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By Pete Kotz in bizarre, fraud
Tuesday, Aug. 31 2010 @ 2:35PM
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​Reliving gridiron glory is a common theme in Bruce Springsteen songs and anywhere men gather in Texas. But Julious Threatts, 21, took it to the extreme. Pretending to be a 14-year-old, he signed up to play for the Town N' Country Packers in Tampa...

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By Chris Parker in Lists, fraud
Friday, Aug. 27 2010 @ 9:00AM
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​Whatever ideals our country was founded on, corruption and greed's the new coin of the realm. Judges are but another politician. As Al Pacino once cried, the whole damn system's out of order. Case in point, Judge Joseph Bamberger who flouted justice to line his own pockets, making him the most reprehensible of this week's Top 5 White Collar Villains...

By Pete Kotz in Heroes, fraud
Thursday, Aug. 26 2010 @ 2:14PM
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​UPDATE: Sklyer Smith, the fakest war hero of Huntsville, Alabama, just can't keep his ass out of trouble. After being arrested for scamming a defense contract by claiming he was a disabled vet, he's been arrested again for working on government contracts, violating his probation. See update after the jump...

By Chris Parker in classroom creepiness, fraud
Wednesday, Aug. 25 2010 @ 9:00AM
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​It's so hard to ensure kids learn from proper role models. So we're excited that someone with real world experience, like used car lot owner Daniel Jacobs, is still able to teach business to students at Johnson Middle School in Melbourne, Florida. Sure Jacobs has switched the odometers on some high mileage vehicles, but that's the kind of example kids need to one day conquer Wall Street, or at least end up on this week's Weird Teacher Watch...

By Pete Kotz in Douchebags, fraud
Tuesday, Aug. 24 2010 @ 10:04AM
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​Reader Officer Pat responds to Skyler Smith Can Now Legally Pretend to be a War Hero. As he sees it, "Without the incredible heroism backing it up, military decorations are just cheap pieces of metal and fabric." And we don't need government regulating lies...

By Chris Parker in fraud, fugitives
Monday, Aug. 23 2010 @ 7:01AM
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​Good help is indeed hard to find, and it's worse when you can't speak up for yourself. Li Ching Liu took advantage of her ward's incapacitation, using manipulation and threats of physical abuse and starvation to drain a Long Beach woman's accounts of $4 million, earning her the spotlight for this week's Fugitive Watch...

By Chris Parker in Lists, fraud
Friday, Aug. 20 2010 @ 9:00AM
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​Every two-bit con dreams of making an 8-bit score. Unfortunately for David Marks and has family, insurance companies aren't impressed with crystal balls (or they'd have their own), and his attempts to move from fortune-telling into fortune-making only landed him a spot atop this week's Top 5 White Collar Villains...

By Pete Kotz in fraud
Wednesday, Aug. 18 2010 @ 9:59AM
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​Reader Stephanie responds to Bobbi Ann Finley in Jail After Marrying, Swindling 11 Servicemen. She has a son in the Air Force who's stationed in Japan, and he too is having his pockets emptied for hair extensions and fake boobs by a woman he met on the internet...

By Pete Kotz in Politicians, fraud
Wednesday, Aug. 18 2010 @ 8:02AM
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​You may recall our recent story on ingrate Justine Winter, where a debate broke out on why lawyers are never fined for filing frivolous lawsuits. Though it may be rare, it looks like lawyers are occasionally lit up for their scumbagocity. But you have to sue the president to get punished...

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, fraud
Tuesday, Aug. 17 2010 @ 1:44PM
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​Michael Rosen of Salem, Massachusetts has an impressive history of mope crimes like forgery and identity theft. But he seemed particularly interested in beating a pinch for driving without a license after he was involved in a fender bender...