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Wisconsin Woman Accused of Selling Fake Facebook Stock

By Dawn in Crime, fraud, Investigations, MSI Detective Services, scam, Theft Investigations at February 3rd, 2012 | No comments

 

 

 

 

 

A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook’s much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant.

Facebook announced on Wednesday its plans for the biggest-ever Internet IPO.

In a criminal complaint on Thursday, prosecutors said Marianne Oleson told acquaintances she obtained $1 million in stock because her daughter was an acquaintance of Facebook’s founder and persuaded several people to buy fictitious Facebook stock over a four-month period.

The Oshkosh woman was charged with 31 counts of theft, forgery and making misleading statements.

One of Oleson’s victims was a contractor who did work at her house in September. Oleson paid the contractor for the work with $13,980 worth of fake Facebook stock, the complaint alleged.

The contractor, who also paid $10,000 in cash to the woman for additional stock, grew suspicious when he found she lied about her name and various oddities on documents referring to the transaction. Read the full article »

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Teens Break into CNN Newsroom to Check Facebook Pages

By Dawn in Crime, MSI Detective Services at February 3rd, 2012 | No comments

 

 

 

 

 

Two teens apparently couldn’t find an open Internet Cafe or another available computer at 3:30 a.m. so they could check their Facebook Page. What could have been so pressing? So, the obvious solution came to mind – break into the CNN Headquarters. Surely they will have computers.

Aldayne Fearon, 18, and Francis Mutemwa, 17 were arrested last week after breaking into a CNN Atlanta’s newsroom to get a peek at their Facebook pages.

I am sure their parents won’t “like” this situation.

After driving to the Omni Hotel in Mutemwa’s mother’s red Mercedes, the teens scaled the wall and gained access to CNN’s fifth floor newsroom. They were discovered at approximately 3:30 a.m. by police who had been contacted by CNN security, according to Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones.

The two were found working on two computers which were not password protected. At the time of their arrest, they were checking their Facebook pages on those computers.

The teens initially declined to give law enforcement their names, but eventually capitulated.

Each man was charged with criminal trespassing.

I suspect Facebook will close their accounts and the two will have to live without getting their Facebook fixes.

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50-year-old Woman Chases, Corners, Lectures Robber

By Dawn in Chicago, Crime, MSI Detective Services, robbery at January 31st, 2012 | No comments

 

 

 

 

Occasionally a robber chooses the wrong victim and ends up becoming the target. This was the case with a robbery in downtown Chicago.

A 50-year-old woman gave a robber a religious lecture last Friday after chasing him for almost a mile and cornering him in an alley, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The incident occurred shortly after midnight when the woman was riding a Chicago Transit Authority bus in the Loop. Jenar Sanders, 18, grabbed her wallet from her purse, jumped off the bus at Huron and State streets and made a run for it.

The woman began chasing Sanders and alerting others as she ran down the street. A hotel staff member at the Omni Hotel and the CTA bus driver notified police, officers said.

The chase ended with Sanders cornered in an alley off Superior Street between Wabash Avenue and Rush Street. He was surrounded by the victim and others who had joined the chase.

“She kept telling him God didn’t want him to steal her wallet,” a police source told the Tribune. Read the full article »

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Wrongfully Convicted Man Awarded $25 Million

By Dawn in Chicago, court cases, Crime, Illinois, Investigations, MSI Detective Services, murder, testimony, witness statement at January 25th, 2012 | No comments

T. Jimenez with Anita Alvarez - State's Attorney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thaddeus “T.J.” Jimenez spent 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon occurrence. There are many people behind bars for crimes they did not commit. I just watched a program where a man could not get help through the regular channels. He hired a private investigator who eventually dug up the truth, the man was given another trial, and he was found not guilty. He had spent about 20 years in prison.

Most wrongfully convicted people are not fortunate enough to be exonerated, let alone receive the type of reward Mr. Jimenez received. Attorneys for the plaintiff say they believe the award made Tuesday is the largest ever by a U.S. jury in a wrongful conviction case. Of course, you can’t put a price tag on someone’s life. You can never give back what that person lost.

“Sometimes the criminal justice system makes a mistake,” said Jon Loevy, one of Jimenez’s attorneys. “In this case, we proved that’s exactly what happened.”

Jimenez sued the City of Chicago and his attorneys won his case. A federal jury awarded him $25 million.

After sitting through a two-week trial at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, the jury deliberated for about a day. The evidence exonerating Mr. Jimenez must have been overwhelming for the jury to reach a decision so quickly. Read the full article »

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