Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Global Sextortion Scheme Targeting Children
A 29-year-old Australian man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for orchestrating a terrifying global sex blackmail scheme that targeted hundreds of victims across 20 countries, the majority of whom were children under the age of 16. Ars Technical Reports Muhammad Zain-ul-Abidin Rasheed, who now lives in Australia, has been sentenced to 17 […]
Minnesota women charged in $5K Lululemon shoplifting scheme
Two Minnesota women have been charged with organized theft after they reportedly directed another woman to steal more than $5,000 worth of merchandise from a Lululemon store in Minneapolis. According to court documents, Lululemon investigators noticed a high number of thefts at the downtown store and identified a suspect after speaking with employees and reviewing […]
Bud Light’s Latest Marketing Scheme Proves They Think You’re Stupid
Bud Light executives seem to think that red-blooded American men are dumb lemmings who don't care about principles and will force-eat anything with a cool logo on it. From beer to trans juice brand Announced this week They're partnering with 26 different teams across the country to release limited edition college football cans, and sadly, […]
Los Angeles attorney who gave millions to Democrats found guilty of massive Ponzi scheme
Major Democratic donors Convicted He was indicted Tuesday on charges of running a massive Ponzi scheme that siphoned millions of dollars from his victims. Tom Girardi, 85, bragged about the influence he bought from politicians and called himself a “limousine liberal.” According to In the Los Angeles Times. “The clients he wronged for so many […]
Tom Girardi found guilty of embezzling $15m in alleged ponzi scheme | US news
A federal jury in Los Angeles on Tuesday convicted Tom Girardi, a disbarred California attorney who U.S. prosecutors accused of stealing $15 million in settlement money from clients, of four counts of wire fraud, prosecutors announced. Girardi, 85, whose pollution lawsuit against a California utility company was the subject of the Oscar-winning film “Erin Brockovich,” […]
DOJ Thanks Tether for Assistance in Seizure of $5,000,000 USDT in Fraud Scheme – The Daily Hodl
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that stablecoin issuer Tether has assisted authorities in recovering funds stolen from victims of a widespread cryptocurrency investment scam. in statement, The Department of Justice announced that it had seized approximately $5 million worth of the stablecoin USDT traced to a wallet allegedly used to launder proceeds from […]
Ex-bank CEO Shan Hanes sentenced 24 years for crypto scheme
The former CEO of a small Kansas bank has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for stealing a massive $47 million from which he never profited, according to court documents. Federal prosecutors say former Heartland Tri-State Bank CEO Shan Haines was tricked by con artists in a “pig slaughter” scheme, conning him […]
McDonald’s Instagram page hacked in $700K fake crypto scheme
Cryptocurrency hackers claim to have broken into McDonald’s official Instagram account and used it to promote a fake digital currency, making off with $700,000 in stolen money. Screenshots circulating online show the caption on McDonald’s Instagram page has been changed to read: “Sorry Ma Naga. Just got scammed by India_X_Kr3w. Thanks Solana for the $700,000.” […]
Montana files multistate lawsuit against Biden admin over ‘Bidenbucks’ scheme
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Carolina joined the lawsuit before it was filed on Tuesday. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen joined Republican attorneys general from Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina and South Dakota in filing a federal lawsuit against the […]
Haitian National Previously Convicted in Deadly Smuggling Scheme Arrested after Returning to Florida
Federal authorities arrested a Haitian man in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who had previously been convicted of felony human smuggling and deported from the United States in a smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 10 migrants more than a decade ago. Jimmy Metellus, an illegal immigrant from Haiti, recently completed a 14-year federal prison […]