WEST HAVEN, CT – The city of West Haven will be reimbursed approximately $1 million from its insurance carrier for funds stolen by a former state representative and his associates …
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FinancialLottery & Sweepstakes Scams
Shiym Edwards and Destiny Johnson Arrested for Lottery Ticket Fraud
HOUGHTON, MI – Shiym Edwards, 28, and Destiny Johnson, 25, both from Akron, Ohio, were arrested in Houghton on November 7 after using stolen credit cards to purchase lottery tickets …
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BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. – Frederick Brewster Cook III, 57, of Seminole, Alabama, was arrested on Thursday, November 23, 2024, after an investigation revealed that he defrauded an elderly homeowner out …
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McKINNEY, Texas – Mark Kadiri, a student at Collin College, has been arrested for allegedly scamming elderly victims out of more than $61,000. The Collin County Sheriff’s Office worked with …
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ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. – Christopher Spear, 45, was arrested after attempting to scam a local furniture store, Hampton Furniture, out of thousands of dollars’ worth of goods. According to the …
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Laurel County, KY – Dakota Mackenzie Burns, a 25-year-old woman from London, Kentucky, has been arrested in connection with a theft by deception case linked to her photography business. The …
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Coffee County, Georgia – A 33-year-old man from Lumber City, Derek Hamel, was arrested in Coffee County on November 6 after local law enforcement discovered he was wanted on a …
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Harare, Zimbabwe – Three individuals, Liberty Munyaradzi (34), Clementine Sikoti (39), and Itai Ndlovu (43), were arraigned before Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya on charges of stealing 5,000 litres of diesel …
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North Bay, ON – A stolen vehicle from a North Bay driveway led to an arrest and the seizure of nearly $3,000 worth of illegal drugs. On October 2, 2023, …
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Dallas, TX – Hector Omar Segura-Lara, 36, and Jose Antonio Ortega-Silva, 33, both from Dallas, have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. The …