NEW YORK — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who posed as a German heiress to finance an extravagant lifestyle in New York, is making a new effort to avoid deportation, her attorney said Tuesday. Sorokin, whose scheme inspired the recent Netflix series “Inventing Anna,” was taken into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody nearly … Read more
Two New York City residents have been charged with defrauding an Ocean County, New Jersey, grandmother out of $8,000 after assuring her that her grandson had been arrested and urgently needed money to be released, authorities said Thursday. Jorge Peguero Méndez, 34, and Richard Quiñones Pérez, 24, both from the Bronx, fled after being charged … Read more
Photo: Instagram / mosseri Adam Mosseri was probably very surprised when he saw that he “died” – – The fraudster managed to block the Instagram account of the head of this social network, Adam Mosseri, using a “fake” death message. The scammer succeeded in blocking the personal Instagram account of the top manager of this … Read more
In the Odessa region, at the customs office, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) uncovered and blocked a corruption scheme, thanks to which the attackers profited from about 200 thousand US dollars a month. About it reported on the official website of the Security Service of Ukraine. The criminal scheme was uncovered at the Odessa … Read more
Photo: DNR website Former “minister” from “DPR” accused of $ 5 million fraud – – The ex-adviser of the former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov became an accomplice of the former representative of the quasi-republic. The Presnensky Court of Moscow has extended the term of detention of the former “minister” of the self-proclaimed “DPR” Alexander Timofeev, … Read more
Photo: gp.gov.ua One of the suspects in fraud – – The attackers forged documents and transferred UAH 33 million to their account, and the rest of the amount to the account of the notary who helped them. Employees of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office detained three citizens who are suspected of particularly large-scale fraud. Using … Read more
– – – What we have said so far, we heard today in parliament – that the ministers of the caretaker government are swindlers, that Hristo Ivanov wants posts. This was commented by the chairman of GERB Boyko Borisov at a meeting with supporters of the party in Plovdiv region, broadcast live on Facebook. Borissov … Read more
Through a fake site, users are invited to participate in the pyramid. – – Fraudsters use a high-income offer to lure into a fraudulent project using a scheme that is exclusively inherent in a fraudulent financial pyramid. Privatbank warns users about a new fraud scheme that uses a fake website using the bank’s logo. The … Read more
Photo: kyiv.gp.gov.ua In Kiev, criminals wanted to take away the apartment of the deceased – – The mummified body of the pensioner was kept in the apartment while the sale and purchase transaction was carried out with the apartment. In Kiev, attackers tried to hide the mummified body of a deceased pensioner in order to … Read more
More than 160 undocumented and unmarked graves have been found near the former Indian residential school on Kuper Island, British Columbia, the Penelakut First Nation said. • Read also: Work begins on a home for Indigenous women in Montreal • Read also: Assembly of First Nations: RoseAnne Archibald elected National Chief • Read also: Residential … Read more