24 Face Charges in Las Vegas Car Crash Insurance Scheme admin Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Business & Finance, Feature, Lifestyle A Las Vegas car crash scheme is being cited as the largest multidefendant indictment in Nevada history. Last week, twenty-four individuals were...
Wells Fargo CEO Warns More Unauthorized Accounts May Be Identified admin Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan issued a letter to employees, which stated that details from an expanded analysis could result in additional unauthorized...
Boosie BadAzz’s Brother Arrested for Stealing $361K From Rapper’s Bank Account admin Monday, July 31, 2017 Feature, Music, The Studio Boosie Badazz's brother, Taquari Hatch, has been arrested and charged with identity theft and fraud, after stealing $361,000 from the rapper's bank...
Russian Man Gets 27 Years in Prison, Longest-Ever Hacking Sentence in U.S. History admin Monday, April 24, 2017 Feature, Technology The son of a Russian lawyer, Roman Seleznev, was sentenced last Friday (April 21) to 27 years and ordered to pay $169 million in restitution, after...
‘Jersey Shore’ Star “The Situation” Plead Not Guilty to Additional Tax Fraud Charges admin Monday, April 17, 2017 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt "Jersey Shore" star Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino and his brother, March Sorrentino, pleaded not guilty Monday to additional tax fraud charges....
L.A. Business Manager Embezzles $4.8M From Alanis Morissette admin Thursday, January 19, 2017 Business & Finance, Feature, Music, The Receipt A former business manager, who is said to have represented celebrities such as Beyoncé and Mariah Carey, faces federal charges after pleading...
Online Ticket Flippers Will Face Federal Charges Under Obama’s BOTS Act admin Monday, December 19, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt On Friday, December 16, President Barack Obama signed into law the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, or the BOTS Act of 2016. This new law will make it...
5 Ways to Prevent Gift Card Fraud admin Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt A couple in Laguna Woods, CA purchased $1,000 in Nordstrom gift cards - from CVS - for their daughter as a gift. When the daughter eventually tried...
Bad Banking: Boosie Calls Out Capital One After Losing $469K Ms. Bels Friday, October 28, 2016 Feature, Music, The Studio Well, here's another disgruntle banker who has found himself fighting for money that's rightfully his. Rapper Boosie BadAzz recently called out...
Wells Fargo Fires 5,300 Employees For Opening Unauthorized Accounts admin Friday, September 9, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt Speaking on the basis of facts, Wells Fargo employees engaged in fraudulent activities for quite some time. One incident happened on a personal...
FOOLERY: Okla. Woman Arrested For Scamming $20K in Donations for Sick Daughter admin Monday, August 15, 2016 Feature, Lifestyle Jessica Lynn Good is a no good mother . In Enid, Oklahoma, Jessica Good was arrested for tricking strangers out of thousands of dollars to...
Ex-Financial Manager Arrested For Embezzling $4M From City Budget admin Friday, July 29, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt The city of Placentia, California, just north of Orange County, accused Michael Minh Nguyen of embezzlement after over $5.16 million went missing....
‘The Wolf of Wall Street’: Major Asset in $3.5 Billion Fraud Case admin Friday, July 22, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt The U.S. Department of Justice are attempting to seize $1 billion in assets, which include the profits, royalties, and distribution proceeds from...
HSBC Executive Arrested For Currency Exchange Scheme admin Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt A HSBC executive was arrested at JFK airport for his part in a $3.5 billion currency exchange scheme. According to the NY Post, London-based...
DID YOU KNOW: The Trump University Scam admin Wednesday, June 1, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt Donald Trump believed he could make anyone a real estate tycoon. Therefore, he decided to spread the Trump knowledge to the masses and created Trump...
FOOLERY: Teen ‘Dr. Love’ Arrested Again for Fraud admin Thursday, March 3, 2016 Feature, Lifestyle Malachi "Dr. Love" Robinson was arrested again on charges of four counts of fraud and one count of larceny. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office...
Martin Shkreli Duped Out of $15M for Kanye Album admin Monday, February 15, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, Music, The Receipt Martin Shkreli, the man who raised the price of the HIV drug by 5,000% and purchased Wu-Tang Clan's limited edition Once Upon A Time in Shaolin for...
IRS to Beef Up Security This Tax Season Ms. Bels Thursday, January 14, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt Income taxes and identity theft is a major issue for the IRS. Therefore, protecting the identity of tax payers is, again, a top priority for the 2015...
Powerball Rigging Scandal Resurfaces as Jackpot Rise to $1.3 Billion admin Monday, January 11, 2016 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt The Powerball jackpot is now at $1.3 billion. This is the largest amount ever offered on one game and it has the nation in an uproar. For the...
The Jig is Up on Money Flipping Scams Ms. Bels Thursday, October 29, 2015 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt The social media experience is becoming one big aggravation. The culprits behind the annoyance are those "flipping money" scam accounts. They're...
$150 Million Healthcare Scheme Put Thousands at Risk admin Monday, September 28, 2015 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt What if you were scheduled to have surgery and someone other than your doctor was operating on you? Well, that's what happened to...
5 Ways to Avoid Credit Repair Fraud Ms. Bels Friday, September 25, 2015 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt, Your Money and You Credit repair companies are everywhere. This line of business is in high demand due to the millions of people who desperately need their credit...
Young Execs Charged in Multi-Million $$ Text Message Scheme admin Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Business & Finance, Feature, Technology, The Receipt L to R: Darcy Wedd and Erdolo Eromovia NBCNews Two men were charged on Monday with helping to run a "cramming" scheme that defrauded unsuspecting...
WTH Going On With Gilbert Arenas? Ms. Bels Thursday, September 10, 2015 Feature, Foul on the Play, Sports, The Game Every other day it seems like ex-NBA star Gilbert Arenas is in the news with money issues. Not that he's broke or anything, it's just that those...
Is Nene Leakes’ Son Forging Checks Now? admin Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Feature, Film & Television According to the AJC, Nene Leakes' son Bryson Bryant was arrested on June 16, 2015 for possession of a forged check. Bryant has had multiple...
100,000 Taxpayers Affected By IRS Security Breach admin Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt The IRS website is not hacker-proof as many Americans would like to believe. On Tuesday, the agency announced that over 100,000 taxpayers were...
Understanding Internet Fraud and the Law… admin Thursday, March 26, 2015 Feature, Technology, The Receipt Criminal activity involving the perpetration of a fraud through the use of the computer or the internet can take many different forms. One common...
TRR: Tax Fraud Queen Gets 21 Years, Activists Fight Back, & Nick Gordon on Dr Phil? Dameon Daniels Friday, March 6, 2015 Feature, Lifestyle, The Vault Undisputed Tax Fraud Queen “THE QUEEN OF IRS TAX FRAUD”….. Failing to file a tax return is a misdemeanor and filing falsely is a...
IRS Blames Congress for Florida’s Huge Fraud Problem admin Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Business & Finance, Feature, The Receipt, Your Money and You Without support and mandates from Congress, the IRS is having a difficult time trying to combat the tax fraud issues that plague the state of...
Sis, Here’s Why Your IG Boutique Failed… Ms. Bels Friday, January 16, 2015 Fashion & Beauty, Feature, Runway Xclusive It's funny I'm writing a post about the Instagram (IG) boutique business. For one, I don't own an IG boutique. Secondly, I can honestly say that...
