When they claimed to be Guggenheims, the 718 area code should have been a dead giveaway. Con artists posed as members of the famed family in a scheme to fleece millions from investors, including Coca-Cola executives and associates of both Bush presidents, federal prosecutors said...
3 charged in Guggenheim impersonation scam
Scam artists up to their old tricks again this time posing as the FBI
A new scam has emerged, and its message states that it is directly from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Similar to that of the Nigerian money scams, this financial crime actually originates in Nigeria. However, the information contained within it, states that action will...
Fraud artist gets three year jail term for bilking banks
— A fraud artist who bilked two banks out of more than $750,000 was sentenced Monday to the equivalent of three years in prison.
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Dozens of guilty pleas in NYC taxi fare-boost scam
More than two dozen taxi drivers have pleaded guilty after a broad probe into a fare-boosting scam that affected thousands of tourists and residents who rode in the city’s signature yellow cabs, prosecutors said Monday.
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Man Involved in High School Football Advertising Scam in Custody
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Illinois man accused of running a marketing scam involving Iowa City high schools was taken into custody Monday morning. Tony Phiathep, 33, of Silvis, Ill., was booked in Johnson County Jail around 10 a.m. and charged with three counts of second-degree theft.
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Federal stock fraud prosecutor gets Berrios’ property tax appeals spot
Posted by Hal Dardick at 3:55 p.m.; updated at 10:07 p.m. Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans today skipped over some of the more politically prominent candidates for a vacant seat on the board that hears property tax assessment appeals…
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Fraud hearing starts for Queen’s ex-rep in Quebec
QUEBEC – A preliminary hearing began on Monday for Lise Thibault, the Queen’s former representative in Quebec who faces six fraud-related charges.Thibault is charged in the alleged fraud of $700,000 between 1997 and 2007, when she was the province’s lieutenant-governor.Details...
Fraud hearing starts for Queen’s ex-representative in Quebec, Lise Thibault
QUEBEC – A preliminary hearing is underway on six fraud-related charges against the Queen’s former representative in Quebec. Lise Thibault is accused of defrauding $700,000 between 1997 and 2007, when she was the province’s lieutenant-governor.
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