Two Lake Norman men, including one who owns a lakefront mansion and another who owns a lakefront home, were sentenced to prison recently after admitting last year that they stole from unsuspecting investors, federal prosecutors said. Cornelius residents Marlin Hershey, 54, and Dana Bradley, 53, coaxed dozens of victims to invest in unregistered securities, The […]
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Nigerian pastor arrested over allegedly swindling followers of $1m
A Nigerian pastor has been arrested over allegations he fraudulently got people to part with their money. Theo O Ebonyi, well-known in Benue state, is accused of swindling his followers and others out of more than 1.3bn naira ($930,000; £740,000). He was detained and freed on bail last year, but this has only just been […]