Folly of the DayA Senior NIH Advisor Was Indicted for Using Personal Gmail to Hide Federal Research Emails From FOIA Requests. The Central Evidence Is the Email He Sent Colleagues Explaining His Plan to 'Make Emails Disappear.'
Morens used personal Gmail to prevent government research communications from appearing in FOIA responses — a strategy he documented in writing, in an email to colleagues describing his plan to 'make emails disappear,' which did not disappear and became the central evidence in his federal indictment.
Source: STAT News
The WireA UK Investment Firm Director Was Jailed for 8 Years After Conning 600 Investors Out of £9 Million Through a Forex Ponzi Scheme. He Spent Their Money on a McLaren, a House, and Designer Clothing.
Nowell deposited almost none of the £9 million received from 600 investors in 'Investing4you Ltd' and showed them fabricated daily profit statements instead — a scheme that required victims to simply never request independent verification of the accounts they were being shown.
Source: ITV News
The WireThe Former Director of an Australian Investment Firm Pleaded Guilty to Stealing $681,000 in Retail Client Deposits He Was Legally Obligated to Hold in Trust
D'Amore used his position as director of Berndale Capital Securities to transfer retail client deposits held in trust into personal accounts — funds whose movement appears in the same records ASIC examines when investigating whether retail client funds have been misappropriated.
Source: ASIC
The VillagesA 77-Year-Old Man Was Arrested on Federal Charges for Scheming to Sell Illicitly Obtained Erectile Dysfunction Drugs at The Villages
He was 77, identified a market with 80,000 potential customers, secured a supply, and was arrested before completing the transaction — which is, the Misanthrope acknowledges, the most rational business plan anyone has brought to The Villages in some time.
Source: NBC Miami