Cellphone nightmare leads to ported numbers, identity theft and fight for recovery
Imagine the following scenario. You’re going about your day and suddenly you can’t make a call or send a text message. Little did you know, you had become the latest victim of ported phone number fraud, a nefarious tactic in which hackers take over your phone number and take over your identity. Click to get […]
Teen brute accused of shoving, robbing granny outside NYC church is linked to another car theft days earlier: prosecutors
He’s only 16 years old and has already been arrested five times for violent robbery and assault, including for allegedly pushing a grandmother in Queens down the steps of a church and sending her to the hospital. Prosecutors say violent teenager Jayvan Prince killed another woman just days before shoving 68-year-old churchgoer Eileen Talianbris, fracturing […]
Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation Cracking Down On Retail Theft, ‘Porch Piracy’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Tuesday to crack down on retail theft and “porch piracy” in the red state. HB 549 increases penalties for retail theft crimes, as well as those who participate in stealing packages left outside of homes. DeSantis vowed to protect both retailers and consumers with the new legislation, and […]
Hot dog vendor, William Woods, furious with police after false imprisonment as victim of identity theft
A wrongly imprisoned former hot dog vendor who was the victim of a 30-year identity theft case is speaking out and threatening to sue the city that imprisoned him. William Woods spent 428 days in prison and 147 days in hospital after being found unfit to stand trial because a judge ruled he had a […]
DeSantis rips California, New York policies allegedly fueling retail theft in announcing new Florida crackdown
florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday accused California, New York and “many left-leaning jurisdictions” of “enacting policies that ignore or even encourage retail theft,” while reporting in Sunshine announced a new bill in Florida that would further crack down on retail theft and copyright infringement on balconies. state. “These policies are ineffective once they arrive […]
Romanian National Gets 6 Years in Prison for ATM Theft of Government Benefits
An illegal alien from Romania was convicted of using electronic devices to break into ATM machines in order to steal cash from welfare benefits accounts meant to assist low-income families in California. The Department of Justice sentenced Marius Oprea, 38, to 75 months in federal prison for creating counterfeit debit cards in the names of […]
Wisconsin man facing decades behind bars for identity theft scheme
Identity theft via deepfakes is just around the corner As the technology behind deepfakes advances, it will become nearly impossible to tell fake AI photos and videos from real images, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said. A Wisconsin man spent decades in prison for a 36-year identity theft scheme that sent victims […]
Houston car theft ring allegedly has ties to notorious Mexican cartel
HOUSTON, Texas — Authorities have busted a $1 million car theft ring run by a dangerous Mexican drug cartel and arrested three immigrant members, including one who entered the U.S. illegally and had a lengthy rap sheet. I was arrested. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement documents obtained by the newspaper, Mexican nationals Edgar Bravo, […]
Florida women speak out on elderly parents’ murder, theft of car
Who? why? Would you do that? Kim Melvin Hill and Tonya Mitchell sat in front of television cameras Wednesday and wondered why someone murdered their 80-year-old parents, Major and Claudette Melvin, inside their Fort Lauderdale home on March 22. , wondering if only 10 people stole it. 1 year old Ford. “We’re angry. We’re angry. […]
Memphis pastor back at pulpit five weeks after being shot in the mouth during car theft: report
A Memphis preacher returned to the pulpit on Easter Sunday, just five weeks after the religious leader was shot in the mouth by crooks while stealing a car outside his church. For the first time since that fateful day, the Rev. Clemmie Livingston Jr. preached to a packed crowd at New Zionfield Baptist Church in […]