House passes bill to equip local law enforcement with scam-fighting tools

By The Record1 min readPublished 16 September 2026

https://therecord.media/house-passes-bill-to-equip-local-law-enforcement-scams

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The Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (GUARD) attempts to address a common complaint from the victims of online scams like pig butchering — that such cases typically do not rise to the level of a federal investigation but local law enforcement is unequipped to properly investigate them....

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