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Hollywood director arrested on charges of swindling Netflix out of $11M for a show that never aired

Hollywood director arrested on charges of swindling Netflix out of $11M for a show that never aired

A Hollywood writer-director was arrested Tuesday on charges that he swindled $11…
Viviana Leonor Varas, 63, learnt her fate on Thursday at Sydney 's Downing Centre Local Court after she admitted to the elaborate scam she ran from September 2016 to March 2021

Sydney grandmother Viviana Leonor Varas web of lies revealed as she's jailed after swindling $400,000 from her friends

A grandmother will spend a year behind bars after she scammed $382,000…
Ex-Army man admits to preying on grieving Gold Star families, swindling nearly $10M: Feds

Ex-Army man admits to preying on grieving Gold Star families, swindling nearly $10M: Feds

Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Hershel Williams and Maj. Gen. James Hoyer,…
A conman who swindled more than $175million from 1.3million elderly and 'vulnerable' Americans in a two-decade mail scam has been jailed for 10 years. Patrice Runner (pictured), 57, operated an international mail fraud scam in which he pretended to be a psychic and promised wealth and happiness to those who sent him cash in the post, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

'Psyhic' conman jailed for swindling more than $175M from the elderly

A conman who swindled more than $175million from 1.3million elderly and ‘vulnerable’…
Patrice Runner, 57, (pictured) has been jailed for 10 years after swindling more than $175million from 1.3million elderly and 'vulnerable' Americans in a two-decade mail scam

Conman Patrice Runner, 57, is jailed for 10 years after swindling more than $175million from vulnerable victims claiming he was a psychic and promising them wealth and happiness if they sent him cash in the mail during two-decade scam

A conman who swindled more than $175million from 1.3million elderly and ‘vulnerable’…
Cieran McNamara, jailed for swindling a string of lonely hearts out of more than £300,000 is a serial conman, whose first victim was the grandmother who raised him

Bumble fraudster jailed for swindling women out of more than £300,000 is serial conman whose first victim was the grandmother who raised him

The fraudster jailed for swindling a string of lonely hearts out of…
Ethel McGill, pictured, pretended she had dementia as part of a long-running benefits and disability fraud that ended with her being jailed for five years and eight months in July 2019

'Britain's worst benefits cheat', 72, who was jailed for swindling £750k by hiding her father's death and faking dementia is FREED after serving less than half of her sentence

A pensioner labelled ‘Britain’s worst benefits cheat’ when she swindled £750,000 by…
Facebook's Former Head of DEI Pleads Guilty to Swindling the Company Out of $4 Million

Facebook's Former Head of DEI Pleads Guilty to Swindling the Company Out of $4 Million

Here’s one case where no one can deny that corporate DEI was…
Matthew Burgess had 'delusions of grandeur' that he could be a 'superstar trader', convincing members of his girlfriend's family and friends to hand over £800,000

University business studies dropout who told his girlfriend's family he was a high-flying City stockbroker before swindling them out of up to £800,000 is jailed for four years

A university dropout who told his girlfriend’s family he was a high-flying…
Singer Vanessa Amorosi (pictured)  filed legal action in the Victorian Supreme Court against her mother Joyleen Robinson, claiming she had lived solely off her career earnings

Vanessa Amorosi breaks down in tears as she accuses her mother of turning her family against her and swindling her fortune

Vanessa Amorosi has accused her estranged mother of manipulating her into handing…