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  • Son Stole $70K From His Grieving Dad By Putting On Deceased Mom’s Voice To Transfer Funds To His Account

    Son Stole $70K From His Grieving Dad By Putting On Deceased Mom’s Voice To Transfer Funds To His Account

    Police arrested a man they say stole $70,000 from his grieving dad by posing as his deceased mother to transfer funds, per the NY Post. 

    Daniel Cuthbert, 42, is accused of withdrawing and transferring money from his father’s accounts to his account over 14 months. Cuthbert allegedly pretended to be his deceased mother by

    “[putting] on a female voice”

    to authorize transfers on several occasions. In some instances, he would also pose as his father during his phone calls to the bank. 

    When his father noticed the missing money from his account he confronted Cuthbert however, the father, overwhelmed with grief, overlooked his son’s iniquity. In 2018, the dad received a visit from the United Kingdom buildings society which notified him that he was on the verge of losing his property because of his debts. The Northamptonshire Police’s Volume Fraud team opened an investigation into the case and Cuthbert was arrested. 

    “This was a really despicable abuse of trust by this man who falsely represented his father and even his late mother, in order to defraud them out of more than £56,000 [$73,384],”

    Sergeant Mike Rogers told South West News Service.

    According to the outlet, Cuthbert also took out loans in his father’s name, which later caused him to lose his home, due to the amount of debt piled up. 

    “This was a complex investigation, but due to some excellent work by the lead investigator, Cuthbert has been jailed and will now have plenty of time to reflect on his actions,”

    Rogers said.

    “We hope this brings some closure to the victim who was put through a horrendous ordeal by his son only months after losing his wife.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Woman Confesses to Stealing $2.8 Million from Holocaust Survivor in Twisted Roman Scheme

    Woman Confesses to Stealing $2.8 Million from Holocaust Survivor in Twisted Roman Scheme

    A Florida woman confessed to stealing $2.8 million in life savings from an 87-year-old holocaust survivor she met online, NY Post reported. 

    Peaches Stergo reportedly convinced the elderly victim to deposit lump sums of money into her bank account on numerous occasions. The two reportedly met in 2017 on a dating website. Stergo initially started by asking the victim to borrow money to pay her lawyer who she claimed withheld funds from an injury settlement, according to the feds per the Post. 

    The 36-year-old woman is accused of using the funds to support her lavish lifestyle. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Stergo purchased

    “a house in a gated community, a Corvette, a boat, lavish vacations and designer items, including Rolex watches,”

    they said in a Friday news release. Stergo went on to collect 62 checks totaling almost $3 million from the elderly man, reports reveal. She drained the man of his saving which eventually caused him to lose his apartment. 

    Stergo pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison. She will also have to pay $2.8 million in restitution and relinquish the more than 100 luxury items she obtained including designer clothes, purses, and lots of jewelry, reports state. 

    “Peaches Stergo stole the life savings from an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor who was just looking for companionship.  This conduct is sick – and sad,”

    US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.

    “… Thanks to the hard work of the FBI and this Office, Stergo is being held accountable for her fraud.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • “Basketball Wives” Star Brittish Williams To Be Hit With Additional Charges In Insurance Fraud Case

    “Basketball Wives” Star Brittish Williams To Be Hit With Additional Charges In Insurance Fraud Case

    In 2021, Basketball Ball Wives star Brittish Williams was indicted on federal charges. Williams has been accused of misuse of a social security number, bank fraud, wire fraud, making false statements to the IRS, and aggravated identity theft. The VH1 reality star has pleaded not guilty.

    Weeks before for trial, prosecutors have announced that they plan to file additional charges, Radar Online reported. Which charges they intend to bring forward remain a mystery, but court documents state that the court it intends to “present a superseding Indictment to a Grand Jury before the trial date” including them.

    Beau B. Brindley, Williams’ attorney, believes that the new charges will be easily disputed. “The government continues to make allegations that far exceed any actual evidence in their possession,” he explained. “Whatever the new charges may be, we look forward to addressing them.”

    Last year, the prosecutors demanded that Williams be held in state custody until her trial, stating that she had violated the court’s order by traveling across state lines. The judge denied their request, and even granted granted a motion brought by Williams’ defense team requesting that her ankle bracelet monitor be removed.

    “The producers of [Basketball Wives] do not want the ankle monitor to be visible,” Brindley said. “This creates stark limitations on the outfits and costuming that Ms. Williams can utilize. Ms. Williams does not engage in work for which she gets to choose her own outfits and clothes.”

    Brittish Williams’ trial is scheduled to begin next month, on April 17, 2023.

  • ‘Real Housewives’ Star Jen Shah Sentenced To 6.5 Years In Prison In Wire Fraud Case

    ‘Real Housewives’ Star Jen Shah Sentenced To 6.5 Years In Prison In Wire Fraud Case

    Bravo’s

    “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”

    star, Jen Shah was sentenced Friday to six-and-a-half-years in prison in the wire fraud case, NY Post reported.  

    The disgraced reality star made a tearful apology in court, telling US District Judge Sidney Stein,

    “my actions have hurt innocent people. I want to apologize to all of the victims and their families,”

    per the NY Post. Shah pleaded guilty in July,

    “to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud,”

    reports note. Shah reportedly directed a yearslong telemarketing scam where she supplied 

    “leads”

    to telemarketers about whom to target, which included elderly victims. Shah had confessed to knowing the services being offered had

    “little to no value.” 

    “From 2012 to March 2021 in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere I agreed with others to commit wire fraud… I did this by knowingly providing customer names to people who were marketing business services that had little or no value,”

    Shah told Stein. 

    Shah must surrender on February 17. Judge Sidney Stein says she will be serving her prison time somewhere in the Texas area.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?