LGBT global news 24-7

Content about Fraud

January 23, 2013

Gay CNN host says: 'This is Beyoncé's world, and we're all just living in it'

Gay CNN host Anderson Cooper has defended Beyoncé Knowles for allegedly lip-syncing the national anthem at the inauguration yesterday (22 January).

Speaking on his show AC360, Cooper brought up the controversy as part of his segment ‘The Ridiculist’.

‘Tonight it is the story everyone seems to be talking about. Oh scandalous scandal, whether Beyoncé may or may not have lip-synced her performance of the national anthem at the inauguration,’ he said.

November 20, 2012

A woman 'emotionally blackmailed' her two partners into stealing from their work to fuel her gambling addiction

A woman who manipulated her two lovers into committing a million dollar fraud pleaded guilty yesterday (19 November).

Brisbane District Court Judge Hugh Botting sentenced Luisa Touli for ‘emotionally blackmailing’ two women into stealing AU$1.4 million (£914k, €1.13m) forcing the closure of six jewelry stores and 60 members of staff to lose their jobs, the Australian reports

May 5, 2012

Maker of Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie engagement ring suing blogger for writing that he had been found guilty of fraud

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has vowed to be more positive in his reporting these days but the jeweler who designed Angelina Jolie's engagement ring with Brad Pitt clearly does not think Hilton is succeeding at it.

December 30, 2011

Transgender Kerry Marshall posed as British glamour model Katie Price – or ‘Jordan’ – in £14,000 fraud

A teenage Katie Price impersonator used identity theft to steal from the model’s bank account.

Transgender Kerry Marshall, 18, impersonated the glamour model and tabloid newspaper star in order to withdraw cash from her bank account, a court heard.

Marshall initially tricked her way into Katie Price’s house in Sussex when she posed as a member of security staff and then stole her bank details.