8 people charged with stealing 19 rental cars worth $1.1 million in an identity fraud scheme

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The suspects reserved rental cars using stolen credit card information and false identities, per an indictment.

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One family pocketed $7.6 million by taking cans and bottles from Arizona and recycling them in California. That's fraud, prosecutors say.

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A recycling technician loads an 800 pound block of compressed aluminum cans at OCC Recycling Center in Costa Mesa, CA on Thursday, July 14, 2022.

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7,400 student-loan borrowers hurt by a school's 'widespread misconduct' are getting $130 million in debt wiped out, Biden's Education Department says

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The case against serial liar George Santos is a slam dunk, legal experts say

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Rep. George Santos, R-NY, leaving a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill.
Rep. George Santos, R-NY, leaving a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill.

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Elizabeth Holmes ‘giggles’ about the infamously deep voice she once used — and even her partner mocks it

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Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans.
Elizabeth Holmes now speaks in an "unremarkable" voice The New York Times said.

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Elizabeth Holmes went to Burning Man, torched an effigy for Theranos, then spent 6 months living in an RV while prosecutors built a case against her for fraudulent business practices

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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared in federal court for sentencing after being convicted of four counts of fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors in her company Theranos, which offered blood testing lab services.

Elizabeth Holmes said she still believes Theranos could have revolutionized healthcare and is working on new inventions: 'I still feel the same calling to it'

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Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes during a court appearance.

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A lawyer's license was suspended after he tried to sue his 'sugar baby' for $166 million

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"Sugar babies" can meet "sugar daddies" on Seeking Arrangement.

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Ex-Apple employee sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined $30 million in penalties for scheme to defraud the company and IRS

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An Apple Store in Shanghai, China.

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes isn't going to prison Thursday after all

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Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California.
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