From May 19 to June 15, Washington Improv Theater (WIT) will present Not a Pyramid Scheme, an improvised show that satirizes the world of multi-level marketing (think essential oils and overpriced makeup) and get-rich-quick schemes. The original show pokes fun at capitalist…[Continue Reading...]
CIA Director R. James Woolsey, whose name came up repeatedly last week in a Utah federal courtroom during a series of sentencing hearings connected to a byzantine $511 million scheme run by members of a polygamist Mormon group tied to…[Continue Reading...]
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A self-proclaimed psychic in Houston allegedly scammed a woman out tens of thousands of dollars to help with her relationship issues over three years, according to court documents. Records show 48-year-old Theresa Sher Evans is accused…[Continue Reading...]
When officials in Newark recently got tricked into establishing a sister-city relationship with the United States of Kailasa — a country that does not actually exist — the largest metropolis in New Jersey became a global laughingstock. But those in the…[Continue Reading...]
But maybe she should have. She was, after all, stealing a lot of money from unsuspecting clients. Rose Marks and eight members of her family were accused and convicted of bilking approximately $25 million out of her customers over the…[Continue Reading...]
TAMPA, Fla. - On Friday, A jury found self-proclaimed psychic Jaycee Wasso guilty of organized fraud and seven other counts of fraud and theft. Wasso sobbed and turned to her family sitting behind her in the gallery with a look…[Continue Reading...]
Some fraudsters are so good at their murky art they gain fame - with a few even getting movies or a TV show based on them. With the release of Julianne Moore's swindler caper Sharper, we've looked at the most…[Continue Reading...]
OneCoin founder Dr. Ruja Ignatova has resurfaced more than five years after vanishing from the public eye, linked to a London property in a filing submitted to the British government this month. The filling lists Ignatova as a so-called beneficial…[Continue Reading...]
A FLORIDA WOMAN named Peaches Stergo was arrested Wednesday for allegedly defrauding an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of his life savings as part of a years-long romance scam, but it seems the $2.8 million payday was not her first rodeo.…[Continue Reading...]
It may surprise you to learn that the most common crime in Britain isn’t theft or assault. It’s fraud. Annually, there are more incidents of fraud (4.6 million) referred to the police than both theft (3m) and violent crime (1.5m)…[Continue Reading...]
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