Visits: 24 George Santos used fashion to flout the rules. There is a scene at the beginning of “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” the 1999 film adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith book, in which Tom Ripley, the young man who becomes …
Fake Heiress Anna Sorokin Is Released From Jail
Visits: 29 Ms. Sorokin, who was convicted of swindling Manhattan’s elite as the high-flying Anna Delvey, was taken from an ICE detention facility on Friday to her new apartment in Manhattan. Anna Sorokin, who bilked banks and tricked New York’s …
Billy McFarland Is Out of Jail and Ready for His Next Move
Visits: 31 Five years after the Fyre Festival, the convicted fraudster is planning a comeback. “Is this technically Dumbo?” Billy McFarland asked, walking toward the East River shoreline. “It’s super cool. Are the rents here crazy too? “I never spent …
Olivia Jade on ‘Red Table Talk’: Five Takeaways
Visits: 30 In March of 2019, 50 people were charged for their role in a coordinated effort to buy admission to elite American universities. They included an heiress to the Hot Pockets fortune, Michelle Janavs; the Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman; …
How I Got Caught Up in a Global Romance Scam
Visits: 83 This past spring, my inboxes began filling with messages from heartbroken women. The first came through Instagram: “Hey, I am Lina. I live in Germany. Someone is using your pictures for scamming!” Her profile revealed a woman who …
Taking Down Bad Men Is Her Job
Visits: 26 “It’s just something that comes natural,” said Carla Campbell, the foulmouthed breakout hero of “Love Fraud,” a Showtime docu-series about a romantic con man and the women who banded together to bring him to justice. Since 1993, Ms. …