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BULLETIN: Alabama Governor Says Killer Who Took Child Hostage After Shooting School-Bus Driver Is Dead
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 6:05 P.M. ET U.S.A.) “Shortly after 3:00 p.m., I spoke with Colonel Hugh McCall of the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security Director Spencer Collier,” said Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley in a statement. “They informed me that law enforcement had breached the bunker, the child was safe and the abductor was killed.”…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Purported Charity ‘We The People Inc. Of The United States’ Was ‘Only A Front To Sell Bogus Investment Products’ To Senior Citizens, SEC Charges
URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: (UPDATED 3:14 P.M. ET U.S.A.) The SEC has gone to federal court in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that an enterprise known as “We The People Inc. of the United States” (We the People) was a “front” that covered up a fraud scheme aimed at senior citizens in multiple…
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UPDATE: Suspects Still At Large In Murder Of Texas Prosecutor; Kaufman County Crime Stoppers Offers Up To $71,500 Award For Info Leading To Arrest/Indictment
Authorities have released the identity of the Kaufman County, Texas, prosecutor shot and killed last week near the Kaufman courthouse. The victim was Mark Hasse, an assistant district attorney who once worked as a prosecutor in the Dallas County D.A.’s office. Hasse was 57. An intense investigation involving multiple agencies is under way. Here is…
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FOR ZEEKERS: Receiver Shows Judge Preliminary Mock-Up Of Online Claims Form; Kenneth D. Bell Says He’ll Seek Court Approval For Claims Process By End Of First Quarter
Kenneth D. Bell, the court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi-scheme case, has proposed a process by which claims would be filed online. Filers would proceed through a series of screens to enter information and would be permitted to upload information to substantiate their claims. The proposed filing process — still in preliminary form —…
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BULLETIN: Prosecutor Shot Dead Outside Of Texas Courthouse
BULLETIN: (UPDATED 1:36 P.M. ET U.S.A.) A prosecutor has been shot dead in an ambush outside a courthouse in Kaufman County, Texas, multiple media outlets are reporting. Two gunmen may be on the loose, and police are treating the shooting as an attack on the criminal-justice system, according to early reports. The prosecutor, an assistant…
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BULLETIN: Receiver Says $12 Million In Zeek Money Located ‘In An Eastern European Country’ — But Has Not Been Returned
BULLETIN: (2ND UPDATE 8:47 P.M. ET U.S.A.) The court-appointed receiver in the Zeek Rewards Ponzi-scheme case says he has located $12 million in receivership assets held in an unspecified “eastern European country” — but the funds have not been returned. “This account is owned and was used by a payment processor outside the United States…
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DEVELOPING STORY: Standoff Ensues In Alabama After School-Bus Driver Shot And Killed; Suspect Reportedly Holed Up In Private ‘Bunker’ After Taking 6-Year-Old — And Drama Plays Out During Senate Hearing
DEVELOPING STORY: A standoff with police is occurring in southeastern Alabama, amid reports that a school-bus driver was shot and killed yesterday after he refused to submit to the demands of an armed man who wanted to remove two children from the bus. The suspected shooter then allegedly fled with a six-year-old and now is…
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UPDATE: Purported Louisiana ‘Sovereign’ Implicated In Utah False-Liens Case Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison
Robert Clifton Tanner, the purported Louisiana “sovereign citizen” implicated in a cross-border plot to file bogus financial judgments against state-court judges and others in Utah, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of mail fraud and has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. One of the documents was styled “Petition for Agreement and Harmony in…
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URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Alarming New Allegations Surface In Cook/Kiley Scheme; Receiver Accuses Associated Bank Of Aiding And Abetting Massive Ponzi Amid Allegations That Mysterious Jordanian Trader Linked To Fraud Has ‘Disappeared’
UPDATED 9:56 A.M. ET (JAN. 30, U.S.A.) In a heavily redacted complaint, the court-appointed receiver in the Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme has accused Associated Bank of Green Bay, Wisc., of aiding and abetting the massive caper that has led to jail sentences for Cook and multiple Cook pitchmen. Associated Bank also operates branches in Minnesota,…
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BULLETIN: Now, An Affinity-Fraud Scheme Targeting Lebanese And Druze Communities, SEC Says; Agency Seeks Asset Freeze Against Firas Hamdan And FAH Capital Partners
BULLETIN: The SEC has gone to federal court in Houston, alleging that Firas Hamdan was conducting an affinity-fraud scheme targeted at the Lebanese and Druze communities. The agency is seeking an asset freeze against Hamdan and his unregistered company, FAH Capital Partners Inc. The scheme is alleged to have gathered about $6 million over five…