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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 …

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September 12, 2023

2 Men Enroll in High School Using Falsified Documents

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 …

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August 24, 2023

Alex Murdaugh Seeks Change Not Guilty Plea on Federal Fraud Charges

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, …

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August 7, 2023

Connecticut Man Dresses as Contractor, Allegedly Scams Home Depot Out of $300K in High-End Door Con

A Connecticut man was indicted on federal charges last week for allegedly defrauding Home Depot of nearly $300,000. The U.S. Department of Justice said that Alexandre Henrique Costa-Mota took advantage of the home improvement store’s non-receipted return policy dozens of times between June 2021 and February 2022, targeted stores mostly in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and …