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Idaho fraud victims can seek compensation |
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November 15, 2017 |
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced
Tuesday that Idahoans who sent money to scammers
through Western Union’s wire transfer service
may be eligible for compensation from the U.S.
Department of Justice’s Victim Asset Recovery
Program.
The $586 million fund is part of the multistate
settlement with Western Union Company that
Idaho, along with 49 other states and the
District of Columbia, signed in January 2017.
During the past year, the settlement
administrator has gathered the names of eligible
consumers from multiple complaint sources,
including the Idaho Attorney General’s Consumer
Protection Division, the Federal Trade
Commission and the U.S. Postal Inspection
Service.
The administrator will mail claim forms to
eligible Idahoans in the next two weeks. The
forms include eligibility information as well as
instructions about how to file a claim.
A consumer who does not receive a form in the
mail but believes he or she is eligible to
receive payment from the fund may file at
www.westernunionremission.com.
Consumers also may call 1-844-319-2124, toll
free, for more information on how to file a
claim.
The deadline to file a claim is February 12,
2018. |
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