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Serial Con Artist Back on Dating Apps After Prison Release
He Got Out of Prison, Went
Straight to Banned Dating App
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Feb 13, 2026 12:08 PM CST

He Got Out of Prison, Went Straight to Banned Dating App

BBC probe exposes serial romance fraudster trying to hook up just weeks after his latest incarceration

(Newser) - Barely days out of prison, a man long accused of preying on women looking for love allegedly walked straight back into the same world—only this time, the BBC was waiting for him. The outlet's Jane Downs and Philippa Goymer report that serial romance fraudster Raymond McDonald, who has...

Athlete Convicted of Fraud Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim
Athlete Convicted of Fraud
Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim
2026 Olympics
Feb 12, 2026 12:55 PM CST

Athlete Convicted of Fraud Wins Olympic Gold Over Victim

France's Julia Simon edges past scammed teammate, who came in 80th, in 15km biathlon

(Newser) - A biathlete who admitted ripping off her teammate's credit card just skied past her to an Olympic title. France's Julia Simon, 29, took gold in the women's 15km individual biathlon in Italy's Milan Cortina Games, while Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, the teammate she defrauded, finished a distant 80th,...

SBF Claims Government Threatened Key Witness

Disgraced FTX founder seeks new trial, judge

(Newser) - Sam Bankman-Fried is pushing for a new trial with the argument that a key government witness was pressured by prosecutors. In a new filing, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX says Nishad Singh , FTX's former head of engineering, shifted his account after "threats from the government" and that...

This 'Nerd' Student DJ Was a Phishing Mastermind

The Dispatch digs into the case of the UK's Ollie Homan

(Newser) - Ollie Holman had a secret, and it wasn't his side gig as a club DJ. Instead, it turns out the computer science student at University of Kent in Britain was running one of the largest phishing operations in the nation. Though he's now in prison, the network orchestrated...

His Job Was to Help Homeless. He Allegedly Helped Himself

Alexander Soofer, 42, ran the nonprofit Abundant Blessings

(Newser) - The CEO of a Los Angeles homeless services charity faces federal and state fraud charges after prosecutors said he lived a luxury lifestyle that included lavish vacations and designer clothes paid for with $23 million in public money meant to keep people off the streets. Alexander Soofer, 42, was arrested...

Caroline Ellison Leaves US Custody After 14 Months

Cooperating witness in FTX fraud case had received a 2-year sentence

(Newser) - Caroline Ellison is out of federal custody, roughly a year after she helped prosecutors take down Sam Bankman-Fried. Federal prison officials confirmed the 32-year-old former head of Alameda Research—FTX's sister trading firm and a key player in its collapse—was released Wednesday from "community confinement," meaning...

Elizabeth Holmes Asks Trump to Cut Prison Term

Theranos founder seeks clemency over fraud

(Newser) - Elizabeth Holmes is asking President Trump for a break. A filing on the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney website shows the Theranos founder has submitted a formal request for her sentence to be commuted, with the status listed as "pending," per the Guardian . The White...

Authorities: He Posed as a Pilot, Got Hundreds of Free Flights

Ex-flight attendant Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Canada has been hit with wire fraud charges

(Newser) - A former flight attendant for a Canadian airline posed as a commercial pilot and as a current flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from US airlines, authorities say. Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto was arrested in Panama after being indicted on wire fraud charges in federal court in...

Feds Freeze Child Care Funds to Minnesota

Officials cite 'blatant fraud'

(Newser) - President Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years. Acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jim O'Neill announced in a post on X that the step is in response...

Minnesota's Fraud Scandal Gets a Boost From Video
Minnesota's Fraud Scandal
Gets a Boost From Video
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Dec 29, 2025 12:52 PM CST

Minnesota's Fraud Scandal Gets a Boost From Video

YouTuber adds to the controversy, with Gov. Walz and the Somali community under fire

(Newser) - A fraud scandal in Minnesota centering on the state's social safety net got a big influx of attention over the weekend thanks to a YouTuber's video. As the controversy unfolds, Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is on the defensive, and the state's large population of Somali immigrants is...

