Kansas banking officials ask lawmakers to hold social media, phone companies liable for fraud

By: Sherman Smith

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 16, 2026

Words: 747

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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TOPEKA — A banking official told lawmakers Monday about an elderly customer who was scammed into giving tens of thousands of dollars to what she believed would be a scholarship honoring her dead husband.

Tony Weingartner, manager of the financial intelligence unit at Topeka-based Capitol Federal Savings Bank, said the bank engaged with the woman, and law enforcement and social workers met with her, but she “could not believe that that would occur illegitimately and …

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