A Connecticut woman says she lost about $900,000 in a crypto romance scam after meeting a man on a dating app; she now warns others with AARP

A dating app chat started a romance scam that cost one Connecticut woman about $900,000. (AI-generated/ChatGPT)

In May 2023, Jackie Crenshaw of East Haven, Connecticut, was nearing her 59th birthday and thinking about retirement when she met a man on a dating site who told her he was a widower, she said in an interview with Business Insider. He was a scammer, and a crypto romance scam cost her about $900,000. … Read more

J-1 visa fraud: Harvard, Yale among 9 elite universities under investigation for alleged scam; ‘Nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building’

J-1 visa fraud: Harvard, Yale among 9 elite universities under investigation for alleged scam; 'Nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building'

Harvard University and 8 other elite institutions come under J-1 visa fraud investigation. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburgh, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT are under investigation for alleged visa fraud, Vice President JD Vance announced, suggesting that these universities are exploiting the J-1 visa program to import cheaper students from … Read more

Lauren Boebert blasts journalists amid bombshell ethics complaint: ‘It’s a scam and you…’

Lauren Boebert vehemently denies ethics complaint allegations of sexual involvement with staff, stating they originate from David Wheeler, a known political operative. (Bloomberg)

Representative Lauren Boeberta prominent conservative figure, is bashing out at people who have disseminated allegations from an ethics complaint concerning her. Lauren Boebert vehemently denies ethics complaint allegations of sexual involvement with staff, stating they originate from David Wheeler, a known political operative. (Bloomberg) The inquiry contains claims that she engaged in sexual relations with … Read more

35-year-old Muzamil Ahmed was boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia, arrested at JFK over alleged $250 million senior gold scam in Texas

35-year-old Muzamil Ahmed was boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia, arrested at JFK over alleged $250 million senior gold scam in Texas

Muzammil Ahmad, a key figure in a gold scam targeting seniors in Texas, was arrested as he was boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia. A 35-year-old man accused of playing a central role in an international fraud network that allegedly stole more than $250 million from elderly victims has been arrested at New York’s John … Read more

Gujarati man sentenced to 9 years in jail in US for scam; attorney says he grew up in India in extreme poverty without water, studied only till 10th

Gujarati man sentenced to 9 years in jail in US for scam; attorney says he grew up in India in extreme poverty without water, studied only till 10th

Gujarati man sentenced to 9 years in prison for financial fraud targeting elderly people. A Gujarati fraudster who was arrested in 2024 by the FBI for a massive elderly scam was sentenced to nine years in prison by US district court in Cleveland. Judge J Philip Calabrese sentenced Shreyas Baldevbhai Chaudhary to 110 months in … Read more

86-year-old Canadian woman lost $900,000 in AI crypto scam discovered on Facebook; friends say she almost took her own life

86-year-old Canadian woman lost $900,000 in AI crypto scam discovered on Facebook; friends say she almost took her own life

Judy Skene lost $900,000 in fake cryptocurrency platform scam An 86-year-old Ontario woman lost more than $900,000 after falling victim to a cryptocurrency scam that used a deepfake video of Prime Minister Mark Carney to lure investors online.Judy Skene, Sault Ste. Marie. Marie said she first discovered the fraudulent scheme while browsing the web in … Read more

Two more Haryana government officials arrested in bank fraud case

Two more Haryana government officials arrested in bank fraud case

PANCHKULA: The Anti-Corruption Bureau team probing the Rs 597-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case has arrested two more government officials – Director of Finance and Accounts Randhir Singh, Haryana Rajesh Sangwan, Director Finance and Accounts, School Education Project Committee and Haryana Agricultural Marketing Board. The bureau alleged that Singh and Sangwan violated the instructions of … Read more