Fraud
Glamorous Los Angeles based model accused of luring older men on dating apps before robbing them to fund her jet-setting lifestyle Adva Lavie, 28, who allegedly targeted rich [...]
‘Prophetess’ Kathleen Klein allegedly warned workers they’d ‘face divine judgement and eternal damnation if they were lazy’ – Wealthy church leaders charged for operating sweat shop fundraising call center, pocketing millions
Kathleen Klein, 53, allegedly operated a forced labor ring along with two co-conspirators to solicit donations for their church, Kingdom of God Global Church The wealthy [...]
CEO of Georgia based financial group, Todd Burkhalter, admits to running $380M Ponzi scheme – as prosecutors seek 17½-year prison sentence
“Unbelievably, Burkhalter shamelessly continued to scam his victims even while under federal investigation” – US Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg Todd Burkhalter, the [...]
Woman, 22, caught in fake pregnancy and child birth scam with plastic doll, that fooled friends, family, even alleged baby father, admits, “I wasn’t pregnant… I faked scans, messages, a whole birth story”
“I’m so sorry … . .“I wasn’t pregnant. There was no baby. I made it up and kept it going way too far. I faked scans, messages, a whole birth story, and acted [...]
Justice Department DOJ seizes $15B in bitcoin from massive ‘pig butchering’ scam with ‘forced labor’, as feds charge chairman of Prince Holding Group with fraud and money laundering
DOJ seized $15 billion in bitcoin from a massive “pig butchering” fraud operation that a Chinese-born businessman orchestrated with forced-labor camps in Cambodia Victims [...]
New Hampshire mom Emily Long, who killed herself after shooting dead her cancer-stricken husband and two kids, accused of embezzling $660K by employer
Emily Long was found dead alongside her husband Ryan Long, 48, and two of their children, Parker, 8, and Ryan, 6, in their stunning New Hampshire home earlier this month The [...]
Long term disability claim by California cop leads to fraud charges of $600,000 after she’s spotted at music festival, golfing, snow boarding and visiting Disney
Westminster Police Department in Orange County, California, is suing officer Nicole Brown, who allegedly partied and took Disney trips while collecting disability checks, for [...]
Pennsylvanian woman whose false claims of rape landed an innocent man in jail, handed ‘slap on the wrist’ sentence – Angela Urumova, 20, to spend six weeks in county jail after admitting she lied
Anjela Borisova Urumova, 20, was sentenced to 45 days to 23 months on April 1, after she admitted to lying about an innocent man attempting to kidnap and rape her Urumova of [...]
Video of ‘energetic man’ exposes duplicity of chauffeur and wife who stole $34M from banking heir – Sergey and Galina Lebedenko jailed despite mercy plea due to ‘frailness’ at sentencing hearing
Ukrainian couple Sergey Lebedenko, 54, and Galina Lebedenko, 49, were sentenced Wednesday to four years and nine months each, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, [...]
UK tax and estate attorney accused of forging his mother’s signature to grab 99 percent of $1.52million estate loses inheritance lawsuit, court agrees with his younger brother, document is not authentic
Robert Grierson, 56, has been landed with a $253,000 [£200,000] bill after being accused of forging his late mother’s signature in a battle with his younger brother [...]
Aesthetician from Massachusetts, who made nearly $1 million from illegal cosmetic procedures – posing as nurse – faces up to 30 years in prison and fines of $500,000
Aesthetician, posing as nurse made $1 million from illegal cosmetic procedures with uncertified products Rebecca Fadanelli according to feds, administered thousands of doses [...]
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, 54, head of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency arrested over 400 sextapes with top functionaries, wives, sisters of country’s VIPs
Baltasar Ebang Engonga, Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), is currently at the center of a major sex scandal [...]
Suspected Vegas hitman, Michael Coleman, charged for four murders, attempted murder – linked to a federal loan [PPP], fraud scheme and gang warfare
Las Vegas ‘hitman Michael Coleman, 41, initially arrested for single murder now charged with three more killings Gunman was hired by Carl Chester, the mastermind of a [...]
Glamorous OnlyFans model found dead, floating in Miami harbor after partying on rapper’s yacht, linked to Brazilian marketing scams and Bitcoin Ponzi scheme
Dark past of OnlyFans model found dead floating in Miami harbor exposed by authorities in her home country, Brazil Adriana Vieria’s body was found floating near Key [...]
Missouri woman arrested in alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family with false claim that Lisa Marie Presley pledged Graceland to her as collateral for $3.8 million loan she hadn’t repaid prior to her death
Lisa Findley, 53, of Kimberling City, is accused of falsely claiming that Lisa Marie Presley pledged Graceland to her as collateral for $3.8 million loan not repaid prior to [...]
