Fake Kidnap Victim Sherri Papini Living With Widowed Businessman in $755K Lux Home
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May 29, 2024
‘We Figure Out How to Steal’: Alleged Scammer Who Tried to Auction Graceland ‘Fesses Up
Several media outlets, including the New York Times, received responses when they wrote to an email address connected with an attempt to “foreclose” on Elvis Presley’s iconic home in Memphis, Tennessee.
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April 8, 2024
Dad Fakes His Own Death to Avoid Paying Ex-Wife Over $100K in Child Support
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 …
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February 20, 2024
Accused Wife Killer Brian Walshe Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison in Art Fraud Case
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 …
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February 4, 2024
Funeral Director Arrested After Bodies Found in His Abandoned Funeral Home
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 …
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January 18, 2024
Vegas Cop’s Wife Charged With Posing as an Attorney, Forging Judges’ Signatures
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 …
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January 16, 2024
Arizona Man Squats in Dead Man’s Home, Sells His SUV
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 …
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January 12, 2024
Indiana Woman Sentenced for Scamming $80,000 From 96-Year-Old Widower
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 …
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January 10, 2024
Civilian Employee Charged With Bilking More Than $100 Million from US Army
Janet Mello allegedly bought luxury vehicles, millions of dollars in property, designer clothing and jewelry, and made multiple international trips.
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November 16, 2023
Feds Seize More Than $1 Billion in Fake Bags, Shoes, Clothing; 2 Arrested
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 …
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October 21, 2023
Woman Who Scammed Donors With Fake Cancer Battle Stays Out of Prison
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 …