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The Rapper Sean Kingston Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in $1 Million Fraud Scheme  The New York Times Rapper Sean Kingston sentenced to 3 years for fraud scheme  BBC Singer Sean Kingston sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for $1 million fraud scheme  AP News Sean Kingston Gets Lengthy Prison Sentence After $1 Million Fraud Conviction  yahoo.com Sean Kingston sentenced to three and a …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud scheme in which he leveraged his fame to dupe sellers into giving him luxury items that he then never paid for. Kingston, whose legal name is Kisean Paul Anderson, and his mother, Janice Eleanor …

The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department’s headquarters briefing room. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Two men have been indicted in New York on federal criminal charges in connection with a water vending machine Ponzi scheme that allegedly swindled investors out of more than $200 million, the Department of Justice said Thursday. The …

Scammers are relentless in their pursuit of your personal information, from login credentials to credit card numbers, and one of the latest schemes targets Facebook users (again), this time in an attempt to open an ongoing line of communication that they can exploit over time. Malwarebytes Labs has identified a login phishing scam nearly identical to the one I recently …

The gerrymandering wars are back. Perhaps they never really went away. Extreme GOP gerrymanders have remade American politics over the last 15 years. They have locked Republicans into office in state legislatures nationwide, even in purple states when Democratic candidates win more votes. They have delivered a reliable and enduring edge to the GOP in the race for Congress. Perhaps …

Late in the first half of a Los Angeles Sparks-Indiana Fever game on Tuesday night, a neon green sex toy thrown from the stands landed on the floor of Crypto.com Arena, at the feet of Indiana guard Sophie Cunningham. Simultaneously, a group of people during an audio livestream on X were reveling in the moment and celebrating its potential to …

CEDARTOWN, Ga. — A federal receiver is on the hunt to recover $140 million lost in an alleged Ponzi scheme that benefited some Republicans in the top ranks of their party in Georgia and Alabama. He’s looking to claw back funds, including almost 1,000 political donations totaling more than $1 million, that often backed far-right Republican insurgents. Some of these …

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Speaking to two dozen state lawmakers, a packed hearing room, two overflow rooms and a robust virtual waiting room, Texans condemned the Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional map at the House redistricting committee’s first public meeting …

Denver Pastor and Wife Face Charges in ‘God-Inspired’ Cryptocurrency Scheme  The New York Times Denver Couple Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme  Julie Roys Colorado pastor and wife indicted in $3.4M crypto scam  Cointelegraph Pastor and Wife Face 40 Felony Charges for $3.4 Million Cryptocurrency Scheme  ChurchLeaders Divine rug pull  Komando.com Source link

The North Korean flag files over the North Korean embassy in Beijing, in July 2007. Peter Parks/AFP hide caption toggle caption Peter Parks/AFP An Arizona woman was sentenced to prison on Thursday for her role in a $17 million scam that helped North Koreans steal Americans’ identities and use them to land remote IT jobs at hundreds of U.S. companies. …