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Consumer Alert: Do your research before investing in any companies

Updated: 7:31 PM - It sounded like a great idea, invest in a company that provides cell service where no one has it, but as we found out this was a scam that stole millions from vulnerable investors.

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Consumer Alert: Brothers fall victim to investment scam

Consumer Alert: Beware of work at home scams

Consumer Alert: Scammers target dormant credit card accounts

Consumer Alert: Woman scams fellow community members

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Consumer Alert: Postal employee helps stop lottery scam

Updated: 06/03/2013 - An astute postal employee helped put a stop to a foreign lottery scam.

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WKYT Reality Check: Stolen trailer scrapped at recycling center

Updated: 06/03/2013 - Her trailer was stolen then destroyed at a local recycling plant.

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Consumer Alert: Beware of scammers targeting bank accounts

Updated: 05/27/2013 - Robert Saks is behind bars for orchestrating an international bank fraud scheme that stole $34 million dollars. At the heart of the scam, a lead list that included bank customer names and account information.

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WKYT Reality Check: Teachers missing more time in classroom than students

Posted: 05/23/2013 - The numbers prove it - teachers in one Central Kentucky district are away from the classroom more than the students they teach.

Posted: 05/23/2013 - The industry is booming! For the first time since 1973, Kentucky's distilleries produced one million barrels of bourbon in a year.

Updated: 05/23/2013 - A federal safety board is recommending cutting blood alcohol standards nearly in half.

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WKYT Investigates: State of welfare in Kentucky

Updated: 05/21/2013 - The lines are a dozen cars deep outside some Kentucky banks in the middle of the night. Police in a handful of cities say when those crowds gather on the first of the month, crime rates go up.

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Consumer Alert: Scammers target people trying to get rid of debt

Updated: 05/20/2013 - Millions of Americans are still struggling with growing debt after the economic downtown. If you're looking for help, be leery of debt settlement groups. Some consumers how have done business with end up further in the red.

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Consumer Alert: Beware of timeshare sales scams

Updated: 05/17/2013 - If you're thinking about selling a timeshare, be on the lookout for scam artists trying to convince your to sell your place through them. If you do business with them, you'll lose in the end.

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Convicted rapist and fugitive John Buckley captured

Updated: 05/15/2013 - Convicted rapist John Calvin Buckley is back in custody.

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WKYT Investigates: A small Ky. town with a big problem

Updated: 05/17/2013 - It might be a small town, but it's a big problem. You expect prostitution arrests in bigger cities, like Lexington but not Winchester.

Updated: 05/15/2013 - A new scheme targeting people who want to work from home is growing in popularity. It's called reshipping fraud, and getting involved could truly cost you.

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