The $95 million shipping container “border wall” — ordered by outgoing Governor Doug Ducey (R) in the final months of his leadership — has been almost completely removed as his successor, Democrat Katie Hobbs, assumes her role as the state’s fifth female governor. The cost of removal will cost Arizonans an additional $76 million. According…Read More
There, she was on financial aid, and she found the forms confusing. So did her parents, according to an interview she gave to Diversity Woman magazine — including her father, Didier, who has worked on Wall Street for more than 35 years, with 11 years at Goldman Sachs and three at Merrill Lynch, according to…Read More
When you think of a scam victim, Monique Svenson is not the typical person who comes to mind. The 37-year-old small business owner and mother of two is the daughter of a bookkeeper and scientist. “I’ve been around people who run their own businesses and I know to check balances,” she told ABC News. “I…Read More
A North Bay widow said she was trying to honor her late husband. But scammers on TikTok stepped in to try and rip her off. Since her husband John died in Nov. 2019, Petaluma resident Jocelyn Cronin said she went looking for support from other widows. She found it on TikTok. “A widower’s community on…Read More
A hardworking teen that balanced three jobs to save up for her dream home has lost her entire life savings after falling victim to a sophisticated phone scam. Aurora Casilli, 18, has been saving every cent possible since landing her first job four years ago in her Western Australia south coast home in Albany. But all…Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Shah, a tearful member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” who insisted she is not the character she plays on the show, was sentenced Friday to 6 1/2 years in prison for defrauding thousands of people, many of them vulnerable or older, in a telemarketing scam that stretched…Read More
The central figure in a criminal conspiracy to influence admissions at United States colleges and universities has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison, the longest sentence handed down so far in what has been dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues“. William “Rick” Singer of Newport Beach, California, was accused of using bribery and…Read More
A man who was previously imprisoned for impersonating a doctor has been sentenced again for a new scam. According to The Associated Press, last week, 25-year-old Malachi Love-Robinson was sentenced to over two years and four months after pleading guilty to grand theft and organized scheme to defraud in Palm Beach County, FL. The repeat…Read More
Internet personality Logan Paul isn’t just trading blows in the boxing ring. Now he’s now scrapping to defend his NFT game CryptoZoo — and we can barely put down the popcorn. YouTuber Stephen “Coffeezilla” Findeisen, who investigates cryptocurrency scams, uploaded a scathing three-part series of videos last month that accuse Paul’s CryptoZoo app of amounting…Read More
In this file photo Jamaican Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt poses during a photo session as he launches a new brand of electric scooters named “Bolt” in Paris, on May 15, 2019. Martin BUREAU / AFP Jamaican Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt has reportedly lost $12 million from an account he had with Kingston-based investment firm…Read More