Lonely-hearts con artist avoids jail
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A woman who swindled up to Â£100,000 from men she met through lonely-hearts adverts avoids jail.
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By ANNIE FLANZRAICH SEATTLE - A man accused of defrauding people through tens of millions of spam e-mail messages sent around the world was denied bail Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge James P.
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Federal prosecutors contend a businessman known for pledging money to help track down criminals has pocketed $3.2 million of income over the past several years while not paying federal taxes since 2000.
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A man who contended that he was not required to pay income tax, and whose case led to an indictment against actor Wesley Snipes, has been convicted of tax evasion.
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Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who failed to appear at a bond hearing Wednesday in San Francisco, was taken into custody in Grand Junction, Colorado, Thursday evening, the FBI and local police said.
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A man accused of defrauding people through tens of millions of spam e-mail messages sent around the world was denied bail Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Donohue said one of his concerns was that online crimes such as those charged against Robert Soloway &#151; dubbed the "Spam King" by federal investigators &#151; can be committed anywhere at anytime.
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One of two inmates wanted in a daring jailbreak last month that echoed the plot of "The Shawshank Redemption" was captured in an apartment just six blocks from the jail, authorities said.
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A New York man who was sentenced some five years ago for his role in a securities fraud scheme was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding investors of millions of dollars in a foreign exchange scam.
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Civil servant behind one of the biggest frauds in Whitehall history avoids paying confiscation order
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An ex-police worker, who conned his way to receiving an MBE from the Queen, is jailed.
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DETROIT - A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Detroit man to six months probation after he placed a 6-foot boa constrictor inside his mailbox to scare his letter carrier.
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A con man who bluffed his way into Windsor Castle by claiming to be a policeman was sentenced Friday to 4 1/2 years in prison.
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A fraudster who worked as a forensic psychologist without any qualifications is convicted of deception.
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FRIDLEY, Minn. - A woman accused of putting fake charity donation boxes around the Twin Cities wasn't out of jail long before being arrested again.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - She's a 200-pound-plus hugging machine, but her affection comes with a price. Police are warning men about the &quot;Hugging Bandit,&quot; who heartily embraces men coming out of downtown bars and leaves them wallet-less. Dozens of men say they have been victims.
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MIAMI  &#151; A judge increased the bail on a homeless man accused of stalking tennis star Anna Kournikova to &#36;250,000 Friday, saying she was worried about his mental state.
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Gary Collins checked into jail Monday to serve a four-day sentence in his drunken driving case. The 69-year-old TV personality and actor chose to pay an $85 daily fee to stay in the Glendale City Jail instead of the overcrowded Los Angeles County jail, according to the Glendale Police Department.