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Accused Ringleader Pleads Guilty in $400K GoFundMe Scheme
The New Jersey man prosecutors say was in the middle of a scheme to bilk thousands of GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran has pleaded guilty and faces years behind bars.
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DC Ballet School Exec Stole $800K to Feed Gambling Addiction, Feds Say
A woman hired to oversee the books and finances at a major Washington, D.C. ballet school founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon is charged with defrauding the school, including by using its credit cards at MGM National Harbor casino.
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Census Counting of Prisoners Becomes Partisan Battleground
When the U.S. Census Bureau counts residents of Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods next year, a significant portion of their population will be missing: prisoners. For these predominantly black areas, with incarceration rates among the highest in the nation, the government’s longstanding policy to count inmates as residents of the prison where they are held diminishes their political power back home. “When...
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North Las Vegas Woman Survives Abduction After She Was Left To Die in the Antelope Valley Desert
A woman abducted from North Las Vegas and held for several days was rescued earlier this week from the Antelope Valley desert – where she had been beaten, bound with duct tape, and left to die, several law enforcement sources told NBC4. Detectives from the LA County Sheriff’s Department and FBI agents have arrested a father and daughter suspected of...
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Court-Appointed Guardians Accused of Stealing Over $1M From 100 Incapacitated Victims
A Delaware County man, his wife and his sister-in-law are accused of using a shell company and their local church to steal over one million dollars from more than 100 incapacitated people they were appointed by a court to take care of.
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Former Florida Sex Workers See Value in Trafficking Education
This month, Florida became the first state in the nation requiring sex-trafficking education as part of every student’s curriculum.
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Bank Forgives Debt After Mom of Son With Cancer Sent Fake Check
PNC Bank has forgiven the debt of a suburban Chicago mom whose child is battling cancer after she received a bogus check from a seemingly kind stranger.
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Mom of Son With Cancer Says She's on the Hook for Donor's Fake Check
A suburban Chicago mom of a child battling cancer says that someone who offered to pay her bills for a month instead sent her a fake check. Now she’s being charged overdraft fees from the bank that initially cleared the $3,500 check after she spent the money on rent and other bills.
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Md. Man Abducts Victim, Forces Him to Make Multiple Withdrawals, Down Hennessy
Federal prosecutors say three men beat a man, forced him to drink a bottle of liquor and locked him in a trunk, while driving the victim to multiple ATMs and making him withdraw cash.
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Man in GoFundMe Homeless Scheme Faces Federal Charges
Mark D’Amico, the man accused in a GoFundMe scheme that bilked donors out of $400,000, appeared in federal court in Camden, New Jersey, Thursday to face new federal charges.
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Federal Charges for Man at Center of $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scheme
The New Jersey man prosecutors say is in the middle of a scheme to bilk thousands of GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran now faces federal charges.
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NASA Astronaut Accused of Hacking Ex-Wife's Bank Account From Space
A NASA astronaut is accused of hacking her estranged spouse’s bank account from space. Astronaut Anne McClain allegedly accessed the bank account of Summer Worden, while aboard the International Space Station this year, according to NBC affiliate KPRC in Houston. The two women are in a custody battle over a 6-year-old son who was conceived through in vitro fertilization and...
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US Indictment Charges 80 in Fraud, Money Laundering Case
The conspiracy included frauds involving business email, romance scams and schemes targeting elderly people.
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Priest Accused of Stealing Money From Church
A priest from Chester County is accused of stealing nearly $100,000 from his own church. Police say he used the money to purchase a beach house and add money to his own bank account.
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Tesla Posts $408M Loss in 2Q, Causing Stock to Plummet
Tesla lost $408 million in its latest quarter as it struggles to prove it can make money selling electric cars at mass-market prices. “We have to make cars more affordable,” Musk conceded.
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How to Stay Safe When You Travel
The recent cluster of tourist deaths in the Dominican Republic has raised concerns about the safety of international travel. While the specifics behind those deaths are still being investigated, there are some general steps you can take regardless of where you’re traveling to help you and your family stay safe. Attorney Loni Coombs has some advice for staying secure when...
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Majority of Americans Say They Won't Donate to 2020 Presidential Campaigns
Political polarization in the U.S. has increased — in the news, social media and out on Main Street. But that is not translating into a major change in willingness of Americans to open up their wallets and pocketbooks and donate to candidates in the 2020 presidential election. Under one-third of Americans have already made donations or say they plan to...
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Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally. “He failed to remain silent,” said the U.S. citizen mother of five. “He proceeded and told the truth.” The...
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Activists Step Up Trainings Amid Trump Deportation Threats
Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally. “He failed to remain silent,” said the U.S. citizen mother of five. “He proceeded and told the truth.” The...
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Read the Email Elon Musk Sent to Tesla Employees Calling for ‘Hardcore' Control of Expenses
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees in a company-wide email Thursday that $2 billion in new funds raised this month were only enough to get through 10 months if Tesla keeps spending as it did in the first quarter of 2019. He requested that everyone at the company take “hardcore” measures to pull back on spending. Musk wrote in the...