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‘Mastermind' of $400M Ponzi Scheme Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Ponzi schemer Gina Champion-Cain received the maximum sentence for fraud committed against hundreds of victims.
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Changemaker: East Bay Businesswoman Provides Critical Services to Those in Need
Angela Finley, a small business owner who started not one but two businesses geared toward helping others, has led the way in caring for the sick and elderly, sometimes free of charge, since the start of the pandemic. Cierra Johnson reports.
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Business Exec Gina Champion-Cain Admits She's ‘Mastermind' Behind $400 Million Ponzi Scheme
Gina Champion-Cain’s real estate company, American National Investments, released a statement Friday.
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Chinese Woman Sentenced to 8 Months for Mar-a-Lago Trespass
A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Chinese businesswoman to eight months in prison for trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents. Judge Roy Altman also ordered that 33-year-old Yujing Zhang be turned over to immigration officials for deportation upon her release. Because she received nearly eight months’ credit for being jailed since...
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UK Leader Johnson Renews Vow to Leave EU by Deadline
British Prime Minister on Sunday renewed his vow to take the country out of the European Union by the Brexit deadline, in an apparent contradiction of a government pledge in court days earlier to ask for an extension if there’s no withdrawal deal. “We will be packing our bags and walking out on” Oct. 31, Boris Johnson wrote in The...
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UK's Johnson Denies Wrongdoing as Allegations Mount
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to fend off allegations of improper patronage and groping a woman as he prepared a final push Monday to fulfill his pledge to lead his country out of the European Union in just over a month — and, he hopes, move British politics beyond its fracture over Europe. Johnson sought to energize Conservative members...
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Chinese Businesswoman Convicted in Mar-a-Lago Trespass Case
A Chinese businesswoman has been convicted of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents.
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Mar-a-Lago Trespassing Trial: Jury Hears Opening Arguments in Case of Chinese Businesswoman Accused of Lying Her Way Into Trump Club
A Chinese businesswoman defending herself on charges that she trespassed at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lied to Secret Service agents gave one of the shortest opening statements in legal history Monday, proclaiming her innocence and appreciation for the country that may put her prison. After a federal prosecutor gave a 20-minute opening statement laying out Yujing Zhang’s alleged...
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Woman Killed by Stray Bullet Monday Identified
A woman who died after she was struck by a stray bullet in East Oakland early Monday morning was identified by police on Tuesday at 44-year-old Martha Casiano Ventura of Oakland.
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Chinese National Charged After Entering Mar-a-Lago
A 32-year-old woman with two Chinese passports has been charged by the Secret Service for making false statements and entering restricted ground after she illegally gained access to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
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Lindsey Vonn's Goal After Skiing: To ‘Take on the World'
Life after skiing is already taking shape for Lindsey Vonn and she has not even competed in her last race.
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Bethenny Frankel Shares Near-Fatal Allergic Reaction Experience: ‘I Couldn't Talk, See'
Bethenny Frankel is grateful to be alive after almost “dying” from an allergic reaction. The reality star detailed the life-threatening incident on Twitter on Monday. According to Bethenny’s tweet, she has a “rare fish allergy” and accidentally had soup with fish in it on Sunday. Immediately after ingesting the soup she began to feel itchy and went “unconscious for 15...
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Court Documents Detail 2014 Killing of Simsbury Jogger
Court documents released Monday detail the brutal killing of insurance executive Melissa Millan along a jogging path in Simsbury in 2014.
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Private Equity Firm Is Winning Bidder for Weinstein Co.
A private equity firm emerged Tuesday as the winning bidder for the Weinstein Co., the studio forced into bankruptcy by the sexual misconduct scandal that brought down Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein Co. announced in a statement that no other bidder made a better offer than Dallas-based Lantern Capital, which made a “stalking-horse” bid last month to pay $310...
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Investor Group Cancels Deal to Buy Weinstein Co.
A group of investors pulled out of a deal to buy the beleaguered Weinstein Co. on Tuesday after discovering tens of millions of dollars in undisclosed debt, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Businesswoman Maria Contreras-Sweet, who has been leading the group of buyers along with billionaire investor Ron Burkle, said in a statement that “disappointing information about the...
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New Jersey Doctor Accused of Murder-for-Hire Plot to Kill Wife Dies in Jail Cell Suicide
A New Jersey doctor accused of arranging the slaying of his radio host wife to keep her from exposing a drug distribution ring he was running with an outlaw biker gang was found dead in his jail cell Friday in an apparent suicide.
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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren Welcome Baby No. 3
Pair of Thieves
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Kid Rock Announces He Will Create Non-Profit to Promote Voter Registration
Kid Rock is diving deeper into politics and creating a nonprofit organization to promote voter registration among Americans, the musician announced in a statement on his website late Wednesday. “The one thing I’ve seen over and over is that although people are unhappy with the government, too few are even registered to vote or do anything about it,” Kid Rock...
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Kid Rock Hints at Potential US Senate Run in Michigan
Kid Rock is hinting that he may run for U.S. Senate in Michigan.
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China Deports US Businesswoman Accused of Spying
An American woman who was arrested while on a business trip in China and later convicted of spying has been deported to the United States. Jeff Gillis says his wife, Phan “Sandy” Phan-Gillis, got on a flight to Los Angeles on Friday evening. The couple planned to stay in LA a few days to visit relatives before returning to their...