Defense claims the glamorous life of Australian banker, Sara Daizli, has been ‘destroyed’ by mountain of ‘completely false’ allegations – the disgraced ex-banker faces 120 fraud charges
Her defense attorney Thursday told the court the glamorous life of the disgraced banker in Australia has been ‘destroyed’ by the slew of fraud charges Sara [...]
Billionaire Vietnamese property developer Truong My Lan sentenced to die by lethal injection following her conviction in $12.5 billion financial scam case
Female property developer Truong My Lan is sentenced to death by lethal injection after a five-week trial in Vietnam’s business hub Ho Chi Minh City Businesswoman [...]
‘Industrial scale wedding mill’ operators, jailed – Fraudsters operated marriage ruse to obtain residency papers for 600 migrants – netting $8M
Federal Court in Boston on Thursday jailed ring leader of sham-wedding syndicate for operating ‘large-scale’ ruse to help immigrants obtain green cards Marcialito Biol [...]
‘Financial exploitation’ is motive for smothering Violet Evelyn Alberts, 96, to death while sleeping in her California mansion – Woman, three male accomplices, arrested in murder-for-hire plot to steal the $5million home
Violet Evelyn Alberts, 96, was found smothered in her Montecito mansion on May 27, 2022 in what cops said is a murder-for-hire plot to steal her pricey home Santa Barbara [...]
Ex-Baltimore state prosecutor Marilyn Mosby facing 40 years in jail – Convicted for mortgage fraud, using bogus COVID hardship claim to access her retirement funds to fund purchase of two vacation homes
Two term Baltimore state prosecutor Marilyn Mosby is convicted of mortgage fraud after using bogus COVID hardship claim to raid her retirement funds and buy two vacation [...]
Millionaire conwoman, Janet Mello, 57, allegedly scammed over $100 MILLION from US Army – cash meant for military youth programs – she splurged on expensive real estate, supercars, and luxury travel
Millionaire conwoman, 57, from San Antonio, Texas, is accused of bilking US Army out of over $100 MILLION by stealing over six years to live a life of opulence and luxury [...]
Former top Baltimore prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, in court accused of perjury – lying about financial losses during the COVID-19 pandemic to improperly access retirement funds used to purchase two vacation homes
Former Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby lied about her finances during the COVID-19 pandemic to improperly access retirement funds that she used to [...]
IOI Inc. founder bags 8-year prison sentence, ordered to pay back $150M after scamming clients, IRS, out of $180million – Najeeb Khan, 70, spent loot on 240 luxury car collection, homes, yacht, and planes
Indiana businessman sentenced to prison for $180million scam that saw him buy luxury cars and planes – with his wife allowed to keep $1M home Najeeb Khan, 70, founder [...]
South Dakota woman, pleads guilty to filing fake rape report after, because she wanted a free STD test after cheating on her husband – Cops spotted her on surveillance camera buying rope from Walmart that she claimed predator used to bind her
‘She had consensual sexual intercourse with an individual in Hillsborough County, then she felt guilty about it because of her marital status, and she wanted to get [...]
New York cop is arrested, charged for sending menacing texts to herself, then filing complaint blaming colleagues for messages calling her ‘useless, dumb, a reject’, suggesting she ‘should commit suicide’
New York cop, 36, is arrested for sending bogus harassment texts to herself, then claiming that her colleagues sent them Emily Hirshowitz, a cop employed by the Village of [...]
Utah widow who penned children’s grief book after her husband died, before being arrested for the fatal poisoning of her spouse, is being sued for $13 million by sister-in-law
Utah children’s book author who prosecutors accused of fatally poisoning husband Eric Richins sued for $13 million by one of his sisters Lawsuit claims Kouri Richins stole [...]
Alex Murdaugh faces 480 years in prison, $13m fine, after 22-count indictment in multi-million fraud – stealing his housekeeper’s life insurance and embezzling from his law firm’s clients
Alex Murdaugh is hit with 22-count fraud indictment over $4m scheme to steal his housekeeper’s life insurance and embezzling from his family law firm for 16 years [...]
Mastermind behind iSpoof.cc website jailed for 13 years by UK court – the online operation enabled criminals to impersonate banks to defraud victims across the world of more than $124M
iSpoof website mastermind jailed for 13 years over UK’s biggest fraud sting, that stretched across the US, as well as several other countries Tejay Fletcher, who founded [...]
Pennsylvania woman arrested after hoax – Chloe Stein, 23, faked her own disappearance, sparking two-day search ‘because she was too embarrassed to admit she was not going to graduate this year’
Pennsylvania woman is arrested for staging abduction hoax, sparking two-day search Cops said Chole Stein faked her disappearance because while her friends and classmates were [...]
Alex Murdaugh admits he lied about cause of his housekeeper’s death, to collect insurance payout – his lawyers advise insurers to go after deceased’s estate to recover payout their client embezzled
Jailed one time South Carolina lawyer, Alex Murdaugh admits he lied in insurance claims to collect payout in the ‘accidental death’ of about his housekeeper, [...]