Canadian police have now arrested five people for a widespread scam that targets senior citizens by demanding large sums of money to release their grandchildren from police custody. In the most recent arrest, a 78-year-old woman was contacted by a man pretending to be her grandson, according to Toronto police. The fake grandson said he’d …
The father of Anna Sorokin — who scammed banks and hotels for more than $200,000 while posing as a German heiress — said his fraudster daughter is still living a lavish lifestyle while housed at an immigration center in New York. Speaking with the Daily Mail, Vadim Sorokin revealed that he speaks to his 31-year-old …
A federal jury convicted a former Wisconsin dentist of intentionally damaging patients’ teeth to collect insurance money for fixing them. Scott Charmoli, 61, gave patients more than 1,600 crowns over 20 months, prosecutors said — a rate of 32 crowns per 100 patients, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. An insurance company executive testified during the trial …
A mother-daughter psychic team swindled a 27-year-old upstate New York woman out of tens of thousands of dollars to kill an “unholy sexual spirit” living in her pelvic area and reunited her with an ex-boyfriend. The victim, whose name is being withheld because she also is a sexual abuse victim, paid Honeybee Green and Megan …
A Texas medical examiner is accused of offering to change the cause of death on a man’s autopsy, and investigators say this isn’t the first time he’s been under fire for questionable autopsy results. According to court documents, Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Sandra Lyden was practicing without a license in Nueces County; she was arrested …
Anna Sorokin, who scammed banks and hotels for more than $200,000 while posing as a German heiress, revealed her elaborate scheme for a podcast that was released on Wednesday. Sorokin, 31, was convicted of theft and grand larceny in 2019 and was released from prison in February 2021. In March, ICE arrested her for allegedly overstaying …
Anna Sorokin, the fake heiress and inspiration of the Netflix docuseries “Inventing Anna,” is still in the United States after her lawyers reportedly blocked her deportation to Germany, according to The Daily Mail. The 31-year-old conwoman had been scheduled to arrive at an airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday morning upon being deported by immigration authorities. …
Fake heiress and the centerpiece of a new Netflix docuseries, Anna Sorokin, is on her way back to Germany. According to the New York Post, Anna “Delvey” Sorokin has been in ICE custody while fighting deportation back to Germany. The flight back for Sorokin is scheduled for tonight. Sorokin is reportedly infuriated about the deportation. …
California woman Sherri Papini screamed “no” and ran away when FBI agents arrived to arrest her last week, throwing her phone in the process. The information was revealed during Papini’s bond hearing Monday, where the prosecution pushed to keep her on house arrest, arguing that she’s a flight risk. Papini was arrested for allegedly faking …
California woman Sherri Papini will be able to walk out of jail after posting bail, a federal judge in Sacramento ruled Tuesday. Papini’s attorney, Michael Borges, previously asked the court to release Papini on her own recognizance, citing concerns about the jail conditions and Papini’s restrictive diet. Borges said Papini’s food allergies have prevented her …
A Georgia man was sentenced to three years in prison for using a coronavirus relief loan to purchase a $58,000 Pokémon card. Vinath Oudomsine, 31, reportedly received an $85,000 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) in August 2020 after claiming to run an “entertainment services” business in Dublin that had 10 employees and gross revenues of …
Sherri Papini, a California mother and wife whose disappearance more than five years ago prompted a massive search, was arrested Thursday for allegedly lying to the feds about her disappearance. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sherri Papini disappeared on November 2, 2016, while jogging in her Shasta Lake neighborhood. Authorities later found her on Thanksgiving Day …