Lots of Cars With Rolled-Back Odometers Are on the Road

Carfax report warns buyers of rising odometer fraud risk

(Newser) - California drivers may want to look twice at their dashboards. Carfax says odometer fraud is on the rise nationally, with an estimated 2.45 million cars on US roads showing mileage that's been rolled back—a 14% jump over last year. KTLA reports California accounts for nearly 22% of...

Report: Trump Used Primary Mortgages for Rentals

Records show Trump claimed 2 Palm Beach rentals as primary residences, per ProPublica

(Newser) - The Trump administration has aggressively gone after political rivals over alleged mortgage games. Newly unearthed paperwork, however, suggests he once played a similar game himself. ProPublica reports that Trump signed two mortgages in Palm Beach in late 1993 and early 1994, each time listing the property as his main home....

Recipients of Trump's Pardons Also Off the Hook for Restitution

President's clemency wipes out tens of millions of dollars owed to victims

(Newser) - President Trump's latest wave of clemency isn't just slashing prison terms—it's erasing debts owed to people who were told the law would help make them whole. A Washington Post review found that at least 20 people granted pardons or commutations by Trump this year also had...

Auto Lender Execs Accused of 'Systematic' Fraud

Tricolor Holdings was one of the 'cockroaches' Jamie Dimon warned about

(Newser) - A car lender that collapsed in September is now at the center of a criminal case. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged Daniel Chu, founder and CEO of Tricolor Holdings, and chief operating officer David Goodgame with running what they call a multiyear, "systematic" fraud that helped the now-bankrupt...

Judge Throws the Book at Crypto Fraudster Do Kwon

He gets 15 years, more than what prosecutors had asked for

(Newser) - A onetime crypto star whose tokens helped ignite a broader market meltdown is now facing 15 years in federal prison. Do Kwon, the 34-year-old creator of the failed cryptocurrencies TerraUSD and Luna, was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan after pleading guilty to fraud tied to their 2022 collapse, the New York ...

Director Took Netflix's Millions, Never Made Show

He faces up to 90 years for fraud and money laundering

(Newser) - A sci-fi epic that never made it to air just landed its director in very real trouble, Deadline reports. A federal jury in Manhattan on Thursday convicted filmmaker Carl Rinsch of defrauding Netflix out of more than $11 million tied to his unfinished series White Horse, later retitled Conquest. The...

Surgeon Charged With Forcing Abortion Pills on Sleeping GF

Indicted doctor faces 6 felonies, sees medical license suspended in Ohio

(Newser) - An Ohio surgeon is accused of secretly ending his girlfriend's pregnancy by slipping crushed abortion medication into her mouth while she slept. A Lucas County grand jury on Dec. 3 indicted 32-year-old Hassan-James Abbas, a University of Toledo surgical resident, on six felony counts: abduction, tampering with evidence, unlawful...

Honduras Wants Pardoned Former Leader Back in Jail

US pardon can't protect Juan Orlando Hernandez from money-laundering, fraud case

(Newser) - Honduras has put out an international arrest warrant for former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, just days after his release from US prison following a pardon by President Trump . The warrant, announced by Attorney General Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez on social media, cites money laundering and fraud charges linked to Hernandez'...

Twins Busted for Allegedly Hacking Government Databases

Virginia brothers are ex-cons who previously served time for hacking the State Department

(Newser) - Twin brothers from Virginia have been arrested and charged with trying to sabotage US government databases after being fired from a federal contractor job. According to the Justice Department , 34-year-old Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, who previously served time for hacking the State Department, are accused of deleting and stealing sensitive...

Trump Frees Executive Who Defrauded Thousands

David Gentile, convicted in $1.6B scheme, spent less than two weeks in prison

(Newser) - President Trump has commuted the sentence of David Gentile, setting the private equity executive free after serving less than two weeks of a seven-year prison term for his role in a $1.6 billion fraud scheme. Gentile was convicted in August 2024, alongside co-defendant Jeffry Schneider, on securities and wire...

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