89-year-old sues Regions after losing $120,000 in alleged online fraud
Regions Bank is being sued by an elderly woman who lost her life savings in a scam. The suit alleges that bank employees did not do enough to ascertain why she was sending nearly all her life’s savings to overseas accounts. (The Daily Memphian file)
The woman lost her money in a scheme that started with a message that her computer had been hacked.
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Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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