'Leak scam' artists burglarize Sunrise apartment - Plantation / Sunrise - MiamiHerald.com

'Leak scam' artists burglarize Sunrise apartment - Plantation / Sunrise - MiamiHerald.com: "Leak scam' artists burglarize Sunrise apartment

A team of con artists used a ''leak scam'' to distract an apartment dweller in Sunrise.

A 90-year-old man told police he answered a knock on the door of his apartment in the 8400 block of Sunrise Lakes Boulevard about 4:40 p.m. Sept. 30 and found himself facing two men and a woman.

The larger of the men, wearing a goatee and a baseball cap, said they were there to check the inside of the apartment for a water leak.

He walked into the closet and told the older man there was water on the carpet.

While he showed him the water, he blocked the older man from leaving the closet.

The victim told police he became suspicious at that point and said, ``Get out of my way.''

As he finally pushed past the man, all three visitors suddenly ran from the apartment.

In the bedroom, a dresser drawer was open and two envelopes, containing $200 and a Garrard watch valued at $1,000 were gone."

Shopping for your cash - Consumer affairs, news, government watchdog - The Advocate - Times Union

Shopping for your cash - Consumer affairs, news, government watchdog - The Advocate - Times Union: "A scam targeting Capital Region residents has some people believing they are actually being hired for a job. Really, it’s a clever con that attaches a virtual vacuum cleaner to a gullible person’s checking account.

Richard Ragone of Delmar is out thousands, because an outfit calling itself Nationwide Marketing Co. of Akron, Ohio, said it would hire him to be a mystery shopper, and pay him to pose as a customer and rate the service at stores and restaurants. Once Ragone accepted the “job,” he received in the mail what appeared to be a certified check made out in his name for $3,900. His instructions were to deposit the check in his account, wait a few days, and then wire all but $100 to Medoc, Ontario, a town two hours from Toronto.

Of course, the catch is that the check was a forgery. And by the time a bank flagged the deposit as fraudulent, Ragone had already sent the cash across an international border, where the recipient, and his money, vanished."

A scam for every member of your family - KJRH.com

A scam for every member of your family - KJRH.com: "Dad gets an e-mail claiming some sort of insider information on a stock ready to go sky high. Dad buys, the scammers sell, Dad loses.

Brinkley led a BBB investigation into one of these e-mails to show what a bad deal it really is. 'And we opened up a trade account and we bought $1,000 worth of this stock at 91 cents. Now, about six months later it's trading for 34 cents a share. We've lost about $600 on the deal.'"

Police bust fake counterfeiting scam | ajc.com

Police bust fake counterfeiting scam | ajc.com: "The two men, James Martin and Nelson Achonduh, are facing charges of felony solicitation.

According to Alpharetta police, the detective met with Martin and Achonduh to observe what they said was their counterfeiting technique. They said they wanted to sell funny money for real money, police said.

The suspects took a real $100 bill and dipped it in chemicals, police said. They placed the bill against an identically sized, blank piece of paper, telling the purchaser that the image would transfer to the blank paper, police said.

But it was a scam.

One suspect would distract the buyer as the other would substitute the blank paper with another $100 bill. Voila, they would say, a perfect imprint.

The buyer was then to bring $100,000 in real money for $300,000 in fake money. If the buyer brought real money, the suspects would simply rob him, police said.

About a week ago, the counterfeit counterfeiters demonstrated their technique at a Citgo gas station in Alpharetta. They agreed to meet the undercover detective at the gas station on Monday to exchange phoney currency for cold cash."

House members in fertilizer scam won’t inhibit in investigation | ABS-CBN News Online Beta

House members in fertilizer scam won’t inhibit in investigation | ABS-CBN News Online Beta: "Despite the involvement of some congressmen in the fertilizer fund scam, the House Committee on Food and Agriculture will not require some of their colleagues implicated in the P728 million fertilizer fund scam to inhibit themselves from participating in their investigation of the case.

During the first day of the House probe today, Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra, chair of the committee, said that there is no need to ask some of the congressman to inhibit from the case.

“They should not inhibit. They have not been found guilty,” said Mitra adding that they want the investigation to become a free and transparent hearing.

Mitra’s reaction came after two representatives—one of them a member of the investigating committee—admitted that they have benefited from the fertilizer funds when they were still governors."

Larceny charged in classic-car scam - SILive.com

Larceny charged in classic-car scam - SILive.com: "STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The fired state correction officer who allegedly kited checks to get possession of a classic car, then turned around and sold it to an unwitting mechanic for $3,500, was arraigned yesterday on grand larceny and other charges.

Calogero Bongiovanni, 35, of Graniteville, was released following his arraignment on grand larceny, forgery and criminal impersonation charges in Stapleton Criminal Court."

Calif County Accuses Lehman Executives, Auditor Of Fraud In Suit

Calif County Accuses Lehman Executives, Auditor Of Fraud In Suit: "The San Mateo County (Calif.) Investment Pool sued executives of bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ) and their accountants, accusing them of fraud, deceit and misleading accounting practices that led to the loss of more than $150 million in county funds.

The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, said executives of the former Wall Street investment bank made repeated public statements about its financial strength while privately scrambling to save it from collapse."

Va. Businessman Pleads Guilty to $33M Mortgage Fraud - washingtonpost.com

Va. Businessman Pleads Guilty to $33M Mortgage Fraud - washingtonpost.com: "A prominent Northern Virginia businessman pleaded guilty today in a case that prosecutors are calling one of the largest in a wave of nationwide mortgage frauds triggered by the decline in the housing market.

Vijay K. Taneja, 47, admitted that he defrauded banks of at least $33 million through schemes in which he created bogus mortgage loans and obtained funds for the same loans from multiple banks. Prosecutors said the case is the largest in Virginia in at least 20 years.

Taneja is well known in the local Indian American community, and he invested millions of his proceeds in Indian films and musical acts, officials said."

Fraud unit civil servant sacked for wife's deals worth £165,000 | Politics | The Guardian

Fraud unit civil servant sacked for wife's deals worth £165,000 | Politics | The Guardian: "A senior civil servant was able to employ his wife for nearly three years in two fraud prosecution offices on 'lucrative' consultancies worth nearly £165,000, before he was sacked for gross misconduct, an MPs' report reveals.

The Revenue and Customs prosecutions office was criticised for failing to stop the office's chief operating officer, David Partridge, from employing his wife, an arrangement subsequently spotted by auditors."