In a series of candid interviews, we relive some of the most audacious scams and fraudulent stunts of our time from the mouths of the perpetrators themselves. Whether it’s money, fame or simply an addiction to lying, we find out what motivated these tricksters and whether the highs, lows and ramifications were worth it in […]
A former NFL wide receiver illegally got over $1 million in pandemic relief money that was to help struggling businesses has been sentenced to a little more than three years in prison last week, prosecutors said according to NBC News. Joshua Bellamy, played for the Chicago Bears and New York Jets was among 11 people […]
Jack A. Brown III earns over $1 million each year to run a homeless shelter in New York City The New York Times reported. Brown is the President and CEO of CORE Services Group & CORE Companies which was founded in 2005. The Brooklyn-based nonprofit provides community services to more than 3,000 residents every day. […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a Tennessee state senator charged with using federal grant money awarded to a health care school she operated on her wedding, a political campaign event and other personal expenses. A 12-person federal jury decided state Sen. Katrina Robinson was guilty of four of five counts of […]
Ken Paxton, the attorney general who ordered the arrest, took to Twitter to defend the charges his office levied against Rogers. “Hervis is a felon rightly barred from voting under TX law . . . I prosecute voter fraud everywhere we find it,” Paxton’s tweet read. Hervis is a felon rightly barred from voting under TX law. This […]
Chef and cookbook author Darius “Cooks” Williams, better known as Darius Cooks, opened up about allegations of him stealing money, illegal credit repair practices, bullying Black women, ripping off business partners and more, Black Enterprise reports. Due to the number of accusations, particularly stemming from chef and food blogger Angela Davis, also known as “The […]
Federal prosecutors are planning to seize millions of dollars and a luxury car from a Washington, D.C. pastor after he got funding in 2020 from Payroll Protection Program (PPP) to help small business. Rudolph Brooks Jr, the pastor of Kingdom Tabernacle of Restoration, has been accused of submitting fraudulent information to the Payroll Protection Program with […]
(12/16/2020) Dr. Umar Johnson: ACTORS PLAYING BLACK AMERICANS IN HOLLYWOOD (60 MV) Judas and the Black Messiah. Directed by Shaka King (Newlyweds) and produced by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed), the upcoming biopic follows the betrayal and eventual assassination of Fred Hampton (played by Daniel Kaluuya), a powerful activist who rose to prominence as chairman […]