For six years, a 64-year-old Wausau man sold promissory notes with guaranteed returns to 190 neighbors and family friends. The money bought him over 300 snowmobiles. On June 13, he pleaded guilty.
A Rusk County retiree clicked a pop-up and lost $47,000 in cash handed to a stranger at the door. The stranger drove up from Illinois. He was twenty-four. He came back a second time because the script told him to.
By Elena Ruiz · Jun 9
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