Victims Shocked Over Boston Radio Fraud
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The photo shows Bradford C. Bleidt, a prominent member of Boston's business community, dressed in suit and tie at a party for staff of the business news radio station he was selling as it ramped up to a new 24-hour format. But the faint smile on his face, drink in hand, seemingly enjoying the get-together, betrayed the inner turmoil spinning inside him.
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Boston officials, livid about a publicity campaign that had disrupted the city by stirring fears of terrorism, vowed to prosecute those responsible and seek restitution.
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Wary Bostonians went about their  business on Thursday as a murky threat of a "dirty bomb" attack  hung over the city, and the FBI, while playing down the threat,  hunted for four Chinese nationals possibly linked to the plot.
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The staff at WBIX-AM became the latest casualties of station owner and accused embezzler Bradford C. Bleidt yesterday when they were laid off by the station's new controllers, who canceled its all-business format in a bid to increase WBIX's profitability.
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Robert Charles Browne's claims that he killed 49 people have generated a flood of more than 100 anguished calls from families and friends of people missing around the nation, some for years.
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Regulators are scrambling to determine how much money disgraced radio-station owner and self-anointed financial guru Brad Bleidt may have swiped to start his mini-media empire
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E-Mail sob stories that turn out to be scams could bring jail terms for trio who coaxed $1.2 million from victims.
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Turner Broadcasting System apologized for an outdoor marketing campaign that sparked a day-long security scare in Boston on Wednesday and shut down the city's Charles River while paralyzing traffic.
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By KEN MAGUIRE BOSTON - More than 10 blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon.
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MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin woman faked having cancer and collected thousands of dollars from sympathetic donors in the process, according to a criminal complaint.
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NEW DELHI -- Two weeks ago, a TV news channel here broadcast an expos? alleging that a math teacher at a local school had forced young girls into prostitution. The public reaction was swift and harsh: Within an hour, hundreds of enraged parents had stormed the school and a crowd had found the...
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Police say a Boston man used a website that promoted a high-yield certificate of deposit to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars that he used for himself, including to make rent payments.
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A media sting operation gone awry revives a debate on media regulation
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Millions tune into local commercial radio in the face of worldwide competition.
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Boston's mayor kissed it. Fans lined up for a glimpse of it. Some paid $5 for a picture with it. But the World Cup soccer trophy that toured Boston this week turned out to be an imposter -- and fans are fuming.
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The owners of the Station nightclub in Rhode Island are going to   pay, but according to some, the punishment's not dear enough.
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Season ticket holders of the New England Patriots reacted nervously yesterday to reports the team may take disciplinary action against fans who bought or sold tickets over the last five years on the online site StubHub Inc., while other sports fans praised the team for fighting back against scalpers.