A Kentucky man admitted in March to illegally reporting his death by accessing a secured state health registry. WDKY reported that Jesse Kipf, 39, used a physician’s credentials to open a case for himself in the Hawaii Death Registry System. Kipf not only forged the physician’s signature so he would be listed as dead in …
Brian Walshe, a Massachusetts art dealer accused of killing his wife on New Year’s Day 2023, was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in federal prison in a separate art fraud case. Walshe had previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud and other charges in which he took photos of a friend’s authentic Andy Warhol paintings and …
A Florida funeral home director has been arrested and charged with grand theft and improper handling of human remains after he allegedly abandoned three bodies in his Jacksonville funeral home and handed out cremains that family members said looked like “chalk or ground kitty litter.” Elliott Maurice Graham, 59, was arrested on Friday in Orlando …
Police in Las Vegas this week arrested a 36-year-old woman for posing as an attorney and accepting fees to help clients “file documents” for divorces, legal reviews, name changes, and adoptions. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Cenia Poulsen defrauded multiple victims since January 2022. She has been charged wih forgery, theft, preparing or …
An Arizona man was arrested last week for breaking into a dead man’s home and selling his vehicle. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said that Michael Macinnis, 45, forged paperwork to say he was the estate’s personal representative before selling the Chevy Tahoe to a Flagstaff resident last May. Macinnis was found to be living …
A 34-year-old Indiana woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding a 96-year-old widower in an online romance scheme. Brittany Rakia Shawnai Lasley admitted to a judge in September that she created a fake account on the dating site “Plenty of Fish,” according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of …
Janet Mello allegedly bought luxury vehicles, millions of dollars in property, designer clothing and jewelry, and made multiple international trips.
Federal authorities have busted a major counterfeit ring, seizing tens of thousands of counterfeit luxury products worth more than $1 billion and charging two people with trafficking in counterfeit goods. Adama Sow, 38, and Abdulai Jalloh, aka Troy Banks, 48, were arrested on Wednesday after agents seized more than 200,000 counterfeit bags, clothes, shoes, and …
An Iowa woman who scammed friends and strangers with her fake battle against cancer on social media will spend no time in prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence. Madison Russo, 20, pleaded guilty to first degree theft in June for accepting more than $37,000 from 439 donors se reached on …
A flashy California hairstylist and his actress-yoga studio owner girlfriend have pleaded guilty to drugging a mentally ill eye doctor with LSD and bilking him out of millions of dollars before he died. Forty-seven-year-old Anthony Flores, also known as Anton David, and Anna Rene Moore, 40, were indicted earlier this year on 12 federal charges, …
On Wednesday, an Alabama judge convicted Carlee Russell of faking her own abduction and disappearance in July. AL.com reported that the judge recommended Russell, 26, spend a year in jail and pay $17,874 in restitution. Russell is expected to appeal her case so it will go before a jury trial. Russell was found guilty of …
