PJ Randhawa

It's been almost three years since a Skokie man had his Citibank account emptied by scammers. According to his lawsuit, $121,000, held in a trust account for his disabled sister, was fraudulently wired out of his account in a span of days. He said Citibank told him there was nothing they could do.

Complaints about online car-buying scams skyrocketed last year, according to the Better Business Bureau.

A group of researchers at the Mozilla Foundation recently poured through the data collection policies of the top 25 most popular car brands in the world

What started as a story about a gutter company leaving customers in the lurch led the NBC 5 Responds team to uncover a federal investigation into that company’s owner.

The next time you receive a medical bill, take a close look at it line by line. A certain type of fee is popping up on more and more bills, and experts say it can range anywhere from a couple bucks to $1,000.

For months, NBC 5 Responds has been looking into how scammers are using your medical information to con insurance companies into paying out big bucks in a scam that has impacted people across Illinois.

Several Chicago-area residents were left wondering if a popular home-flipping business was a bad business model or a Ponzi scheme as iFLIP Chicago has been targeted in several lawsuits, accusing the company of luring inexperienced investors into predatory loans.

One Riverside nonprofit, the Frederick Law Olmsted Society of Riverside, never expected to see a dime of the $29,542 they fundraised last year.

Medical spas are a $15 billion industry that saw a huge spike in growth since the pandemic. A new study found most med spas in Chicago don't have a doctor on site, and that could increase the risk of complications.

NBC 5 Responds explains the risks, and how you can safely obtain injectable weight loss drugs Leticia Carrillo says she's tried just about everything to lose weight.