Scorned Investors Want to Exhume Dead CEO Who Took Password to Millions in Bitcoin to the Grave
The unexpected death of 30-year-old Gerald Cotten, CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, sent shock waves through the whole crypto currency last year, especially as he took the password to about $163 million USD in bitcoin to the grave with him. But now investors want his body exhumed to confirm Cotten’s identity and cause of […]
Would You Pay Thousands of Dollars Just to Let People Know You Have Money to Burn?
In what could be described as a very expensive social experiment, a young IT professional has created a website that allows people to upload a picture if they pay at least $1,000 for the privilege. Think of it as a status symbol, a way to show the world you have money to burn. The “Golden […]
Businessman Sues Mistress to Recover $2 Million He Willingly Gave Her
A Singapore-based businessman has attracted some unwanted media attention after it was reported that he sued his mistress in order to recover $2 million he allegedly loaned her. The problem is she says the money was a gift, so she doesn’t want to give it back. Toh Eng Tiah, the 55-year-old owner of several recycling […]
Mysterious Benefactor in Germany Has Donated Over $220,000 in Cash to Charity
Since the beginning of the year, a mystery donor in the German city of Braunschweig has given away several ‘miracle bags’ containing over 200,000 euros in cash to various charities. The bags, each stuffed with banknotes worth between 20,000 and 100,000 euros, started appearing at the Braunschweiger Zeitung newspaper headquarters earlier this year, with specific […]
Florida Woman Arrested After Leaving $5,000 Tip Using Boyfriend’s Credit Card to Get Back at Him
What appeared as an amazingly generous gesture turned out to be an act of revenge, after a Florida woman left a $5,000 tip to a waitress using her boyfriend’s credit card to get back at him after an argument. 24-year-old Serina Wolfe was arrested on Monday on a felony theft charge for allegedly using her […]
China’s Amazing “Human Money Counting Machines”
Money counting machines have been a staple of banks all around the world for decades now, and China is no exception, but here bank tellers still practice their banknote counting skills every day, and some of them can really give those automated counters a run for their money. Videos of Chinese bank tellers showing off […]
Father Faces “Social Boycott” for Dropping Off Son to School in Ferrari Sports Car
A Chinese man has been excluded out of a parents WeChat group and accused of flaunting his wealth by dropping his son off to school in an expensive Ferrari 488 sports car. The man, surnamed Li, is a senior executive in an property development company in in Hangzhou, China, and has the habit of taking his […]
Man Buys Luxury Car with Nearly One Tonne Worth of Coins
A man recently caused havoc at a car dealership in Tongren City, China, after turning up with a truck full of coins to buy a 480,000 yuan ($70,000) BMW. The unnamed man apparently used to work as a bus driver and collected the coins during his many years on the job. Only instead of regularly […]
Man Fakes Mugging, Slashes His Own Arms to Avoid Buying Girlfriend Expensive Car
Men often go to great lengths to fulfill their loved ones’ wishes, but this story is a bout a guy who went to extremes to ensure that he wouldn’t have to fulfill a promise he had made to his girlfriend, while at the same time making sure that she didn’t blame him for it. Earlier […]
Chinese Man Faces Prison Time After Squandering $36 Million to Satisfy Hot Girlfriend’s Desires
Zhang Xiaoen, the son of a successful businessman from Hangzhou, China, is facing prison time after borrowing tens of millions of dollars to satisfy the needs and desires of his beautiful and allegedly manipulative girlfriend. Growing up as the only child of a wealthy Chinese family, 29-year-old Zhang was accustomed to luxury and spending large […]
Son Banned from Contacting His Parents After Constantly Begging Money From Them
A 24-year-old man from Southampton, England, was banned from contacting his parents for five years after they got so fed up with his constant pestering for money that they got a restraining order against him. A restraining order was issued against Matthew Kerley last year by the Crown Prosecution Service, after his parents complained that his […]
Shortest Marriage Ever? Man Divorces Wife Less Than 15 Minutes After Marrying Her
A Dubai couple’s union is a serious contender for the title of shortest marriage in history, after the groom decided to divorce his bride less than 15 minutes after marrying her. You may be wondering what on Earth could make a man to divorce his wife so fast. Well, in this case, the answer is […]
This Tiny Island Has the World’s Largest and Heaviest Currency
No one knows exactly when the people of Yap, a tiny Micronesian island, started using giant limestone disks as money, but their unique stone money have definitely been around for centuries and are still in circulation today. Micronesian islands use the US dollar as their official currency, but on the island of Yap people also […]
Teen Claims She Has to Live ‘Like a Peasant’ After Mom Cut Her Monthly Allowance from $5,000 to $1,000
A Beverly Hills teenager recently dragged her mother on the Dr. Phil show to complain that she has to live like a peasant, after her monthly allowance was cut from $5,000 to just $1,000. Ever since she was born, 15-year-old Nicolette has been given everything she ever wanted, including a nanny, personal driver and trainers, […]
Woman Accidentally Enters PIN Code as Tip at Cafe, Ends Up Tipping $7,700
A Russian woman who used her credit card to pay for coffee and a cake at a cafe near Zurich, in Switzerland, accidentally typed in her PIN code as the tip and ended up paying 7709.70 Swiss francs ($7,732) for a 23.70 francs ($23.76) bill. Back in February, 37-year-old Olesja Schemjakowa and her son stopped for coffee and […]