An Iowa woman has pleaded guilty to a cancer scam that led to her arrest earlier this year for theft, after swindling unsuspecting donors out of over $37,000. According to Quad Cities, Madison Russo pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Scott County Court to first-degree theft, following a scam between February 2022 and February 2023 that …
An Arizona mother believes scammers tried to dupe her into believing her 15-year-old daughter had been kidnapped with an AI version of the daughter’s voice. Officials say such kidnapping scams are becoming increasingly common.
A woman who lied about helping a homeless veteran to fraudulently fundraise more than $400,000 will spend the next few years in prison, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. On Friday, a New Jersey judge sentenced 32-year-old Katelyn McClure to three years in state prison for her role in the con, which garnered national attention. McClure was …
The woman at the center of the $400k GoFundMe scam organized as a fundraiser for the homeless vet who gave away his last $20 to a stranded motorist, was sentenced Thursday to one year in federal prison. Katelyn McLure, 32, was also sentenced to three years of supervised parole after her release and was ordered …
Maryland authorities have identified a woman accused of stealing a large quantity of baby formula from a Giant Food supermarket in Thornbury Township. According to the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Hayley Nolden, in connection with retail theft and receiving stolen property. On May 10, a …
The husband of California woman Sherri Papini has been accused of using charity money sent in by donors for his own personal use, even though the funds were meant to help find his wife. Last week, Sherri Papin was arrested for allegedly staging her own 2016 kidnapping. Papini’s husband, Keith, who had access to GoFundMe …
A 78-year-old man learned the hard way about online scams after he was tricked by scammers for $600K in money and products. Before his retirement, the unnamed victim reportedly worked for the government, investigating fraud as a Foreign Service officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development. In 2019, he retired, according to the Washington …
A quick-thinking New York woman outsmarted a man who apparently thought he could get away with scamming her out of thousands in cash, police say. According to CBS New York, 73-year-old Jean received a call Thursday morning from a man claiming to be one of her grandsons. Dhillon said the man told her he had …
A New York woman has been sentenced to over a decade in prison after she browsed obituaries to find homes to burglarize while people attended funerals. According to Fox 5, 30-year-old Latonia Stewart was sentenced Monday for burglarizing numerous homes between 2017 and 2018 in Westchester County. Police said Stewart broke into the homes of …
A Florida woman is speaking out after someone posing as a soldier allegedly scammed her out of $25,000. In an interview with NBC 6, Fort Lauderdale resident Susan Rizzo explained that she sent money to a man she met on the dating app “Plenty of Fish” because she thought they were developing a relationship. “I …
A Florida girl who allegedly rigged the Homecoming Queen vote at her high school will face charges as an adult, officials confirmed Tuesday. ABC 13 reports that Emily Rose Grover, who was 17 when the alleged crime happened, turned 18 in April. The State Attorney’s Office in Escambia County said Tuesday morning press that Grover …
Police in Florida are looking for a woman they say scammed several people out of tens of thousands of dollars offering “spiritual/witchcraft services.” Naples police say ten victims have come forward so far and that they found the woman through ads in free Hispanic newspapers, radio ads on Hispanic radio stations, and flyers in the …
