Career Cambridge, MA Conman Arrested in New York City

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Jeremy Wilson went before judge Heidi Cesare wearing a grey Harvard Law School hoodie, dark blue
jeans and a grim expression.

[From article]
Cambridge Police report the arrest of a New York City man on a variety of charges related to the high life he allegedly tried to settle into for a couple months at a Third Street apartment complex that included draining $70,000 from a local design company's coffers and using some of the funds to lease a BMW SUV across the river in Boston.
Police say it all started when Jeremy Daniel Wilson, if that's really his name, 42, created the best Boston-area persona since Clark Rockefeller: Jeremiah Asimov-Beckingham, an Army veteran with traumatic brain injuries from an IED explosion in Afghanistan - and also a pilot for British Airways. Cambridge Police say the earliest they could trace him back in Cambridge was December 3, which makes sense since he was only released from federal prison on Nov. 19 after serving a six-year sentence for impersonating an Army officer and stealing a judge's car.
In Cambridge, police say, the newly minted Asimov-Beckingham set up a local bank account under that name, using several fraudulent documents, including a bogus driver's license, Social-Security card and a Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. He then got a discount on an apartment on Third Street by claiming to be both a veteran and an airline pilot - even as he was maintaining a $5,000-a-month apartment in lower Manhattan. Oh, and he used his fake discharge papers to sign up for and obtain veteran's benefits, Cambridge PD says.
He also somehow used the ID and more forged documents to suck $70,000 out of a Cambridge design firm's bank account, police say, adding he also stole a computer from MIT.
Police say that on Dec. 31, New York City Police found the BMW. And then, according to New York Magazine, they conned the con man: They contacted him and said the car had been impounded as evidence in a shooting but that he could come by to pick it up - which he did.
At his arraignment in New York on similar charges there, he wore a Harvard Law School hoodie.

http://www.universalhub.com/2016/con-man-long-record-goes-whirlwind-fraud-tour

Con man with long record goes on whirlwind fraud tour of Cambridge, police say
By adamg
Fri, 01/15/2016 - 2:10pm

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More than 200 forged checks, military uniforms, fake passports from Canada and the U.K., and other false official documents were recovered from the 10 Hanover Square apartment he rented.

[From article]
A seasoned grifter who posed as a wounded veteran and used stolen loot for a Manhattan pad gave a “full, video-recorded confession” to his latest antics — less than two months after leaving prison for similar crimes, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Jeremy Wilson, 42 — whose true name is unknown because of his rampant use of fake identities in a “Catch Me If You Can”-like career of scamming — was ordered held on $1 million bail at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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“The defendant is a brazen criminal who has spent his entire adult life as a con artist and identity thief,” Assistant District Attorney Diego Diaz said.
Wilson went before judge Heidi Cesare wearing a grey Harvard Law School hoodie, dark blue jeans and a grim expression.
He was back to scheming right after his release from prison on Nov. 19 after serving a six-year federal prison sentence “for crimes that included forging the signature of a federal judge, aggravated identity theft, fraud, and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle,” Diaz said.
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At the prestigious college, Wilson hung around campus and “stole computers and an MIT corporate credit card.”
“He also was able to obtain a corporate apartment by posing as an executive of British Airlines,” the prosecutor added.
On Dec. 12 in Boston, Wilson allegedly used the name Jeremiah Asimov-Beckingham and fake identification documents to lease a 2016 BMW X3, worth at least $50,000.
Using phony checks and the hijacked bank account of a Boston company, he stole $40,000 and skipped off to New York in his new ride.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/man-posed-wounded-veteran-held-1m-bail-article-1.2488158

Conman who posed as wounded veteran held on $1M bail after giving 'full, video-recorded confession'
BY SHAYNA JACOBS

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 9:50 PM

Naughty USPS Employees Ran "Dear Santa" Fraud

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Three part-time workers at the huge James A. Farley Post Office in Midtown allegedly rigged the famous “Operation Santa” charity program so they could steal iPads, laptops, and even toy trains and clothes meant for needy tots.
The naughty mail handlers pulled off the pre-Christmas scam by writing their own “Dear Santa” letters, posing as kids in need and including their own addresses, so hapless donors would send the goodies their way, federal authorities charged in court Wednesday.
“Every gift that was fraudulently obtained by a participant in the scheme effectively deprived an underprivileged child of a gift,” the criminal complaint notes.
The three guaranteed they’d get a big haul by submitting as many as 20 copies of each humbug letter, “to increase the odds that the letter would be selected by a Secret Santa,” the complaint says.
But sometimes they’d just keep it simple, and merely switch their own mailing addresses for the needy kids’ address on already-donated gifts.
They pulled the fraud during the past two Christmases and all three “bad Santas” have admitted their roles, the feds say. They’re charged with conspiracy and mail fraud. They were arrested Wednesday and are due back before a judge July 17.
“That’s low!” said one fellow postal employee. “That’s gifts for kids on Christmas! How low can you get?”
Mahogany Strickland, 23, who ironically lives on St. Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan, was the public face of the scam, the feds say.

