Aurora (July 22, 2019) – Nine members of the Figliomeni crime family were taken into…
Romance scammer charged with defrauding Holocaust survivor of $2.8M
A Florida woman has been charged with one count of wire fraud after she swindled an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of more than US$2.8 million in an online romance scam. Peaches Stergo, 36, met the unnamed victim on a dating website in 2017, as per an...
My Big Coin cryptocurrency firm founder gets 8 years in prison for fraud
The founder of a defunct cryptocurrency business was sentenced on Tuesday to more than eight years in prison for defrauding investors and customers out of millions of dollars by marketing a virtual currency called My Big Coin with lies and half-truths. Federal...
‘Everything is fake’: how global crime gangs are using UK shell companies in multi-million pound crypto scams
Awoman meets a man online. They flirt. Then, after a few weeks, they begin imagining a future together. Fast forward a few months and one of them has had their heart broken and been defrauded of their life savings. It sounds like a classic romance scam, but it isn’t....
Usain Bolt appears to speak out after being scammed for $10 million
Usain Bolt is one of the most well-known athletes in the world, with the Jamaican sprinter dominating the Olympics like few other competitors have been able to, setting world records which are still yet to beaten. He’s made headline after headline for...
How organized crime has mortgaged or sold at least 30 GTA homes without owners’ knowledge
Future of title insurance could be at risk if this real estate fraud trend continues. A year ago, Melissa Walsh says police assured her family it only happened to them. Fraudsters nearly sold her great uncle’s east end Toronto home without the family’s...