Archive for June 11th, 2013

BULLETIN: New South Wales Police Arrest Man For Fraud Crimes Allegedly Linked To Liberty Reserve

BULLETIN: New South Wales Police Arrest Man For Fraud Crimes Allegedly Linked To Liberty Reserve

BULLETIN: (UPDATED 11:43 P.M. EDT U.S.A.) The New South Wales Police Force (Australia) has arrested a 21-year-old man, amid allegations he was laundering money through Liberty Reserve. Officials did not identify the man in a news release announcing the arrest, but said he did not apply for bail and remains in custody. In a statement, […]

ASD Updates Blog Experiencing Outage; [UPDATE: Now Back Online]

UPDATED 8:28 P.M. EDT (U.S.A.) The ASD Updates Blog is back online. Our earlier story is below . . . The ASD Updates Blog is experiencing an outage that is preventing the Blog from publishing and sending/responding to email, its publisher said today. The outage has been described as a “net related problem.” ASD Updates […]

RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER: Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Jailed In North Carolina, Amid Allegations He Filed Bogus Lien Against Wake County Court Clerk

RALEIGH NEWS OBSERVER: Purported 'Sovereign Citizen' Jailed In North Carolina, Amid Allegations He Filed Bogus Lien Against Wake County Court Clerk

It has happened again — this time in Raleigh, N.C., officials said. Sullivan Colin, 36, has been arrested on a charge of filing a false lien for $3 million against a court clerk who oversaw a foreclosure case, the Raleigh News Observer is reporting. From the News Observer (italics added): Court officials say the lien […]

International Scammer Pleads Guilty In United States To Swindling Retirees In ‘Jamaican Lottery Scheme’; O’Brain J. Lynch Potentially Faces Decades In Federal Prison

International Scammer Pleads Guilty In United States To Swindling Retirees In 'Jamaican Lottery Scheme';  O’Brain J. Lynch Potentially Faces Decades In Federal Prison

“Investigators from [the Social Security Administration] discovered that hundreds of victims throughout the United States were losing their social security benefits and their life savings either because they believed that they had won ‘The Jamaican Lottery’ or because, as part of another telemarketing scheme, they revealed enough information about themselves that allowed the thieves to […]