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We really mirror the process between the police and the CPS, Davison said. The difference is that the police are agents of the state, whereas people call on Davison when the state fails to help.

The operation was earning its ringleaders tens of thousands of euros a match. Porto said one alleged ringleader had convinced dozens of people to hand over personal details, which he used to register them as club members and purchase season tickets in their names. These schemes reached an impressive scale, with dozens of seats controlled by a single individual, the club said in a statement to the Guardian.

He realized that a batch of letters he'd sent to landowners, offering to lease their rights, had incorrect information, including monetary amounts and other details. But instead of correcting the errors, Bentley doubled down, not wanting to admit his mistake. When the letters failed to secure enough land leases to generate big profits, Bentley tried to make up the difference by sinking his investors' money into new, risky deals, some of which faltered and drained the coffers of his company, Bellatorum Resources.

"Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are back home safely with their family and in good spirits," a spokesperson said in a statement. "They are grateful for the outpouring of concern and support from friends, fans, and colleagues. The Osefos, alongside their legal team, look forward to their day in court. At this time, they respectfully ask for privacy as they focus on their family and the legal process ahead."

Gambling debt scandals are cautionary tales, often in the worst way possible. They show how quickly addiction can derail lives and erase fortunes, not to mention break up families and ruin relationships. Whether the person in question is an athlete, executive, lawyer or heir, they all seem to fall into the same pattern where losses compound and desperate attempts to recover the money or conceal its loss usually fail.

Charlie Javice got in trouble because some of her startup's customers were fake. She's now facing some real consequences. It's significantly more than the 18 months Javice's legal team had been hoping for. Federal prosecutors, meanwhile, were aiming for a 12-year sentence. Javice could have been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison. The only problem? Frank never had data for more than 300,000 users. Javice's sentencing could also have some wider implications.

Charlie Javice, founder of the financial aid startup Frank and Forbes 30 under 30 alumnus, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud. The fintech startup had been acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million. The bank later accused Javice of lying about its customer base; the founder claimed the company had 4 million customers, when it actually had 300,000.

Charlie Javice, the fintech entrepreneur convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase, got bad news from her New York judge - she must show up for a sentencing scheduled for Monday despite her request for more time. Defense lawyers had told the judge and prosecutors that Javice could not safely fly to New York due to health concerns that remain redacted from the public record. She had asked for what prosecutors opposed as an unspecified, "lengthy" delay.

This is hard to admit, but I got scammed out of $1.25 million. The money is gone, and I can't get it back. But instead of hiding, I've decided to share my story. My recent post on X about the $1.25 million scam went viral with more than 4 million views and thousands of reposts and comments. MrBeast even chimed in that he would give a $100,000 reward to anyone who could help track down the scammers.

When he moved to Miami in June 2020, former New York investment manager Brett Thomas Graham rented an apartment in the city's signature building, One Thousand Museum, the "exoskeleton" skyscraper overlooking Biscayne Bay. On Tuesday, a Miami federal judge ordered Graham's immediate surrender to the Bureau of Prisons after sentencing him to seven years for ripping off millions from his mother.

An "ultimate conman" who breached the trust of "an entire community" to swindle more than £300,000 (€345,000) from a credit union has been handed a two-year sentence.

According to investigators, Wong began offering legal services to some parishioners, "claiming that in addition to being a pastor, he was also an attorney affiliated with several prestigious universities." Over several years, Wong allegedly would tell these parishioners he was "working on their case" while continuing to extract money from them using their shared faith as a way out of awkward conversations about why the work was taking so long.

Neil Hopper, 49, whose legs were amputated below the knee, is accused of telling insurers that his injuries were the result of sepsis and were not self-inflicted, intending to make a gain. He has also been charged with encouraging someone else to remove the body parts of others after he allegedly bought videos from an extreme body modification website. Appearing at Truro Crown Court on Thursday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation between 3 June and 26 June 2019.

Tech giants have a clear responsibility here: the tools already exist to disable stolen devices, and it's time to use them.

As a quick recap, Holmes claimed that her company had invented a medical testing device, called Edison, that could detect a wide range of illnesses - diabetes, cancers, and more - with just a few pinpricks of blood. These claims were nothing short of fantastical, according to experts, and absolutely not based in reality: the Edison machine didn't actually work, and wrought havoc in the lives of patients who received misdiagnoses.

Theft by false pretenses: A Saratoga resident reported that someone emailed them posing as a representative with an online payment company, claimed $10,000 was mistakenly deposited into the victim's account, and then instructed the victim to mail cash to an unknown address in Southern California, to which the victim complied, for a total loss of about $9,500. Identity theft: A Saratoga resident reported that someone used their personal information to obtain bank and cellular phone service accounts. No financial loss was reported.

Between November 1, 2022, and December 30, 2023, a group of three individuals allegedly used a network of websites to purchase over 379,776 tickets from Ticketmaster, spending $57 million. They resold those tickets for nearly $64 million.

Mitch William Gross, a 34-year-old man from Earling, Iowa, is about to spend four months in federal prison for buying $145,000 worth of Pokémon cards and gaming items through fraud.

Singer Sean Kingston received a sentence of three and a half years in prison for a $1 million fraud scheme involving luxury items he did not pay for.

Every morning I wake up and I'm like, I just want this nightmare to go away.

A primary school teacher defrauded colleagues out of over €2,000 in 'an elaborate hoax' and failed to repay a €1,000 loan from the school's board.

Three men were convicted for stealing £6 million from 41 victims through a fraudulent wine investment scheme, overcharging pensioners by 400% and manipulating them.

A Nigerian man, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges of computer hacking, fraud, and identity theft.

"Jesse El-Ghoul, 31, allegedly deposited a forged tax refund check for $1,344,863 into his business account on March 29, 2024, to evade back taxes."

Greene stated that Santos's 87-month prison sentence for fraud and identity theft is a "grave injustice" and an example of unequal treatment under the law. She argued his conduct was campaign-related, though federal prosecutors provided extensive findings contrary to her framing.