Can you be arrested for receiving stolen goods, if you didn't know they were stolen in the first place? What if you only suspect they were stolen? I was in New York City one time and some guy ran up to me on the street and asked if I wanted to buy some name brand shirt, I had...
" Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been found guilty of embezzlement at his politically charged second trial in Moscow. The judge said Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were guilty of stealing from their firm Yukos and laundering the...
Excuse the unusual step at tagging the entire story but I thought it important to let it speak for itself. " Grim picture of Gazans' lives painted by reports emerging from Strip, claiming gunmen hiding in civilian...
A Russian gas firm who switched off the supply of gas to Ukraine for unpaid bills has accused them of stealing gas meant for other European countries. On 1st January Gazprom switched off the supply due to unpaid...
created by mudricky | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 186 views | 34 recommendations | 3 comments
Four Washington, D.C. police officers are suspected of stealing toys donated to the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots program, police said Wednesday." No arrests have been made in the incident, which is still under an internal investigation, according to Metropolitan Police...
The chairman of British football team Manchester United was allegedly swindled out of a huge amount of money by soeone pretending to sell bonds."A BOGUS bond dealer swindled former Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards out of more than £7million, a court heard yesterday....
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I heard that the House voted against the bailout package and I was pretty shocked, as I think everyone was. Congressional leaders were hyping this up to be a done deal over the weekend and it seemed all but...
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" For most fugitives, life on the lam involves keeping a low profile. Not so for Steven Labore, who fled Pennsylvania after he and a pal were charged with stealing two monkeys. Labore, 19, was tracked down...
"NEW YORK -- A New York City stockbroker has been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients -- many of them elderly -- and sending the money...
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"PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Two brothers who ran a funeral home and crematorium admitted Tuesday that they sold corpses to a company that trafficked stolen body parts, a macabre scheme that left families aghast and unclear about the fate of their loved ones. Louis and...
"Seeking investment for Indian film industry is proving to be a double-edged weapon. With a growth rate of almost 17 per cent, Indian Entertainment and Media industry is flourishing. Iconic film-makers such as...
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"TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A man already in prison for burglary and stealing a car was charged Tuesday in the rape and slaying of a 6-year-old southwest Florida girl nearly two years ago, police said. ...
This is shocking. Toronto officials are planning to ban homeless people from taking bottles and cans from recycling bins as part of a new recyling plan to be rolled out in the fall.Why? Apparently because it loses the city money and is considered "stealing" from taxpayers....
created by Rob Peters | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 325 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
When life gone crazy imitates art that imitates life gone crazy...things get crazy.Why so serious?"Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new...
$20 worth of scrap metal can cost the city $200 in replacement fees? That's unthinkable. Then again stealing manhole covers are not your normal daily fare - only if you're not in Michigan. "Officials in Flint, Michigan, say they've had to replace hundreds of manhole covers...