Game of deception: How a fraudster who faked his stories for years got to be Germany’s top reporter

Germany has been rocked by a scandal involving one of the top reporters writing for the reputable Der Spiegel magazine, who turned out to be a fraudster. What made a fabulst into a star? Let’s look at some of his stories. Claas Relotius, the ‘brilliant reporter’-turned-fabricator, carved his way to pages of some of the […]

‘Humans guilty in most cyber hacks, not computers’ – Britain’s ‘greatest fraudster’ to RT (VIDEO)

Published time: 24 Nov, 2017 14:46 The majority of hacks incorporate a human element and don’t always take place digitally – that’s according to Tony Sales, a reformed fraudster who allegedly accumulated a total of £30 million over his criminal career. Sales, dubbed ‘Britain’s greatest fraudster,’ is now Strategic Development Director with fraud prevention company […]

Obese is the new black: Florida fraudster tries to use weight to shorten sentence

Published time: 17 Oct, 2017 23:38 A Florida man convicted for his part in an offshore tax shelter scheme has protested the length of his sentence on the grounds that, as an obese man, his life expectancy is shorter than average. Read more Stephen Donaldson Snr’s attorney, Curtis Fallgatter, filed a motion Monday claiming it […]

How the feds stopped a Porsche-driving trademark fraudster

Enlarge (credit: eightfivezero) The mastermind of a years-long fraudulent trademark scam that federal authorities dubbed as “one of the more sophisticated, elaborate, and premeditated operations” they had ever seen has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud. In addition, on Monday, a federal judge in Los Angeles also sentenced Artashes Darbinyan […]

House Mother And The Fraudster

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — An admitted fraudster who owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to his victims has had access to President Donald Trump through his wife, who is the guest reception manager of Mar-a-Lago, the Winter White House. Heather Rinkus is such a familiar figure at Mar-a-Lago that senior administration officials fondly call […]