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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 …

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October 21, 2023

Hairstylist, Actress Plead Guilty to Defrauding Eye Doctor to Steal Millions

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, …

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October 11, 2023

Carlee Russell Found Guilty of Fabricating Own Kidnapping

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 …

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September 26, 2023

Judge Rules Trump Committed Fraud for Years While Building Real Estate Empire

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 …

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September 21, 2023

‘I Am Guilty’: Alex Murdaugh Admits in Federal Court to Defrauding Law Firm & Clients

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 …

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September 20, 2023

Alex Murdaugh Staged Botched Suicide Because ‘They’re Going To Be Able To Prove That I’m Responsible for Maggie and Paul’

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 …

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September 19, 2023

Alex Murdaugh Pleads Guilty to Federal Financial Crimes, Accepting Plea Deal

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 …