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Woman allegedly poisons husband’s soup amid catfishing scheme

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AYER, MA – A Massachusetts woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly tried to kill her husband by poisoning his soup. The incident came to light when the suspect’s daughter found messages instructing her mother to prepare the tainted soup. This was part of a peculiar catfishing scheme involving a man pretending to be actor Thorsten Kaye. Roxanne Doucette, 64, was arrested after authorities were alerted by her daughter, Nicole Heath, who …

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Texas man arrested for murder after he shoots fake parking lot attendant

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Erick Aguirre, a 29-year old Corpus Christi resident, found himself in a shocking situation when he fatally shot a 46-year-old in downtown Houston. Aguirre had been scammed out $40 by a man posing as a parking attendant, and gone to his car to get a pistol to seek retribution. When it became clear that the scammer had died, Aguirre’s date turned to the authorities. The incident began at a Houston restaurant where Aguirre and his …

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Scamming couple allegedly drugged and manipulated a Malibu doctor out of millions before he died alone

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Mark Sawusch was a lonely, bipolar doctor who had isolated himself away from his family in the upscale city of Malibu. That all changed in June of 2017 when he struck up an a bewildering friendship with a couple he met in an ice cream parlor by Venice Beach. Unfortunately, and unbeknownst to him at the time, this genuinely caring friendship was nothing more than a complete fabrication constructed from sinister ulterior motives. Anna Moore, …

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College student accused of lying about cancer diagnosis after raising nearly $38,000 on GoFundMe

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In October 2022, Madison Russo, a 19-year-old student from Iowa, divulged details of her pancreatic cancer diagnosis that had been given to her eight months prior. Due to this devastating diagnosis, Russo created a GoFundMe account to help her keep up with the expenses. The Eldridge Police Department has determined that she lied about having cancer in order to fraudulently collect donated funds. The Eldridge Police Department issued a statement to, revealing that Russo allegedly …

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Man Gets Life For Shooting Ex-Girlfriend At Family Event

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Last year, a Barnesville, Georgia man killed his girlfriend during a Fourth of July barbecue and was sentenced to life in prison. In Henry County Superior Court, Raphael Kelley, 22, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of malice murder and possession of a firearm while committing a felony. Kelley agreed to a negotiated plea agreement in which he would spend life in prison plus five years, according to Henry County District Attorney Darius Pattillo. During …

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A Texas Woman Allegedly Scammed Her Internet Boyfriend Out Of $1.2 Million Dollars

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During a two-year period, a Texas woman allegedly scammed her Indiana online boyfriend out of $1.2 million and spent the money visiting casinos in Oklahoma 300 times. A local station reported Lorraine Rew, 46, was arrested in mid-November on charges of corrupt business influence and counterfeiting. “Sadly, this is a case in which the victim’s heart was in the right place and the alleged perpetrator took advantage of that,” according to Hancock County Prosecutor Brent …

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New Jersey Man Gets 5-Years For Giant GoFundMe Fraud

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Mark D’Amico, 43, of Florence, was sentenced in Burlington County Superior Court in Mount Holly by Judge Christopher J. Garrenger, in accordance with a plea agreement negotiated by the prosecutor’s office. He pled guilty in December 2019 to misapplication of entrusted property, a second-degree offense, according to a press release through the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. In November 2017, McClure and DAmico would set up a crowdfunding page at the GoFundMe site called ‘Pay it …

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FTC Is Returning $25 Million Stolen From Consumers In Lottery-Prize Scheme

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to 244,745 consumers in the U.S. and abroad who were defrauded by the Next-Gen sweepstakes scheme that affected consumers in dozens of countries, including the United States and Canada. In total, the FTC is returning almost $25 million to affected consumers including many seniors. The FTC is sending: 221,687 checks totaling $19,180,753 to U.S. and Canadian consumers; 3,516 prepaid Mastercard debit cards totaling $631,322 to consumers in …

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