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Fraudsters Use COVID-19 Relief Funds to Buy Luxury Homes, Jewelry

June 29, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Sentencing is scheduled Sept. 13 for four Los Angeles residents found guilty of scheming to submit fraudulent loan applications under which they and their co-defendants obtained more than $18 million in COVID-19 relief funds used to put down-payments on luxury homes in Tarzana, Glendale and Palm Desert and purchase jewelry and other high-end…

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Gemstone Dreams

May 30, 2021
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Dorian Filip was a massage therapist in 2009, working aboard the Seabourn Odyssey on its maiden voyage around the Mediterranean. After some years in the industry, he had developed aches in his neck, shoulder, and hands that were increasingly painful, and thoughts of quitting were on his mind. “I said, ‘If nothing works, I’ll go…

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New York Train Conductor Finds Rings Worth $107,000 Left on His Train, Returns Them to Passenger

April 29, 2021
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An honest act from an assistant conductor at Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) proved some people still have good old-fashioned values. Jonathan Yellowday, a Queens resident working on the 6:11 p.m. train from Penn Station to Port Washington, discovered a tray of engagement rings, valued at $107,000, in a plastic bag that a customer had left…

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