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Bogus accountant pretended to have cancer after swindling client out of £186,000 when his only financial training came from fellow prisoner he met while serving previous jail term David Weller set himself up as a tax agent after receiving training from cellmate He stole a total of £186,000 over three years from a building company … Read more
A former co-worker of Amy Cooper – the woman filmed calling 911 to report an African-American bird watcher for ‘threatening her life’ when he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park – has said he wasn’t surprised by the former banking exec’s erratic conduct, claiming he’s ‘seen that type of false hysteria before’. … Read more
British man, 59, is charged with federal crime for ‘smuggling £40 bogus drug kits into the US that he claimed could cure coronavirus’ Users were advised to say a prayer while drinking water mixed with products Trinity Covid-19 SARS Antipathogenic Treatment shipped to California and Utah Up to 400 of the kits have been shipped … Read more
Widow of retired police officer who became one of Britain’s youngest coronavirus fatalities, aged 59, slams ‘low life’ who set up bogus fundraising page in his name Nick Matthews died in Bristol Royal Infirmary after testing positive for COVID-19 A bogus Go Get Funding page was set up with a target of raising £5,000 His … Read more
Criminals are cashing in on the coronavirus crisis by calling at homes and offering people bogus tests to see if they’re infected with the disease. The gangs are offering the tests on doorsteps in exchange for cash, Leicestershire Police has warned – amid reports from across the country. The warning was echoed by Sergeant Pete … Read more
Retail giant Amazon has today come under heavy fire for selling scores of books promoting bogus cancer cures. Cancer experts have today accused the billion-pound company of preying on the vulnerable who are desperate for a remedy. More than 3,000 titles are listed on the site under ‘cancer cures’, including ones endorsing unproven CBD oil … Read more