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A Missouri woman, Lisa Findley, was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for attempting to fraudulently auction Elvis Presley's Graceland estate by forging signatures and creating a false deed to extort funds from the Presley family.
A federal grand jury in Louisiana indicted five individuals, including law enforcement officers and a business owner, on charges of conspiracy, bribery, visa fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering related to a scheme involving false police reports to facilitate U-Visa applications for foreign nationals, with potential sentences up to 20 years and significant fines.
The USPS warns Americans about a 'brushing' scam where unsolicited packages may indicate personal data theft, urging caution and steps to protect personal information from being exploited for fraud or identity theft.
Two Chinese nationals were convicted by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., for submitting over 5,000 fake iPhones to Apple for repair, aiming to defraud the company of over $3 million. The scheme involved receiving genuine iPhones in exchange for the counterfeit ones, which were sent from Hong Kong to UPS mailboxes in the Washington, D.C., area. The men face up to 20 years in prison and will be sentenced on June 21.
Two individuals from Maryland have been found guilty of mail fraud for attempting to defraud Apple by exchanging counterfeit iPhones for genuine ones through a repair scheme. They face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and will be sentenced in June 2024.
Brandalene Horn, a 42-year-old woman from Michigan, was arrested for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of designer clothing and accessories from apparel rental companies and reselling them online. She faces charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, and interstate transportation of stolen property after allegedly opening hundreds of accounts with clothing rental companies, refusing to return the rented items, and then selling them online. Prosecutors claim she stole over 1,000 items valued at more than $823,000 and sold more than $750,000 worth, potentially facing decades in prison if convicted.