ST. LOUIS – Five people were charged Friday for stealing at least $8 million from victims across ten states, including one Missouri woman, in a tech support scam. According to …
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by Damilola Olufemi Oludayo Adeagbo, a 45-year-old Nigerian-British national, has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the United States for his role in a multimillion-dollar Business Email Compromise …
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Nikesh Ajay Patel, a notorious Orlando fraudster, was sentenced to an additional 27 years in federal prison after orchestrating a fraudulent scheme involving his ex-wife, Trisha Patel, while already serving …
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Charity ScamsGovernment Impersonation ScamsOnline and Tech
Jury Convicts Five in Feeding Our Future Fraud Case
Attorneys Clayton Carlson, Ian Birrell, and Steven Schleicher flank defendant Said Shafii Farah on the first day of testimony in the Feeding Our Future trial. Farah was one of two …
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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Ionia County officials arrested and arraigned two Illinois men in connection with a wire fraud scam that targeted a 72-year-old woman from Easton Township, Ionia County. …
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Business & Job Opportunity ScamsFinancialSmishing Scams
Tabitha Dobi Sentenced to 33 Months for Real Estate Fraud
Tabitha Dobi, a 46-year-old woman from Brunswick, Georgia, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for wire fraud after pleading guilty to stealing over $250,000 from a real estate …
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Crowdfunding ScamsFinancialInvestment ScamsSmishing Scams
UK Man Sentenced for $13M Wine and Whiskey Scam
A man from the United Kingdom has been sentenced to three years’ probation for his involvement in a $13 million wine and whiskey scam that defrauded over 150 victims, many …
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PROVIDENCE – Wisdom Onyobeno preyed on the vulnerabilities of grieving widows, exploiting their trust, Christian faith, and loneliness through a sweeping romance scam. U.S. District Chief Judge John J. McConnell …
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Nader Al-Naji Arrested in $257M BitClout Cryptocurrency Fraud Nader Al-Naji, a former Google employee and Princeton graduate, was arrested this week for his role in a massive cryptocurrency fraud involving …
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ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) — Bradford Leland Fishback, a 40-year-old Utah businessman, was sentenced on Tuesday for fraudulently obtaining over $685,000 in government funds intended to assist small businesses during …