An alleged Florida couple attempted to deceive lottery officials by piecing together a scratch-off ticket and presenting it as a $1 million winner. However, it was unsuccessful.
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A man has received the maximum punishment for taking $8.4 million from a private school. He used the stolen money to buy beach houses, go on expensive shopping sprees, and purchase items like a 1965 Mustang and jewelry
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerFor more than a decade, David Ostrove skimmed roughly $8.4 million from a private school in Long Island where he worked as a chief executive, using funds meant for the …
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
'Registered as deceased in many government databases': A man who pretended to be dead in order to avoid paying child support could be imprisoned for several years
Jesse Kipf admitted in federal court to stealing peoples’ identities in order to create a fake death certificate so he would be officially listed as a dead man.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton must take ethics classes as part of securities fraud deal, but federal corruption investigation continues
To avoid further problems and a potential long prison sentence if found guilty, prosecutors and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reached an agreement on Tuesday to drop criminal securities fraud …
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‘The assets would be forever lost’: Trump and his lawyers are angry about ‘completely illogical’ ideas from NY AG’s office on how to pay $464 million civil fraud judgment
by Jakob Kochby Jakob Kochissued by the trial court. “Also, putting up money before an Appeal is VERY EXPENSIVE,” Trump raged online. “When I win the Appeal, all of that money is gone, and …
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A Wisconsin election official who tampered with absentee ballots has been found guilty, despite claiming to be bringing attention to flaws in the voting system
by Mason Garciaby Mason GarciaAn election official in Wisconsin who claimed she was just trying to highlight flaws in the voting system when she sent three military absentee ballots with false information to a …
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
‘Similar to a cash register’: Con artist took control of the residence of a man who later mysteriously passed away, dismembered his body, and discarded parts in San Francisco Bay
by Elijah Jonesby Elijah JonesA woman will spend the next 20 years behind bars for defrauding a man of his multi-million dollar California house and later had someone chop up his body and dispose …
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'Perverse': A federal judge strongly rejects Michael Cohen’s effort to end supervised release early, and uses Trump civil fraud trial testimony against him
by Jakob Kochby Jakob KochA judge turned down Michael Cohen’s bid to end supervised release early, calling it “perverse” of the defense to try and “spin” an admitted lie into a positive.
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New York Attorney General says there is no written proof to support Trump's statement that it's 'impossible' to get bond for a $464 million civil fraud penalty
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday urged a court to reject Donald Trump’s claims that he cannot find a private insurer to guarantee the staggering $464 million bond …
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CrimeCriminal NewsUnited States
A preacher known for wearing flashy clothes and expensive jewelry in Brooklyn has been found guilty of scamming members of his church out of their retirement savings and lying to the FBI
A preacher known for promoting religious beliefs in flashy attire and expensive jewelry in Brooklyn was found guilty on multiple fraud charges after a federal jury heard extensive evidence about …