Self-Proclaimed Shaman Convinced Her Victims That Their Jewelry Was Cursed and Required an Exorcism
A 44-year-old Austrian woman who posed as a shaman is currently wanted by police for scamming victims out of more than $11 million.
Unemployed Man Exploits Food Delivery Platform to Eat 1,000 Free Meals Over Two Years
A 38-year-old Japanese man was arrested on suspicion of fraud after exploiting a food delivery app’s loophole to unlawfully receive over 1,000 deliveries without paying for them. For more than two years, Takuya Higashimoto, an unemployed man from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, took advantage of the order cancellation policy of a major Japanese food delivery platform […]
Man Fakes Complete Blindness for Over 50 Years to Collect Disability Payments
A 70-year-old Italian man stands accused of pretending to be totally blind for over a century, during which time he collected over one million euros ($1.16 million) in disability payments. The case of a Vincenza man who unduly received over a million euros in benefits for total blindness over a period of 53 years has […]
Teen “Grows” 1.4 Cm in Six Months of Growth Therapy, Shrinks to Original Size in Two Weeks
A 16-year-old teenager spent $2,350 on growth therapy sessions over six months, but lost the 1.4 centimeters he had gained in just two weeks after quitting the therapy. Limb lengthening surgery is a painful and extreme way oaf adding an inch or two to one’s height, but those unwilling to go under the knife and […]
80-Year-Old Woman Scammed Online by Fake Astronaut Who Claimed to Be Stuck in Space
An 80-year-old Japanese woman ended up sending around 1 million yen ($6,700) to an online scammer who posed as an astronaut stuck in space and in need of money to buy oxygen. Hailing from Japan’s northern Hokkaido island, the hapless octogenarian reportedly met the scammer on social media back in July. They claimed to be […]
Man Arrested for Impersonating Ambassador of Made-Up Nations
Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy in a rented building in Ghaziabad and impersonating an ambassador of made-up countries like ‘Seborga’ or ‘Westarctica’. Ever dreamed of working in exotic countries like Ladonia, Westarctica, Seborga, or Poulvia? Unfortunately, you’re not the only one. An Indian scammer managed to defraud dozens […]
UK Woman with Forged Diploma Works as Psychiatrist for 20 Years
A fake doctor who used forged documents to practice psychiatry in the UK’s national healthcare system for two decades has been jailed and ordered to pay back hundreds of thousands of pounds. Born in Iran, Zholia Alemi and her family emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, in the early 1990s. There, she failed to secure the […]
Texas Doctor Gets 10 Years in Prison for Diagnosing Healthy People with Chronic Conditions
A Texas rheumatologist was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a cruel health care fraud scheme that involved diagnosing hundreds of healthy people with chronic diseases that required expensive and dangerous treatments. Jorge Zamora-Quezada M.D. of Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, several counts of healthcare fraud, and conspiracy to obstruct […]
Woman Fakes Muteness for 16 Years to Collect Disability Pension
A Spanish woman who had been claiming disability pension for an inability to speak following a work-related incident 16 years ago has been exposed as a fraud by a private detective. In 2003, a woman working at a supermarket in Andalucia, Spain, was attacked by a customer. Following the traumatic incident, she was diagnosed with […]
Father-Son Duo Defrauds 100 Restaurants in 3 Years Using the Same Technique
A 48-year-old man and his son, 18, were recently arrested for reportedly defrauding around 100 restaurants in France’s Toulon region in the last 3 years, using a very well thought-out tactic. Skipping out on the bill at a restaurant isn’t exactly unusual, but doing so about 100 times in a span of 3 years definitely […]
HR Manager Defrauds Company Of $2.2 Million by Making Up Employees and Collecting Their Paychecks
The HR manager of a Shanghai technology company was imprisoned for defrauding his company of millions of dollars by “hiring” dozens of fake employees and collecting their salaries. The People’s Procuratorate of Minhang District, Shanghai recently released a “White Paper on the Prosecution of Duty-Related Crimes by Company and Enterprise Personnel in Minhang District” featuring […]
Couple Who Married and Divorced 12 Times in 43 Years Investigated for Fraud
An Austrian couple who married and divorced each other a total of 12 times in the last 43 years is currently under investigation for financial fraud. Police in Vienna, Austria, are currently investigating the bizarre case of a couple who got married and then divorced 12 times over a period of 43 years in order […]
German Woman Poses as Empress of Made-up Kingdom to Mingle with Italian Socialites
A 49-year-old German woman who had been posing as the empress of a non-existent kingdom and rubbing shoulders with Italy’s elite had been accidentally unmasked as a fraud. Sandra Nicole Martinez, who had adorned herself with titles like ‘Her Royal Highness’ or ‘Her Imperial Highness”, had become a regular at exclusive parties and social events […]
Nanny Left with 5-Month-Old Child After Parents Disappear with Her Money
A Chinese nanny has been forced to take care of a toddler for months without any compensation after the child’s parents disappeared without a trace with money they had borrowed from her. Ms. Yu, the victim in this bizarre case that has been making headlines in China for over a month, claims that she was […]
Woman Allegedly Brings Dead Man to Bank to Take Out a Loan
A 42-year-old Brazilian woman was recently arrested for allegedly bringing a dead man to a bank and trying to obtain a bank loan in his name. On April 16, Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes arrived at an Itau Unibanco branch in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro to assist 68-year-old Paulo Roberto Braga in obtaining a bank […]