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  • College Student Charged After Forging Purdue Professors’ Signature To His Grades

    College Student Charged After Forging Purdue Professors’ Signature To His Grades

    A Purdue University student named Mohamed Bouftas has been found guilty of forging professors’ signatures to change his grades. Bouftas initially appeared to have a grade-point average of 3.85, but it was later discovered that his actual GPA is 1.68. He has been convicted of forgery and is now a convicted felon, reports the Journal & Courier. 

    Bouftas, 23, admitted to three forgery convictions in April and recently received a four-year sentence. However, his sentence was suspended, and he was placed on probation. The fraud came to light when an employee in Purdue’s Registrar’s Office noticed a suspicious grade-change form and questioned the professor involved.

    Further investigation revealed that Bouftas had submitted 30 grade-change forms, with 27 of them containing forged professor signatures. These fraudulent acts began in the fall semester of 2021 and were uncovered in the spring semester of 2023.

    Initially, Bouftas faced multiple charges, including forgery, fraud, and corrupt business influence. However, as part of a plea agreement, most of the charges were dismissed, leaving only three counts of forgery. Bouftas is no longer enrolled at Purdue University, according to Tim Doty, the senior director of media and public relations.

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  • Georgia Cemetery Worker Denied Bond After Selling Pre-Owned Burial Plots To Grieving Families

    Georgia Cemetery Worker Denied Bond After Selling Pre-Owned Burial Plots To Grieving Families

    A cemetery worker in Douglas County will remain in jail after being accused of selling burial plots that were already owned by others, per WSBTV. Pamela Teal, who is facing multiple charges including theft by deception and forgery, was denied bond by a judge. 

    Families affected by this alleged scam claim that Teal pretended to be friendly and supportive, while secretly selling them plots that were already claimed by someone else.

    “Well, we thought she was our friend. She befriended all of us,”

    Tonya Key said. Key, whose 23-year-old daughter, Faith, died, says Teal has cost them their peace.

    “The sheriff’s department uncovered that our plot that our daughter was actually in and the one that my son-in-law actually bought, those belong to someone else,”

    Key described.

    According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Pamela Teal has been found to have sold burial plots to multiple families, including the LaFleur family. The LaFleurs had purchased a plot for their 15-year-old son, Samuel Moon, who tragically lost his life after a Sweet 16 party.

    “I still don’t know if Samuel is in this spot where he was buried,”

    LaFleur said.

    The sheriff’s office is urging anyone who had any contact with Teal to come forward and contact them.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Remains Of Deceased Individuals Discovered At Former Funeral Home Owner’s Residence

    Remains Of Deceased Individuals Discovered At Former Funeral Home Owner’s Residence

    The Colorado home of Miles Harford, 33, who previously owned Apollo Funeral and Cremation Services in Littleton, was discovered to contain the body of a woman and at least 30 sets of cremated remains on February 6, according to AP News. Authorities made the grim discovery after Harford was evicted from his rented home in southwest Denver.

    The remains, some of which were stored in temporary urns, were located in various places around the property, including the crawl space, a moving truck, and a non-functional hearse in the backyard. Denver Police Cmdr. Matt Clark revealed these details during a press conference on Friday, noting that the deceased woman found in the hearse was 63 years old and had passed away in August 2022.

    The remains are believed to be linked to individuals who passed away from 2012 to 2021, and investigators are using tags and labels to identify the families.

    “At times he was not able to complete cremations to provide remains to families for services. Unbeknownst to families who sought services from Apollo Funeral Services, Mr. Harford may have occasionally provided family members with another person’s cremated remains instead of their family member’s remains so services could be held,”

    Clark said. 

    Authorities mentioned that the business had been closed since September 2022, and an arrest warrant was issued on Friday for suspected offenses including abuse of a corpse, forgery, and theft.

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  • Airbnb Host Sent Fake Police Report To Scam Money For ‘Deep Cleaning Service,’ Police Say

    Airbnb Host Sent Fake Police Report To Scam Money For ‘Deep Cleaning Service,’ Police Say

    Airbnb host Katherine Jensen is facing serious charges after allegedly filing a false police report, per WSBTV. According to the Newnan Police, Jensen owned the property at 11 Melson Street. 

    The police department received an email from one of Jensen’s Airbnb guests, accusing Jensen of attempting to deceive Airbnb by submitting a fake complaint along with a fabricated police report. 

    In addition, she allegedly sent a bogus cleaning invoice to the platform to obtain reimbursement for a deep clean from another guest. 

