The Prosper DJ and his wife who orchestrated a “blessing loom” pyramid scheme that targeted the Black community have been ordered to pay $10.76 million and will be banned from operating multilevel marketing operations. The Texas attorney general’s office said…[Continue Reading...]
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Wednesday a $450,000 settlement in a lawsuit against a Texas-based company which his office and the Federal Trade Commission have accused of operating as an illegal pyramid scheme. The settlement in federal court places…[Continue Reading...]
Lori Vallow Daybell Vallow Daybell was convicted in May for the first-degree murders of her two youngest kids, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. A jury also found her guilty of three counts of conspiracy to murder the two kids as well…[Continue Reading...]
But revitalization of the surrounding downtown is more complicated. Since 2017, limited liability companies tied to the Church of Scientology have bought about 176 buildings and lots within walking distance of the waterfront and have kept most of them vacant,…[Continue Reading...]
A real-life 'Barbie' is accused of running a 'sect' and putting her followers at risk of poisoning. Valeria Lukyankova - who has 2.5 million followers across several social media accounts - has suddenly this week closed a £13-a-month 'club' where…[Continue Reading...]
A North Korean art exhibition displayed a slew of new paintings depicting leader Kim Jong Un riding a horse and tractor and meeting with children this week, marking the first time state media has revealed such paintings in a boost…[Continue Reading...]
A secretive religious sect that tried to censor LGBTQ content from the Canadian Human Rights Museum also sent letters to former US President George W. Bush in 2005 asking him to stop gay marriage in Canada, leaked documents show. Two…[Continue Reading...]
For five years, while locked into a misogynistic doomsday cult in Ontario, Kenzie Cates had suppressed her desires to make music – until a friend managed to help her escape last autumn. “It felt like a clamp on my brain had…[Continue Reading...]
10 Things I Hate About You is one of the most loved movies from its era. The cast had interesting chemistry, and they're all still fond of the film. Interestingly, the film was a big enough success, that it was…[Continue Reading...]
Graeme Johanson’s Searching for Elsewhere (Ginninderra Press, 2023) provides a compelling answer. His memoire, a gripping story from beginning to end, deals with the dangerous manipulation of young lives brought up in an extremely controlling sect with bizarre rules, destroyed…[Continue Reading...]
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