JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A woman who asked the News4JAX I-TEAM for help last year — claiming she’d been ripped off in a rental scam — admitted to the judge she made it all up. Lori Hyman pleaded guilty Thursday to felony grand theft and lying to police. Hyman first contacted…
Woman Pleads Guilty To Role In $2.6 Million ‘Romance Scam’ | #lovescams | #datingapps
A Texas woman scammed unsuspecting and trusting victims out of a total of about $2.6 million through an organised internet-based ‘romance scams’. Woman cons men in organised ‘romance scam’ Dominique Golden, 31, of Houston, personally collected nearly $1.3 million in cash, checks, money orders, and wire transfers from people across…
Two Defendants Plead Guilty Resulting from Separate Investigations into Complex Wal-Mart Gift Card Schemes Involving Hundreds of Fraud Victims | USAO-MDGA | #lovescams | #datingapps
ALBANY, Ga. – Two individuals pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges today resulting from separate United States Secret Service (USSS) led investigations into larger Walmart gift card schemes involving hundreds of fraud victims from across the country. Yao Lin, 51, of Ruther Glen, Virginia, and Wen Xue Lin, 39,…
Virginia ‘Tinder Swindler’ who preyed on sailors pleads guilty | #lovescams | #datingapps
A Virginia man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to being part of a scam that entailed posing as women on a dating app to swindle sailors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Samari Smith, 20, of Newport News, and at least four co-conspirators pretended to be women looking for a…
‘Casanova Scammer’ Pleads Guilty to Defrauding More Than 30 Women | #lovescams | #datingapps
Brian B. Wedgeworth seemed to have a persuasive way with women. Purporting to be a medical doctor who had attended prestigious universities, he persuaded women he met on dating websites to send him large sums of money, luxury items — and even bank account information. Prosecutors said that Brian Wedgeworth…