The year was 1951, when Ben Hogan played in the U.S. Open at Oakland Hills South Course in Bloomfield Hills. He won the tournament, his sixth of the eventual nine major titles in his storied career, and would later describe the course with two words with which it has forever…
Mark Arome Okuo, of Canton, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and obstruction of justice earlier this year, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Along with his 55 months in prison, Okuo must repay his victims, the judge ruled. Investigators said Okuo took part in romance…
A 38-year-old Canton woman who stole $1 million from her victims using romance scams and pandemic unemployment fraud will spend more than three years behind bars. Florence Mwende Musau pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and was sentenced to 44 months in prison and ordered to…
CNN — Patrick Giblin was like the American version of the “Tinder Swindler” – but without the private jets. He wooed women with stories about his respectable family – his father was a judge, he said – and beachfront property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he said he worked…
According to court documents, the Orjis and their co-defendants preyed on elderly victims, many of whom were widowed or divorced. DALLAS — A romance scammer with ties to a Nigerian organized crime syndicate was sentenced Monday to more than three years in federal prison, according to U.S. Attorney for the…
A Camberwell pair spent Christmas behind bars when they were finally caught after five victims were conned out of hundreds of thousands in romance scams, including one victim who had been cat-fished for fourteen years. Devious Fredrick Diji, 37, and Racquel Johnson, 43, were jailed for a combined total of…
OAKLAND — A 66-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for coaxing child pornography from a 7-year-old girl after reaching out to her on a messaging app, telling her “I love you,” and asking to be her boyfriend. Darryl Badzinski was transferred Dec. 2 to…
Kiwi present hunters are being warned to watch out for scammers targeting online shoppers this Christmas. Photo / 123rf Kiwi bargain hunters are set to be targeted by scammers this Christmas, with a Government cyber security agency issuing a warning for online shoppers to be vigilant for bum deals. CERT…
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Federal officials say the man behind a nationwide senior romance scam has been sentenced. Edwin Agbi, the architect behind a scheme to steal money from elderly people, has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison, according to the Department of Justice. The sentence was imposed…
(MENAFN- The Conversation) While we have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine mandates and related protests for much of the past two years, a wave of financial fraud has spread rapidly across Canada and around the world. While not a deadly respiratory virus, this new approach to scamming has…
