There was a whole lot of monk-y business going on. A conman Catholic cleric raised at least $650,000 for overseas medical clinics he claimed to operate, but in reality used the donations to his bogus charities to fuel an extravagant lifestyle that included heavenly meals, trips to the Hamptons and…
A Florida man allegedly impersonated a popular pizzeria — once given a favorable review from Barstool Sports founder and pizza critic Dave Portnoy — to fool unsuspecting tourists into ordering undercooked and “fraudulently priced” food. Jose Marti-Alvarez, 55, is accused of “falsely advertising” his business in hotels throughout Miami Springs…
Binance has revealed in an announcement that it has recovered $73 million (approximately Rs. 612 crore) stolen by hackers and scammers from the global crypto sector as of July 31, 2024. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in a statement shared with Gadgets360, highlighted blockchain technology as a powerful tool in…
Truecaller is introducing a new feature powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that is aimed at helping users detect AI scam calls. The caller ID platform is rolling out the AI Call Scanner feature which can detect whether the voice of the person on the call belongs to a human or…
Two California retirees say they lost nearly $1 million after falling victim to a bizarre timeshare scam run by a notorious Mexican drug cartel that is known for horrifying claims of cannibalism. The rapidly evolving scam, run by the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), is estimated to have fleeced hundreds…
A heartless Florida woman admitted to scamming an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor she met on a dating site out of a jaw-dropping $2.8 million, federal prosecutors announced. Peaches Stergo’s years-long fraud cost the elderly victim his life savings while she lived a life of luxury that included a house in a…
He was “dad” on arrival. A Pennsylvania man was so intent on stealing his dead dad’s pension and Social Security payments that he even used make-up to “whiten his hair and eyebrows” to impersonate his elderly father to skeptical authorities. The grifter, Timothy Gritman, 55, stole $204,985 in NY state…
A South Florida woman known as “Mother Theresa” in her community has been accused of running her business as a lucrative Ponzi scheme that scammed close to $200 million. Johanna M. Garcia, of North Lauderdale, allegedly defrauded over 15,400 investors of up to $196 million through her company, MJ Capital…
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