Ex-South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was indicted on Tuesday for 22 federal counts of financial fraud which stemmed from him conspiring with a banker to steal money from his former law firm and a slew of clients. The Greenville News reported that a jury in the U.S. District Court in Charleston handed down various charges …
Convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh admits he lied about his housekeeper’s 2018 death but says he didn’t conspire with anyone else to pocket millions in a settlement with Gloria Satterfield’s family. Satterfield died after a fall at Murdaugh’s home and worked with the family to reach a settlement with Nautilus Insurance Company. Nautilus filed suit …
A Florida woman has pleaded guilty in New York federal court for a years-long scheme to take the life savings of an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor. “Peaches Stergo stole the life savings from an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor who was just looking for companionship,” said Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. …
A conniving couple — one a yoga instructor and the other a hairdresser — befriended a gullible, lonely Malibu doctor and drugged him for a year so they could steal millions from him, federal authorities say. Anna Moore, 39, and Anthony Flores, 46, were indicted in February on 12 federal charges, including conspiracy, identity theft, …
South Carolina’s top prosecutors said they will continue to pursue the litany of alleged financial crimes against Alex Murdaugh to ensure he dies in prison, WCIV-TV reports. Murdaugh was convicted earlier this month of murdering his wife, Maggie, and son Paul, and was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison. While those convictions …
A social media influencer from Miami was charged last week with fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands in COVID relief funds and spending the money on a luxury automobile, a luxury apartment, and even plastic surgery. Daniela Rendon, 31, made her first appearance in court and was given a $150,000 bond, the Miami Herald reported. Prosecutors …
A 19-year-old Iowa woman was charged earlier this month with scamming nearly $40,000 with false claims that she had cancer. The Eldridge Police Department said Madison Russo claimed to have acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stage 2 pancreatic cancer, and a football-sized tumor wrapped around her spine as she solicited more than $37,000 from 439 donors, according …
Theranos found Elizabeth Holmes booked a one-way ticket to Mexico a year ago, just after she was convicted of defrauding investors. Prosecutors made the claim Friday in a court filing arguing that she should begin her nearly 13-year prison sentence rather than living in a $13,000/month estate while waiting to begin the sentence in April, …
Two Colorado funeral home owners have been sentenced to prison for illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes. Megan Hess, 46, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and her mother, 69-year-old Shirley Koch, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after their guilty pleas earlier this year. Hess and Koch stipulated that, …
A Florida man has been convicted of fraudulently obtaining more than $2 million in pandemic relief funds, which he used to buy a Lamborghini, Rolex and Hublot watches, and designer clothing from Louis Vuitton, Bucci, and Chanel. Valesky Barosy, 27, posted photos of his extravagant purchases on his Instagram account — which he called “@your_favorite_entrepeneur …
A South Carolina grand jury indicted Alex Murdaugh on tax evasion on Friday, a month ahead of his trial for the murders of his wife and son. Greenville News reported that Murdaugh, 64, failed to report $6,954,639 of income garnered from illegal acts from 2011 through 2019. The Attorney General said Murdaugh owes $486,819 in …
