SantaCon boss accused of turning a charity crawl into his own cash stash

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Participants in the charity event SantaCon gather in New York City.
Stefan Pildes, the organizer of SantaCon, has been charged with wire fraud. Prosecutors allege he used funds raised at the charity event to fund a luxury lifestyle.

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A former Facebook and Nike DEI manager got 5 years in prison for stealing $5 million to fund her luxury lifestyle

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Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles
Barbara Furlow-Smiles at the 2020 Sisters' Awards at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, on March 8, 2020.

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I was a first-time homebuyer and got scammed out of $167,000 of my life savings

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Pat Lawlor and his family
Pat Lawlor said he unknowingly wired criminals his six-figure downpayment.

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A millennial who'd bought 3 houses got scammed out of $60,000 buying her fourth — and it's more common than you might think

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An aerial shot of single-family homes in a row.
The FBI reported that $350,328,166 was lost in real-estate scams in 2021.

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