Tag: Manhattan
Midtown Mayhem: Queens Shooter Pleads Guilty
Discover the details of the Queens man who plead guilty to a shooting in Midtown Manhattan. Learn about the incident, arrest, and upcoming sentencing.
K$ Grift: Online Guru Cops a Plea
⏱ 3 min read Kenneth Thom, a 40-ish ex-broker known online as “K$” and “K Money,” confessed in Manhattan Federal Court today to fleecing investors with a classic pump-and-dump scheme. Thom, already radioactive in the financial world, built a slick online persona to lure victims after being barred from trading in 2011. He’s facing sentencing…
AI Fraud: Millions Stolen From Real Artists
⏱ 3 min read Michael Smith, a hustler from North Carolina, copped a plea in Manhattan federal court today for a brazen scheme to steal millions from the music industry. Smith wasn’t a musician; he was a fraudster who used artificial intelligence to generate thousands of worthless songs, then flooded streaming platforms with billions of…
Edison Execs Cooked $10M PPE Orders
⏱ 3 min read Two men are facing hard time after a brazen scheme to inflate the value of Edison Nation, a publicly traded consumer goods company. CEO Christopher Ferguson and consultant Brian McFadden both admitted in federal court to falsifying records and misleading investors with bogus purchase orders totaling over $10 million. The hustle…
