Florida leads nation in fraud complaints

Florida ranks first in the country in the number of fraud complaints last year, with nearly 1,000 complaints per 100,000 people A large population of older residents who are considered more vulnerable to scams and a great number of foreclosures are among the reasons for the state’s number of fraud complaints, according to 24/7 Wall St., which based its statistics  on information in the Federal Trade Commission’s annual Consumer Sentinel Report. Identity theft was the most common complaint…