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Anna Delvey claims fans have offered to adopt or marry her
The "Inventing Anna" scammer also told the "Call Her Daddy" podcast how she's used other inmates as her assistants.
Hot off the presses! Brazen bandits stealing newspapers in resell scam
The scam has been going on since the summer of 2020 and began on the Upper West Side before spreading to Chelsea and the Upper East Side.
Not so sweet: Central Park 'candy-kids' man stashed gun in bag, sources
Michael Smith, who police sources say runs a “candy kids” scheme targeting tourists, was allegedly nabbed by cops in Central Park last week with a gun in his bag.
Men charged in six-year, $3.7M US Open ticket scam: feds
Pennsylvania men, Jeremi Michael Conaway and James Bell sold thousands of stolen US Open tickets worth more than $3.7 million over a six-year span, federal prosecutors said.
Nirvana baby is poster child for our victim culture
Spencer Elden, who's famous for being the baby floating in the swimming pool on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, is a useful illustration of using victimhood to cash out, Kyle...
Ex-Bloomberg construction exec pleads guilty to tax evasion in bribery scheme
A former construction executive at Bloomberg LLC pleaded guilty Tuesday to evading taxes on more than a million dollars of cash and gifts he received in a years-long bribery scheme,...
Man admits he's a 'scammer' in WhatsApp bank fraud call
A fraudster trying to dupe a Singapore woman in a banking scheme via a WhatsApp video call admitted he was a scammer. Vanessa Mittman said her 10-year-old son initially received...
Maximum Security trainer among 27 indicted in racehorse doping scheme
The trainer behind the world’s best racehorse, Maximum Security, along with 26 others have been indicted in the largest crackdown on racehorse doping the Department of Justice has ever seen.
Theft of 7 slot machines in Queens may be linked to illegal gambling scheme
Four men raided a Queens apartment this week and ripped off seven slot machines from the home, which cops are probing as an illegal gambling operation, authorities said Friday. The...
Ex-Philly sheriff gets five years in federal corruption case
Philadelphia's longest-serving sheriff is now serving behind bars. Former Philly Sheriff John Green was sentenced to five years in federal prison Thursday for a long running pay-to-play scheme that saw...
Former NYPD Crime Stoppers cop gets year, day for bank fraud scheme
A former NYPD detective who followed up on tips for the department's Crime Stoppers Unit has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for his role in...
How New Yorkers are making bank ratting out idling drivers
Dropping a dime on trucks and buses that keep their engines running while parked is paying big bucks to some New Yorkers.
Trump family sued for 'conning' investors in marketing scheme
President Trump and three of his adult children have been hit with a racketeering lawsuit -- filed in Manhattan federal court just a week before the midterm elections -- claiming...
Man who did everything to skip jury duty gets slammed in court
Nobody likes jury duty, but this guy’s scheming landed him in the one place he was trying to avoid — before a judge. Andrew Kenward was so hellbent on dodging...
Con man ‘gigolo’ was all smiles at sentencing
A Manhattan con man was all smiles Friday as a judge sentenced him to three to nine years in prison for ripping off a string of former gal pals —...
Con man 'gigolo' takes plea deal for cheating women out of cash
A debonair Manhattan con man has taken a plea deal of up to nine years in prison for swindling smitten girlfriends out of thousands of dollars and ripping off a...
Judge shuts down actress who played hooky from Rikers Island
The judge is keeping her a little closer to "home" this time. Aspiring actress Parisse Daves, who was caught skipping out on court-ordered weekend stints at Rikers Island for check...
Man fakes his own death on Facebook to con family for cash
A Thai man has faked his own death in a bid to get relatives to send money to cover funeral costs. Tachawit Janngiw had his wife post three photos of...
Actress outwits authorities, skips jail by missing Rikers bus
She played the system better than any of her TV roles. An aspiring actress was sentenced to weekends in jail for a check-cashing scheme — but repeatedly outwitted authorities by...
Brothers who ran $100M health fraud scam sentenced to prison
NEWARK, N.J. — Two brothers who admitted bribing doctors in a $100 million health care scheme were sentenced to prison Wednesday, closing a case that featured accounts of cash bribes,...