http://nypost.com/2015/06/17/postal-workers-charged-in-operation-santa-scam/

Postal workers charged in ‘Operation Santa’ scam
By Josh Saul and David K. Li
June 17, 2015 | 11:09am

Larry Klayman, Fighting For Your Rights, Sues Clinton Foundation Under RICO Statutes

Attorney Larry Klayman, Founder Freedom Watch


[From article]
The lawsuit, filed by Larry Klayman of Freedom Watch, includes a legal request to have the Florida judge seize the private server on which Hillary Clinton and her aides hosted their emails while she served as secretary of state.
Klayman has filed dozens of lawsuits against the Clintons and other prominent politicians.
The racketeering, influenced and corrupt organizations, or RICO, case alleges the former first couple and their family philanthropy traded political favors for donations or generous speaking fees for Bill Clinton while his wife was the nation's chief diplomat.
"Negotiations by email about influencing U.S. foreign policy or U.S. Government actions to benefit donors to ... The Clinton Foundation or sponsors of speaking engagements would not be captured on a U.S. Government email account because her emails would not be with a U.S. Government official," Klayman said in court documents obtained by the Washington Examiner
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"It's a perfect RICO case, it fits completely," Klayman said of the lawsuit. "Our Congress doesn't even have the guts to subpoena her documents. They'd rather get on Fox News. So we felt had to bring that case. Somebody's got to do it."
Klayman said a major reason for his lawsuit involves the fact that Cheryl Mills, then-chief of staff to Hillary Clinton, and the secretary of state herself "lied to the lower court" in by claiming there were no documents related to a pair of Freedom of Information Act requests he filed in 2012 while knowing those records actually did exist on the private server.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clinton-foundation-hit-with-racketeering-lawsuit/article/2565069?utm_campaign=Fox%20News&utm_source=foxnews.com&utm_medium=feed

Clinton Foundation hit with racketeering lawsuit
BY SARAH WESTWOOD
MAY 27, 2015 | 5:00 AM

Haitians Protest At Clinton Foundation, Where's the Earthquake Relief Money?

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The protesters claimed that the $10 billion meant to help rebuild Haiti did little to help the country after the devastating quake. And that much of the money went to non-Haitian companies.
"[I]n Harlem, people raised their voices to call attention to the missing money," said the local New York City reporter. "This protest outside the offices of the Clinton Foundation, which helped lead the reconstruction fund."
Said one proteser, “These people, they are still living in very difficult conditions, still living under tents, while Bill Clinton and his cronies--they waste this money."
As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton devoted much of her time in 2010 to the Haiti recovery.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/protesters-gather-clinton-foundation-complain-missing-money-haiti-recovery_823527.html

Protesters Gather at Clinton Foundation to Complain of 'Missing Money' from Haiti Recovery
10:23 PM, JAN 12, 2015
BY DANIEL HALPER

Published on Jan 12, 2015
On January 12, 2015, NY 1 covers protests of the Clinton Foundation for its mismanagement of the post-earthquake recovery efforts from Haiti's earthquake 5 years ago.

Cleveland Bullies Attack Disabled Teen In Depraved Bucket Challenge

Oct. 8, 2013: In this file photo, Drew Carey arrives at the CBS Daytime After Dark comedy event at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, Calif. 

Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

[From article]
Comedian Drew Carey is offering to help police find those involved in dumping a bucket of urine and feces on a special-needs teen in Ohio who was reportedly told the prank was part of the "Ice Bucket Challenge."
The Cleveland native posted on his Twitter account Saturday that he's willing to donate $10,000 if police in suburban Bay Village want to start a reward fund.
The 14-year-old boy's mother found a cellphone video of teenagers dumping the bucket on her autistic son.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/09/07/drew-carey-offers-10g-reward-for-information-on-ice-bucket-bullies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29

Drew Carey offers $10G reward for information on ice bucket bullies
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Couple Busted For Theft of Taxpayer Funds Meant For 9/11 Victims

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The ME’s former chief of management information systems, Natarajan “Raju” Venkataram, and his co-worker girlfriend, Rosa Abreu, were busted in 2005 for embezzling more than $9 million from a $11.4 million FEMA grant meant to track and identify remains of 9/11 victims.
And bosses take lavish taxpayer-funded trips to conferences and symposiums.
Frank DePaolo, assistant commissioner for emergency management, has traveled to Las Vegas, the Hague, Hong Kong and Israel. Chief of Staff Barbara Butcher has gone to Croatia and Thailand.
[. . .]
The ME’s Office has removed brains and other organs from bodies without telling the next of kin who retrieve them for burial.
“Their conduct has been totally outrageous and callous towards people who have suffered tragedy,” said Paul Weitz, a lawyer for the mother of Vasean Alleyne, 11, who was killed by a drunken driver in Queens. Months after Vasean’s burial, she read his autopsy report and was shocked to learn the ME had kept his brain and spinal cord.
[. . .]
Last September, the ME’s Office lost the body of a 71-year-old Upper West Side woman. It dug up 300 graves in a Bronx potter’s field in a failed attempt to find her remains.

http://nypost.com/2014/07/20/medical-examiner-squanders-19-6m-in-federal-money/

Medical Examiner squanders $19.6M in federal money
By Susan Edelman 

New York Post
July 20, 2014 | 2:41am

CEO of NY Charity Convicted of Theft From Anti Poverty Non Profit

This despicable man not only hurt his own charity but brings suspicion on all charities.

