fraud
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This Ain't What Jesus Died For: Megachurch Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell Pleads Guilty to Defrauding His Own Flock in Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scheme
Houston megachurch pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell’s resume is no joke. He received his Masters in Divinity in 1981, joined the Continental Airlines board of directors in 1999, and served as a spiritual advisor to Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama. He also built his 16,000-member megachurch, Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas, from the…
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Ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Given 3 Year Sentence For Fraud
Greed has been the undoing of many a politician throughout American history. The latest to find themselves disgraced by the paper chase is former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh. The Baltimore Sun reports that U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanowsentenced Pugh to three years in federal prison due to a fraud scheme involving a series of…
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Former Baltimore Mayor Indicted for Using Office to Enrich Herself; Donald Trump Curiously Quiet
A grand jury has indicted an elected official for fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy for allegedly using the power of their office for personal, political and financial gain. No, not that guy. On Wednesday, federal prosecutors unsealed an 11-count federal indictment alleging that former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh illegally funded her campaign and her bank…
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How Deed Theft Is Reshaping Black Brooklyn
Look at any map of a rapidly-gentrifying city, be it New York, Miami, Atlanta or Washington, D.C., and you’re looking at a map of property loss. In Brooklyn’s historically black neighborhoods, some of that property loss is outright theft. According to a New York Times report published Monday, the borough accounts for nearly half of…
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Taraji P. Henson Is Victimized by Identity Thief Said to Have Made Off With at Least $12,000 in Ill-Gotten Gains
Maybe a Chicago mom thought she actually was the sometimes criminally inclined Cookie Lyon of TV’s Empire. But prosecutors beg to differ, accusing the pregnant mom of six of being an identity thief. Alicia Newby, 29, is accused of stealing the IDs of multiple people—including that of actress Taraji P. Henson, who brings Cookie to…
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West Virginia Woman Who Called Michelle Obama ‘Ape in Heels’ Headed to Prison for Embezzling $18,000 in FEMA Aid
Ah, karma. The ousted director of a West Virginia nonprofit who got the boot after referring to then (and always) first lady Michelle Obama as an “ape in heels” is now headed to federal prison for wrongly accepting monies meant for flood victims. Pamela Taylor, 57, was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in prison and…
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Congresswoman Convicted of Scamming Low-Income Students Pulled Up to Prison in a Limo Bus
You might think a politician who’s been indicted on federal corruption charges and convicted of fraud would want to keep a low profile, but you would not be thinking like former Rep. Corrine Brown. Brown, who used to represent Florida’s 5th Congressional District, was sentenced last month to five years in federal prison after being…
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Maryland Hospital Sued After OB-GYN Found to Be Lying About His Identity for Years
In a case that is giving me serious Catch Me if You Can vibes, more than 100 patients have filed a class action lawsuit against Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, Md., after federal authorities busted a man who was a practicing OB-GYN there but who had been using false identities for decades. The Washington…
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The Real Housewives of Potomac’s Black Bill Gates Owes Millions in Taxes
Looks like the black Bill Gates is just an old-ass Wesley Snipes. Ray Huger, the husband of The Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger, owes millions in taxes. That’s right, the slow-moving software exec, whom his wife has dubbed “the black Bill Gates” (feel free to vomit), reportedly “owes nearly $1.5 million in back-due…