In one of the largest consumer payouts of its type, MoneyGram International has agreed to fork over $18 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it knowingly allowed con artists to use its operation to swindle U.S. consumers out of... Full Article at The Washington Post

MoneyGram, one of America’s best-known money-transfer companies, is reeling from charges made by the federal government that 10 percent of its Canadian sales agents were in cahoots with criminals scamming money from Americans. Full Article at Fort Worth Star-Telegram

At least 65 of MoneyGram's Canadian agents have been charged or are under investigation in alleged fraudulent activity totalling $84 million US in North America, said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Full Article at CBC News