Two Days After Buying Cheap Nebraska Land, a Fake HOA President Demanded $15,000 and Triggered a Federal Fraud Case

a small blue booklet that belonged in a museum. It looked out of place against the clean glass, the polished countertops, the digital screens that flashed reminders about mobile banking and fraud alerts. Everyone else seemed to carry plastic. I carried paper.

I flipped the passbook open again, even though I’d already looked at it a dozen times in my continue reading …