[From article]
The politically connected former CEO of a prominent New York City charity was sentenced to prison Wednesday for helping to steal more than $9 million from the anti-poverty organization.
William Rapfogel, who once headed the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, will serve a term of 40 months to 10 years in a case that rattled New York's political circles. Authorities linked the decades-long theft to campaign contributions, and both the charity and Rapfogel himself have deep political ties. His wife, who's not accused of any involvement in his scheme, is Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's chief of staff.

http://bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2014/07/ex_ceo_gets_prison_for_stealing_from_nyc_charity

Ex-CEO gets prison for stealing from NYC charity
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
By: Associated Press
Boston Herald

Lesbian Waitress, Lied About Anti Gay Receipt, Fired

[From article]
Dayna Morales, a 22-year-old former Marine, claimed last month that a family of four who racked up a $93.55 bill at the Gallop Asian Bistro in Branchburg, N.J., left her no tip, only a note saying they couldn’t leave any extra cash for her service because they “do not agree with your lifestyle.”
Morales quickly emailed the story to a gay advocacy website and later posted a photograph of the purported check on her Facebook page. The alleged incident made national headlines and resulted in thousands of dollars being donated to Morales, who said she would send all proceeds to the Wounded Warrior Project.
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The couple accused of leaving the note for Morales has since denied doing so, telling NBC 4 New York they did in fact leave an $18 tip on the $93 bill. The unidentified couple also provided the station a credit card statement that indicated the tip, according to the report.
NBC News has also reported that a Pentagon source said Morales was dismissed from the Marine Reserve Corps in May because she was not attending drills and that she was discharged under “less than honorable” conditions.

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Waitress in anti-gay receipt flap reportedly issuing refunds to donors
Published December 07, 2013

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NJ waitress in anti-gay tip flap loses job
Published December 07, 2013

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Harvard University Graduate, Lawyer Captured Charged With Charity Fraud

Caught: John Donald Cody, aka Bobby Thompson, at a court hearing in May, after his arrest.

[From article]
The defendant referred to as himself as Bobby Thompson throughout his years on the lam, but authorities later identified him as Harvard-trained lawyer and former military intelligence officer John Donald Cody, 67.
He was arrested last year in Portland, Oregon, after two years on the run. It was later discovered he had been evading the FBI since 1987.
He's charged with defrauding people who donated to a reputed charity for Navy veterans, the United States Navy Veterans Association based in Tampa, Florida.
The alleged fraud spanned 41 states, including up to $2million in Ohio.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2439414/John-Donald-Cody-Trial-military-conman-accused-100m-fraud-starts-today.html

Trial starts for fugitive conman who masterminded $100million fraud scam under the guise of helping navy veterans but used the money for himself
Trial of accused conman and fugitive John Donald Cody, who has been wanted by the FBI since 1987, starts today
Cody practiced law in Sierra Vista, Arizona in the 1980s, when he was accused of stealing money from his clients but he fell off the grid
Under the alias of Bobby Thompson, he operated a fraudulent charity, raising over $100 million and rubbing shoulders with D.C. power players
His charity scam was discovered in 2010, though his true identity remained a mystery
By Associated Press Reporter
PUBLISHED: 11:29 EST, 30 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:29 EST, 30 September 2013
Daily Mail (UK)

Charity Chief Charged With Grand Theft

Photo: Michael Appleton for The New York Times
William E. Rapfogel after his arrest on Tuesday on charges of looting the Metropolitan New York Council on Jewish Poverty.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/nyregion/charitys-fired-chief-is-charged-with-stealing-millions.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp&

Former Chief of Jewish Charity Stole Money Early and Often, Prosecutors Say
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and RUSS BUETTNER
Published: September 24, 2013

CAIR Doesn't Really Care

http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/islamists-actions-of-our-fake-attorney-outrageous/

ISLAMISTS: ACTIONS OF OUR FAKE 'ATTORNEY' OUTRAGEOUS
Lawsuit contends council hired, protected, covered up for fraud
February 2, 2013
WND EXCLUSIVE

Kanye West's Charity Ripoff

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/kanye_west_charity_spends_lots_charity_fXFToMUYvyxgvlSjsprbAJ

Kanye West charity spends lots of money, just not on charity
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New York Post
Last Updated: 3:19 PM, February 21, 2012
Posted: 3:19 PM, February 21, 2012

Charity Fraud

More Charity Fraud

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-04-03/madonnas-kabbalah-disaster-in-malawi-1/

Madonna's Kabbalah Disaster in Malawi
by The Daily Beast
April 3, 2011