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Atlanta-area police search for pair that posed as real estate agents, scammed renters
2016-01-14 01:52:06| Real Estate - Topix.net
Police in the Atlanta area are searching for two people who allegedly posed as real estate agents and rented out homes they didn't own and had no right to rent out. The Gwinnett Daily Post has the details, along with a truly spectacular word choice in the description of the alleged perpetrators.
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2 people in Des Plaines scammed by IRS, ComEd posers
2016-01-12 21:35:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
Two people in Des Plaines were scammed out of a total of more than $3,000 by con artists posing in one case as a ComEd official and the other as IRS employees. In one case, a manager at Tiffany's Restaurant, 2179 E. Touhy Ave., phoned around 1 p.m. Dec. 29 and said the restaurant was behind on its ComEd utility bill and the electricity would be cut off within the hour.
Phoenix auto dealer who scammed customers works for IRS
2015-12-16 18:05:59| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The owner of a Phoenix used-car dealership who admitted defrauding dozens of desperate customers is a longtime employee of the Internal Revenue Service. Phoenix auto dealer who scammed customers works for IRS The owner of a Phoenix used-car dealership who admitted defrauding dozens of desperate customers is a longtime employee of the Internal Revenue Service.
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Two years jail time for car dealer who scammed sellers out of A 208,000
2015-04-28 08:38:46| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Steve John Meade, of Walton Road, East Molesey, contacted people advertising their vehicles for sale on car dealership websites and convinced them to sell their vehicles with him through his company Surrey Prestige Cars Ltd. Each victim signed a contact which Meade broke by selling the vehicles and not reimbursing the owners with the money. Some owners of high end cars such as Maserati, Mercedes and BMW did get some money but were still left out of pocket.
Paul Simon will not have to pay man who scammed him
2015-01-04 02:49:16| Apparel - Topix.net
Starr pleaded guilty to the scam in 2010, and is currently serving a sentence of seven and a half years. Simon was a victim of Starr's scheme, along with other Hollywood stars like Uma Thurman, Wesley Snipes and Martin Scorsese.