reported to the state and destroyed.