
Stephanie Sierra
Investigative Reporter at KGO-TV (San Francisco, CA)
#7OnYourSide | Investigative Reporter @abc7newsbayarea @abcnews 📧 [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
channel3000.com | Stephanie Sierra
Click here for updates on this story SAN BRUNO, California (KGO) -- Imagine you walk into a store, buy a couple of items -- and instead of leaving a $5 tip, you later learn an extra three zeros were tacked onto your bill. Your $5 tip just became $5,000. And it's 'unable to be voided.'It happened to Peninsula resident Linda Mathiesen. She struggles with a shoulder issue and went to a San Bruno vape store to purchase "CBD relief gel" to ease her pain.
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3 weeks ago |
kktv.com | Stephanie Sierra
SAN BRUNO, Calif. (KGO) - A California woman has been haunted by extra zeroes. Linda Mathiesen thought she was leaving a $5 tip at a store, but it ended up being a $5,000 charge. Mathiesen struggles with a shoulder issue. She went to a Peninsula vape store to purchase CBD relief gel to ease her pain. Receipts show the total for her items was $129.28. Feeling generous, yet short at the tall checkout stand, Mathiesen left what she thought was a $5 tip.
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3 weeks ago |
kesq.com | Stephanie Sierra
By Stephanie SierraClick here for updates on this story SAN BRUNO, California ( KGO) - Imagine you walk into a store, buy a couple of items - and instead of leaving a $5 tip, you later learn an extra three zeros were tacked onto your bill. Your $5 tip just became $5,000. And it's 'unable to be voided.'It happened to Peninsula resident Linda Mathiesen. She struggles with a shoulder issue and went to a San Bruno vape store to purchase "CBD relief gel" to ease her pain.
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3 weeks ago |
abc7news.com | Stephanie Sierra
SAN BRUNO, Calif. (KGO) -- Imagine you walk into a store, buy a couple of items -- and instead of leaving a $5 tip, you later learn an extra three zeros were tacked onto your bill. Your $5 tip just became $5,000. And it's 'unable to be voided.'It happened to Peninsula resident Linda Mathiesen. She struggles with a shoulder issue and went to a San Bruno vape store to purchase "CBD relief gel" to ease her pain.
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1 month ago |
abc7news.com | Stephanie Sierra
FREMONT, Calif. (KGO) -- As tens of thousands of California consumers get dropped by their insurance company, 7 On Your Side is investigating a new concern raised by a local Farmers Insurance agent -- what happens if you get a letter claiming you canceled your policy when you really didn't? "Is this the new normal?" said Jeffrey Carvalho, a Fremont-based Farmers Insurance franchise owner.
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“Why can’t you void it?” Here's how a #BayArea teacher's $5 tip mistakenly turned into $5,000… @WellsFargo #abc7now https://t.co/KMJJyZ81JC

'I want the truth out' #BayArea insurance agent details claims of Farmers allegedly 'misrepresenting policy cancellations' What to do if you get a letter in the mail claiming you canceled your own policy, but you never did. https://t.co/ft6XgD1g0i #abc7now #cainsurance

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