Help for low-literacy voters, minors in the custody of metro Atlanta’s Division of Family and Children services falling victim to sex trafficking, homeowners losing their houses to unpaid taxes, and the importance of getting a will all in this week’s episode of InvestigateTV.

Public universities are firing losing coaches, paying millions of dollars to buy out their contracts, hackers are targeting online gamers, a look into doping in horse racing, a warning on banking related scams.

InvestigateTV’s Lee Zurik reports on a law preventing officials from immediately informing the public about dangerous products. Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman investigates over 250,000 consumer complaints from service members, military families and veterans about inaccurate information on their credit reports. Plus, we investigate a government employee imposter scam and Consumer Investigator Rachel DePompa look at ways to offset the recent inflation spike.

This week: National special education requirements, the challenges for families, states are getting short changed on federal special education funding. Then, homeschooling numbers remain high post-pandemic, plus con artists now target teachers during the school day.

Weedkiller that protects some crops while wiping out acres on other farms, military housing at Fort Gordon is making service members’ families sick, plus, scammers posing as your doctor’s office.

InvestigateTV exposes “Five Star Fakes” or fake reviews online, deed fraud, and phishing attacks.

“Buy Now, Pay Later” – is a type of short-term loan that has taken the American marketplace by storm. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, U.S. consumers borrowed $2 billion via “BNPL” in 2019. In 2021 that number grew by more than 1,000 percent to $24.2 billion. Companies like Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna and PayPal have created these loans for borrowers to purchase everything from high-end electronics and jewelry to everyday staples like groceries and utilities.

When a company learns a product it sells could be defective and dangerous, it has 24 hours to let the federal government’s Consumer Product Safety Commission know about it. But it could take months or years for the public to find out about the company’s possible concerns, if they even come to light at all. InvestigateTV has been battling CPSC and companies to disclose information about the products companies have sounded the alarm on – an alarm that remains relatively silent.

An investigation from our partners at ProPublica and The Texas Tribune uncovered soldiers accused of sexual assault are less likely to be placed in pretrial confinement than those accused of other offenses like marijuana possession or disobeying an officer.

Physician health programs across the country are designed as a confidential treatment option for doctors battling addiction. But patient advocates argue they put doctor reputations ahead of a patient's right to know.

Experts say $23 billion USDA program set a precedent for spending without Congressional oversight and had a concerning mix of political influence and limited compliance monitoring.

A report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates new crash dummies could soon be used in federal testing. Updated data shows the disparity in crash safety is less severe than it once was, but female drivers are still at higher risk.