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 …
A New York judge on Tuesday granted a partial summary judgement to Attorney General Letitia James in her civil suit against Donald Trump, ruling that the ex-president and his company built his real estate empire on fraud and deceit by exaggerating his net worth and overvaluing assets to secure financing and make other deals. Judge …
On Thursday, convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh admitted in a South Carolina court to 22 federal financial crimes that date back 10 years. The State reported that Murdaugh appeared and court and confessed to stealing $9 million from his former clients and law firm. While Murdaugh only pleaded guilty to crimes that transpired between 2011 …
The man who allegedly helped Alex Murdaugh stage his botched 2021 suicide said Murdaugh wanted to kill himself because he knew he was a suspect in his wife and son’s murders. Curtis Smith made the revelation during “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal,” which was released on Netflix on Wednesday. Smith denied shooting Murdaugh — and …
Convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 22 federal counts related to swindling his former clients and law firm. Greenville News reported that Murdaugh accepted a plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice that may require him to submit to a polygraph test about criminal activity and hidden assets. In accepting …
Murdaugh’s co-defendants, Russell Laffitte and Cory Fleming, will be sentenced at Thursday’s hearing. Murdaugh is expected to attend as the judge may set dates for his trial.
Two Texas men were arrested last week for allegedly enrolling in high school using falsified documents. On Thursday, an administrator reportedly realized that Triston Moses, 20, and Kierre Trenton, 19, used falsified paperwork to get into Crowley High School. Moses and Trenton were then removed from the campus and arrested, according to The Dallas Morning …
Attorneys for convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh have filed a request to change his plea on federal financial fraud charges from not guilty to guilty. The court has scheduled a hearing on September 21 in Charleston, South Carolina, WCSC reports. Murdaugh was indicted on 22 counts in May. The charges included wire fraud, bank fraud, …
