Three shoreline Connecticut women who are accused of running a “gifting table” Ponzi scheme pleaded not guilty to defrauding more than $1million from unsuspecting victims. Fifty-five year old Donna Bello, of Guilford, sixty-four year old Jill Platt, also of Guilford, and sixty-six year old Bette Jane Hopkins, of Essex, were arraigned on fraud and tax [...]

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A total of four people involved in a Nevada homeowners association have committed suicide starting in 2008.   The most recent of them is a 57-year-old attorney by the name of David Amesbury. Amesbury’s body was found last Sunday at his brother’s Grass Valley, California, home hanging in a shed. Amesbury’s death comes days after [...]

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The 49-year-old CEO of Olympus Corp, who was being investigated by Japanese authorities for committing a $1 billion plus fraud, committed suicide in his apartment in India over the weekend. Tsutomu Omori, the top executive at the Japanese medical equipment company, committed suicide in his home in India last Sunday. Authorities said two handwritten notes, [...]

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The New York Post is reporting that Food Network host Anne Thornton was fired from the network for copying recipes from other famous chefs. The newspaper says Thornton, who hosted “Dessert First” on the food channel since October 2010, stole recipes from famous chefs Martha Stewart and the Barefoot Contessa.  It is also alleged that [...]

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Is Alicia Keys’ husband, music producer Swizz Beatz, the CEO of the now defunct company Megaupload? With the FBI’s help last week, New Zealand authorities arrested Kim Schmitz, who legally changed his name to Kim Dotcom, for masterminding a scheme that made more than $175 million by copying and distributing music, movies and other copyrighted [...]

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