#investment-fraud

#investment-fraud

A pensioner who ploughed 40,000 into a fraudulent wine investment scheme has warned others not to fall for similar scams after three men were jailed. Terry Fleming, 81, from Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, said he invested the money over two years believing he would make a profit, but eventually had to sell the bottles at a considerable loss. Three men who stole at least 6m from 41 victims in the scheme were given prison terms to at St Albans Crown Court on Friday.

Marianne Smyth, an American, claimed to be Jennifer Aniston, a psychic, an heiress and a Satanic priestess - all part of a long career on both sides of the Atlantic as a swindler and a conwoman. Smyth has now been convicted at Downpatrick Crown Court of swindling more than £115,000 from four victims, including Derry GAA player Dermot McNicholl.

Fraudster who was extradited from America to face trial will be sentenced next month and then deported after serving her time

OpenAI isn't a publicly-traded company - yet, at least - and as such, the company's express written consent is necessary for the sale or transfer of its equity. But that massive caveat has not, apparently, stopped sleazy operators from trying to rip would-be investors off with shady promises of buying into the red-hot artificial intelligence giant. In a new blog post, OpenAI warned that there are bad actors out there attempting to make "unauthorized opportunities to gain access" to the company.

According to the Central District of California U.S. Attorney's Office, a California man was indicted on 13 counts of wire fraud for scamming dating app users out of $2 million.

Christopher Earl Lloyd, 39, was charged with 13 counts of wire fraud for allegedly using dating apps to scam over $2 million from victims by lying about his financial success.

Billy McFarland auctioned the branding rights of Fyre Festival on eBay for $245,300, receiving 175 bids, highlighting the event's lasting notoriety and his future endeavors.

Shaukat Shamim, the founder of YouPlus, was sentenced to 2.5 years for defrauding investors, raising $17 million by falsely claiming advanced AI capabilities.