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Tomb Raider Composer Jailed For COVID Loan Fraud – Time Extension

Tomb Raider Composer Jailed For COVID Loan Fraud  Time Extension Tomb Raider video game composer jailed for Covid loan fraud  GOV.UK County Durham Tomb Raider composer jailed for fiddling Government Covid loan scheme  The Northern Echo ‘Tomb Raider’ composer jailed for COVID loan fraud  CTV News Peterlee Tomb Raider composer jailed for Covid loan fraud  BBC Source link

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Return Fraud Is Rampant Thanks to Free Shipping, Customer Behavior

Return Fraud Is Rampant Thanks to Free Shipping, Customer Behavior

Bill Stewart, the owner of LI Toy and Game on Long Island, New York, estimates that he gets “screwed over” by return shenanigans twice a month. Customers falsely claim an item he shipped wasn’t as described or doesn’t work, or they send back something in much worse condition than how he released it. Recently, a customer returned a Scooby Doo …

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Tomb Raider video game composer jailed for Covid loan fraud

Tomb Raider video game composer jailed for Covid loan fraud

Video game composer Peter Connelly has been jailed after fraudulently obtaining a second Covid Bounce Back Loan for his company Connelly, known for his work on Tomb Raider, inflated his company’s turnover during the first few months of the pandemic in 2020 Insolvency Service investigations have also resulted in the 52-year-old being banned as a company director for six years …

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Clothing tech entrepreneur charged with $300 million fraud in U.S.

Clothing tech entrepreneur charged with 0 million fraud in U.S.

Christine Hunsicker, founder and chief executive officer of CaaStle Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg Breakaway CEO Summit in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images A prominent entrepreneur who founded the now-bankrupt clothing technology startup CaaStle was criminally charged on Friday with defrauding investors out of more than $300 million, the U.S. Department of …

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N.J. tech fashion company founder accused of $300M fraud

N.J. tech fashion company founder accused of 0M fraud

The founder of CaaStle, a clothing technology business, was accused of defrauding investors out of $300 million, officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York said. Christine Hunsicker, 48, of Lafayette is charged with two counts of securities fraud, one count of money laundering, one count of making false statements to a financial institution and …

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Fashion startup founder charged with $300 million fraud

Fashion startup founder charged with 0 million fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — A former chief executive of two clothing technology companies who was once portrayed as an on-the-rise fashion entrepreneur has surrendered to face charges in an indictment unsealed Friday alleging that she cheated investors of over $300 million over the last six years. Christine Hunsicker, 48, of Lafayette, New Jersey, was charged with six counts, including fraud, …

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Fashion startup founder charged with $300 million fraud

Fashion startup founder charged with 0 million fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — A former chief executive of two clothing technology companies who was once portrayed as an on-the-rise fashion entrepreneur has surrendered to face charges in an indictment unsealed Friday alleging that she cheated investors of over $300 million over the last six years. Christine Hunsicker, 48, of Lafayette, New Jersey, was charged with six counts, including fraud, …

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CaaStle founder charged with fraud, turns herself in

CaaStle founder charged with fraud, turns herself in

Christine Hunsicker, founder of the fashion startup CaaStle, turned herself in to authorities Friday to face fraud charges, authorities confirmed to Bloomberg.  The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment against her, charging her with wire fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and lying to financial institutions. She is accused of defrauding her …

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Peterlee Tomb Raider composer jailed for Covid loan fraud

Peterlee Tomb Raider composer jailed for Covid loan fraud

Jonny Manning BBC News, North East and Cumbria SQUARE ENIX Peter Connelly worked on the soundtrack for a number of Tomb Raider video games A video game composer known for his work on the Tomb Raider franchise has been jailed after he fraudulently applied for a Covid business loan. Peter Connelly, 52, of Lambton Court in Peterlee, was jailed for …

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Louisiana police chiefs charged in immigrant visa fraud scheme : NPR

Louisiana police chiefs charged in immigrant visa fraud scheme : NPR

The EOIR (Executive Office For Immigration Review) Oakdale Immigration Court, bottom, is seen in this aerial photo in Oakdale, La., Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Federal prosecutors have indicted five people in Louisiana, including three current and former police chiefs, in an alleged scheme to file bogus police reports that enabled immigrants to …

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