Rep. Meuser holds hearing on financial fraud, scams; launches website

WILKES-BARRE — According to the FTC, Americans lost over $12 billion to scams in 2024 — a 25% increase from the previous year, U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser said on Thursday.

Meuser, R-Dallas, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, convened a hearing titled “Fraud in Focus: Exposing Financial Threats to American Families.”