Hunt on for $600M; Smelling Like Fraud

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI investigators have found themselves in a “Whack-a-Mole” like search for $600 million in missing funds, reports MSNBC. The search, in partnership with the Commodity Futures Training Commission and the SEC, is for lost customer cash in an investigation into New Jersey Gov. John Corzine’s now bankrupt brokerage firm MF Global….

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Couple Sentenced in Pregnancy Scam

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com She was perhaps the only lady not carrying for whom you might ask, “how many months along are you?” without being slapped in the face. Serena Carol Mathews, 42, and boyfriend Scott Thomas Smith, 34, of Oklahoma City, were sentenced to 27 months each on Tuesday in Oklahoma City after pleading…

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Md. Man With Fake Teaching Credentials Gets 21 Months; Taught Law Enforcement Including FBI

 By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who the heck is William G. Hillar? Well, if you read his online bio you’d see that he had some darn impressive credentials in the military, had a Ph.d and he’s been raking in cash teaching, conducting workshops and giving speeches, and that he received training in counter-terrorism and psychological warfare…

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