    Jensen was arrested on June 6, 2023, and has been charged with two counts of forgery in the second degree, theft by deception, and criminal attempt at theft by deception. She has since been released on bail after being booked into the Coweta County Jail. 

    The Newnan officials have stated that this is an ongoing investigation, and more charges may be filed as the detectives work to gather information from Airbnb to identify any other potential victims.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Funeral Home Owners Charged After FBI Discovers Stacked Bodies and Infestation of Flies and Maggots at Funeral Home

    Funeral Home Owners Charged After FBI Discovers Stacked Bodies and Infestation of Flies and Maggots at Funeral Home

    Investigators uncovered shocking conditions inside a Colorado funeral home, as reported by NPR News. 

    An FBI agent testified that upon entering the premises, they were met with a distressing sight of stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids pooling on the floor, and an infestation of flies and maggots throughout the building. Text messages exchanged between the funeral home’s owners revealed their mounting financial debts and fears of being caught mishandling the bodies. 

    A co-owner proposed disposing of the bodies by burying them in a lye-treated hole or burning them.

    Almost 200 abandoned bodies, 23 were from 2019, and 61 were from 2020, including adults, infants, and fetuses, according to FBI agent Andrew Cohen. The remains were stored at room temperature in a neglected building in Penrose, a small town in the Rocky Mountains.

    “It looked like something you’d like to forget but can’t,”

    Cohen explained during a hearing for one of the funeral home’s co-owners.

    Prosecutors found animal remains and bags of concrete at the scene. Disturbingly, some families received fake ashes instead of their loved ones’ cremated remains.

    Reports of a foul smell led to the discovery of the bodies. Funeral home owners Carie and Jon Hallford were arrested in Oklahoma for allegedly fleeing Colorado to avoid prosecution.

    The Hallfords are facing numerous charges, including abuse of a corpse, theft, money laundering, and forgery. The investigation is ongoing, and affected families have confirmed their worst fears.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Lamar Odom Files $1 Million Lawsuit Against Former Manager for Stealing His Brooklyn Home and Forging Documents

    Lamar Odom Files $1 Million Lawsuit Against Former Manager for Stealing His Brooklyn Home and Forging Documents

    Lamar Odom is suing his former manager, Tonita Bybee for allegedly forging his signature on documents in an attempt to steal his Brooklyn home that has been in his family for

    “nearly three decades,”

    PageSix reported. 

    Odom accused Bybee of forging a deed to sell his family home in Brooklyn, N.Y., to a third party, PageSix reports. Odom claims he fired Bybee in May 2022. The 43-year-old retired athlete noted that the house has been in his family

    “for nearly three decades.” 

    Odom claims his aunt Carol Janean Mercer, who had been living in the home since his uncle Michael Mercer died in August 2022, has been evicted from the residence as a result of Bybee’s actions. According to legal documents, Odom believes Bybee

    “acted with malice, wanton dishonesty, and a high degree of immoral turpitude.”

    He also accused her of 

    “identity theft, embezzlement, conversion, misappropriation,”

    and

    “various other iterations of fraud.”

    In the lawsuit, Odom alleged that Bybee

    “illegally used his name, social security number, email address, and social media accounts.”

    He also accused her of using his

    “personal information in order to ‘defraud people and businesses by accepting speaking and appearance engagements’,”

    after she was let go. Odom also alleges that a public notary

    “improperly notarized”

    the deed to the home and falsely reported that Odom was present to sign documents

    “despite the fact that [he] never appeared before [the public notary] either in person or remotely to execute the forged deed.”

    He is seeking $1 million in damages. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Authorities Search For Man That Escaped Jail By Impersonating Inmate Due For Release

    Authorities Search For Man That Escaped Jail By Impersonating Inmate Due For Release

    Washington state authorities are still attempting to locate a man who escaped a correctional facility by impersonating another inmate who was due to be released, Newsweek reported.

    On Monday, April 17th, Brian Francisco Roman escaped from the Cowlitz County Jail. When a corrections officer called for the inmate who was due to be released, the 26-year-old approached them instead, and left to be processed out of custody. Roman then received property belonging to the other inmate, signed paperwork by forging the inmate’s name, and left. Staff members didn’t realize their mistake until the inmate that was meant for release asked when he would be leaving.

    Local law enforcement are now searching for Roman in cities and town surrounding the facility. Authorities say he was last seen wearing a blue hoodie, a black shirt, gray sweatpants, and brown slippers. He is now wanted for charges of second-degree escape, first-degree criminal impersonation, forgery, second-degree theft, and third-degree theft.