Consumer Alert

Officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration are warning the general public of a widespread fraud scheme in which telephone scammers impersonate agents in an attempt to extort money or steal information. The agency’s Miami division issued an alert Wednesday, saying agents have received information on callers asking their targets for social security numbers and bank account information after falsely...

Landry’s, which owns restaurants like Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Joe’s Crab Shack and Saltgrass Steak House, warned customers after a data breach may have compromised credit card information. The Houston-based company owns and operates more than 60 restaurant chains nationwide, and wrote that the data breach likely affected cards swiped between March 13 and Oct. 17, 2019. The breach may…