Tag: redemption scams
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DIALING UP THE BIZARRE: Prisoner Who Reportedly Once Stole Tractor-Trailer Full Of ‘Canned Beans’ And Later Followed ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Bleatings Convicted Of Running Tax Scam From Jail
This one is almost indescribably bizarre . . . Ronald Williams, 48, was an inmate in various prisons in New York state between 2006 and 2010, federal prosecutors said. His mother told the Syracuse Post-Standard that her son was jailed in 2006 on charges of stealing a tractor-trailer full of “canned beans” off a street…
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REPORTS: FBI Arrests Purported ‘Sovereign Citizen’ And Fugitive Shawn Rice After Arizona Standoff
Shawn Rice, a purported “sovereign citizen” the FBI described in March 2011 as a “fugitive,” has been arrested in Seligman, Ariz. The Arizona Republic is reporting that the arrest occurred at 5:30 p.m. local time yesterday after a standoff that ended peacefully after negotiations with Rice, who had barricaded himself inside a house. Rice, whom…
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Washington State Man Sentenced To 25 Years In ‘Foreclosure Relief’ Scam; Judge Calls Jeff McGrue ‘Heartless’; FBI Says He Issued Nonexistent ‘Bonded Promissory Notes’ Purportedly Drawn On U.S. Treasury To Fleece Lenders And People ‘At The End Of Their Rope’
A Washington state man who ran a foreclosure-rescue scam by telling victims he could save their homes gathered more than $1 million from people “at the end of their rope” and tried to bilk lenders out of at least $55 million, federal prosecutors and the FBI said. Jeff McGrue, 51, of Tacoma, targeted California borrowers.…