A former Motor Vehicle Administration employee and two contractors are accused of faking dozens of written driving tests in a scheme to sell Maryland driver’s licenses and learner’s permits. The three defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit identity fraud with a value between $25,000 and $100,000, according to a news release from the attorney […]
Insights from The Economist, Science, and Nature The News Chinese scientists felt pressured to engage in unethical research practices out of fear of losing their jobs, a study found. The Chinese government’s 2015 “Double First-Class Scheme” called on universities to boost their global rankings by publishing more articles in international journals. One faculty head reportedly […]
A convicted sex offender tried to fake his own death to avoid registering, an Arizona sheriff said this week. Benjamin Hollins, 50, was arrested Tuesday, around seven months after he allegedly had a woman falsely say he jumped to his death from the Roosevelt Bridge, near the dam of the same name, in Arizona, the […]
Florida couple accused of faking million-dollar winning lottery ticket A Florida couple is facing felony charges for faking a million-dollar lottery win, according to law enforcement. Investigators said they did not have much trouble uncovering the scam. Officials said a manipulated $50 dollar lottery ticket did not fool the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Read: ‘Just […]
A Kentucky man admitted to faking his own death to avoid paying over $100,000 in outstanding child support to his ex-wife, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court late last month. Jesse E. Kipf, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of computer fraud in the U.S. […]
A Kentucky man has admitted he faked his own death in part to get out of paying child support totaling more than $100,000. Jesse E. Kipf, 39, signed an agreement to plead guilty to one charge of computer fraud and one charge of aggravated identity theft. Kipf used a computer in Somerset in January 2023 […]
An Alabama woman who confessed to lying about being kidnapped has pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the hoax that set off a national search last summer. Carlee Russell pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Circuit Court Thursday afternoon to two misdemeanor counts for filing a false police report. She will be under supervised probation for […]
Brazil’s Donald Trump-loving ex-president, already under investigation for trying to overturn his election loss, was accused Tuesday of tampering with a public health database to fake his vaccination against COVID-19. Jair Bolsonaro planted false information in a government database to make it appear that he, his 12-year-old daughter and members of his entourage had received the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of faking his death and fleeing the U.S. to avoid rape charges in Utah denied at a court appearance Tuesday that he is the suspect and, in an apparent British accent, called allegations that he wasn’t giving his true name “complete hearsay.” Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name […]
LONDON (AP) — A U.S. fugitive known as Nicholas Rossi, who is accused of faking his own death to avoid a rape charge in Utah, has been extradited to the United States, British media reported Friday. Rossi, 36, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is charged with sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in Orem, Utah, […]
Toyota-owned automaker Daihatsu, known for its small passenger vehicles, has halted domestic production in Japan after admitting it falsified safety test results for 30 years. The move came just days after the Toyota subsidiary suspended domestic and international shipments due to improper testing on 64 models. Transport ministry officials probed deeper and found problems that […]