15-11-2017 22:13 via kxan.com

See if you’re eligible for refund in Western Union settlement

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texans who wired money through Western Union to “fraudsters” between 2004 and early 2017 are eligible to recover funds through a nationwide settlement.
Attorney General Ken Paxton says the $586 million settlement will be divvied up among all the states and approximately 39,000 Texans may be eligible for refunds.
In many of the cases, criminals would contact consumers and sometimes posed as family members to get the person on the line to wire them money. In some
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