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Airbnb scammer double-booked nearly 100 properties in $7M scheme: court docs

A Los Angeles-based Airbnb fraudster has been charged with double-booking nearly 100 properties across the United States, including some that didn't exist, and refusing to refund guests. Shrey Goel is charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to an indictment filed Thursday. An alleged fraudster concocted a nationwide Airbnb scam, double-booking customers in […]

Menendez accused of scheme involving Qatar in second superseding indictment

Sen. Bob Menendez (DN.J.) was charged in the incident. Second alternative indictment The former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman's legal woes increased Tuesday after he accepted gifts from the Qatari government to help a New Jersey real estate developer secure millions of dollars in investment funding from Gulf states. The charges are in addition to […]

Eugene Weekly fires staff after worker accused of $70K embezzlement scheme

An Oregon weekly newspaper suspended publication and fired all 10 employees three days before Christmas after employees were accused of siphoning tens of thousands of dollars from the struggling newspaper. Eugene Weekly is owned by two women in their 90s. Website “Shortly before Christmas, we discovered that EW was the victim of embezzlement at the […]

Missing Chinese exchange student targeted in ‘cyber kidnapping’ scheme: cops

A Chinese student who went missing in Utah last week has been found alive, and authorities believe he was targeted by cyber kidnappers. Kai Chuan, 17, was found Sunday in a tent in the mountains near Brigham City, “alive but very cold and scared.” KSL reported this, citing Riverdale Police.. Riverdale Police Chief Casey Warren […]