A Houston man has pleaded guilty to stealing money from more than 100 people under the false pretense of being able to provide them with legal immigration status as an attorney. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/07/14/526351/houston-man-pleds-guilty-to-stealing-over-1m-while-impersonating-immigration-attorney/

#Court #Crime #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #ImmigrationAttorney #ImmigrationStatus #MailFraud #SouthernDistrictOfTexas #USAttorneySOffice #WireFraud

I bought a $400 item from a vendor on the Ali Express platform.The vendor claimed it was delivered and provided "proof" with a USPS tracking number of a real shipment (with the correct weight) to my zip code with my address and a fake signature (not mine).
USPS's web site only provides tracking information to the zip code. I went to my post office and the postmaster looked up the tracking number and provided me with proof that the shipment went to a different address in my zip code.
After presenting this evidence, Ali Express made the vendor refund my money.

What amazes me is the vendor or the US shipper has a shill to receive a package in my zip code and knew the finding proof of this scam would be difficult.

#mailfraud #aliexpress #scams

A #UnitedStates federal jury has convicted a #Quebec man of running a 20-year #MailFraud scheme that stole more than US$175 million.

#PatriceRunner, 57, was convicted in a #NewYork District Court last week on 14 charges, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud and #WireFraud, mail fraud and #conspiracy to commit #MoneyLaundering.

#Montreal #CTV
#TheCanadianPress

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/jury-rules-quebec-man-ran-20-year-mail-fraud-scheme-that-stole-us-175-million-1.6448591

Kent E. Hovind (or, to use his full former academic title Kent E. Hovind, inmate #06452-017) (1953–) is a young Earth #creationist, promoter of imminent millennialism, con man, professional liar, and convicted felon.

Hovind promotes Young Earth creationist and #Christian #dominionist views in lectures and videos sold or publicized through his Creation Science Evangelism organization (despite having no legitimate degree).

Hovind created The Hovind "Theory" to explain how the global flood got all the water — namely, a comet did it. Hovind then proceeded to ignore all scientific evidence on dinosaurs gathered this side of 1960. Not satisfied with this record of failure, in 2001, Hovind started Dinosaur Adventure Land, an amusement park in his backyard.

#RationalWiki #kenthovind #youngearth #taxfraud #SovereignCitizen #dinosauradventureland
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Kent_Hovind #mailfraud #DomesticViolence #IndependentBaptist