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Gucci-clad ‘Bling Bishop' steps out of gaudy NJ McMansion after fraud charges
Brooklyn "Bling Bishop" Lamor Whitehead holed up in a gaudy New Jersey McMcMansion after federal extortion charges.
FBI: Steep climb in teens targeted by online 'sextortion'
The FBI sounded the alarm Monday about an explosive increase in teenage boys being targeted online and extorted for money after being tricked into sending sexually explicit pictures.
Russian socialite and Putin's reported goddaughter flees to Lithuania
A Russian media personality and socialite who ran against Vladimir Putin in the 2018 presidential election -- and is reportedly his goddaughter – has fled the country shortly before police...
Not-so-gone girl: Woman arrested for faking kidnapping to extort her mother– for the fourth time
A 30-year-old woman allegedly sent her mother a video that showed her blindfolded and smeared with blood.
Mystery CEO victimized in catfishing scheme involving 'sexually explicit' photos
A Bronx woman allegedly used “multiple online identities” to target wealthy and powerful men.
Soccer star claims wild extortion plot after angry brother's Twitter video promises 'revelations'
Pogba, who rejoined Italian Serie A club Juventus in July following his departure from English Premier League Manchester United, released a statement on Sunday after his brother Mathias Pogba posted a video...
'Sextortion' predators target 14- to 17-year-old boys in new online scam
The FBI warns of an emerging scheme in which predators trick teen boys into them sending nudes pictures and then demand huge sums of money.
Sickening spike: Growing number of migrants abducted by greedy cartels at border, held for up to $10K ransom
Smugglers — often from cartels — who charge migrants thousands to slip into the US from Mexico are increasingly holding them for ransom once they cross the border, according to...
Brooklyn high school employee busted for child porn
“I’m ready to make u famous. Any last words?” the employee threatened in one of the messages to the student, according to the feds.
Florida senator fights back over nude images stolen from her
After years of working hard to heal herself and restore her life Lauren Book has been victimized again, this time by someone trying to extort her by threatening to reveal...
Why New York is one of the worst 'judicial hellholes'
New York again scored as a major Judicial Hellhole, No. 2 in the nation, in the latest ranking from the American Tort Reform Foundation. Worse, in several areas we’re No....
NBCUniversal settles with ousted exec Ron Meyer amid sex scandal
Meyer was ousted from his lofty post as vice chairman of NBCUniversal in August 2020 after he admitted to making hush-money payments to a woman with whom he’d had a...
Britney Spears claims father Jamie is trying to extort $2M from her
Lawyers accuse Jamie Spears of dragging out his agreement to exit as conservator of her multimillion-dollar estate with an extortion attempt.
Man accused of trying to extort Matt Gaetz admits he asked for cash
The man accused of trying to extort $25 million from Rep. Matt Gaetz's family admitted Monday that he asked the congressman's dad for cash -- but denied that it was...
It Gaetz crazier and sleazier: Florida pol buried in claims of underage sex and orgy
An alleged orgy with prostitutes. Accusations of sex with an underage girl. A trophy photo of a woman wearing only a hula hoop. And a convoluted extortion plot involving a...
Matt Gaetz mulling conservative TV gig
Rep. Matt Gaetz — the Florida congressman at the center of a twisted sex-trafficking probe involving an alleged $25 million extortion plot — is reportedly looking to duck out of...
Matt Gaetz's dad addresses dueling 'sex-trafficking,' 'extortion' claims
The father of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz says that he wore a wire while working with the FBI in an attempt to uncover a purported $25 million extortion plot against...
Matt Gaetz claims former DOJ official trying to extort his family
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz on Tuesday night said a former Department of Justice official attempted to shake his family down for $25 million by blackmailing him with "horrible sex trafficking...
Pennsylvania woman used fake son to catfish man out of $5K, cops say
A heartless Pennsylvania woman catfished a man into believing he was the father of her non-existent child, extorting him out of nearly $5,000 in the process, police said. Billie Jo...
Associate of alleged Sarah Lawrence sex-cult leader may not be competent for trial: lawyer
A co-defendant of alleged Sarah Lawrence sex-cult leader Lawrence Ray may not be competent to stand trial, it was revealed Tuesday during her arraignment in Manhattan federal court. Isabella Pollok...