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A man who Jussie Smollett alleges attacked him testified that the former “Empire” actor instead paid him and his brother to “fake beat him up” and shout racial and anti-guy slurs and “MAGA” while doing it.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/key-witness-testifies-jussie-smollett-144300157.html
The first person in the country to be charged with trying to steal COVID-19 relief funds and who then faked his own suicide and went on the run for months to avoid justice, has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison.
Prosecutors say David Adler Staveley, 54, of Andover, Massachusetts, filed four fraudulent applications in his brother’s name for COVID-19 relief loans, claiming he operated three large restaurants and a cell-phone business with dozens of employees.
Staveley, who had two previous convictions for fraud in New Hampshire, used his brother’s name without his knowledge, prosecutors said.
TikTok activist Sean Black, who goes by @black_madness21, created a bot that makes it easy to submit fake tips to a “whistleblower” website created by the anti-abortion Texas Right to Life group.
Black explained that he got the idea after another user, @victoriahammett, suggested flooding the site with fake tips. He took the idea a little further and created a bot to submit a false report every 10 or so seconds.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034008380/tiktok-texas-abortion-ban-spam-website-activists
Bishop Sycamore played IMG Academy on a nationally televised ESPN broadcast, part of the Geico Kickoff Classic. From the start it was apparent to all that Bishop Sycamore was greatly outmatched to the the point where ESPN commentators, fearing serious player injury, were addressing the unfolding reality. “I think this could potentially be dangerous given the circumstances and the mismatch that we have here.“
A fascinating story which describes the many levels of dubious claims that the “High School” put out while trying to come off as a legitimate football program.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association offered up this, saying the school’s “physical location, practice facilities, and roster eligibility could not be verified”.
That quote symbolizes just the tip of the iceberg that was exposed after the blowout loss Bishop Sycamore were handed in that game.
An Illinois woman was arrested in Hawaii and faces a year in jail and a $5,000 fine after she was caught entering the state with a fake COVID-19 vaccination card.
The woman claimed she had received the ‘Maderna’ vaccine, which tipped off authorities.
Federal officials in Memphis, Tennessee have seized thousands of counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards over the last year.
Area Port Director of Memphis, Michael Neipert said in a statement. “When you order a fake vaxx card, you are using my officers time as they also seize fentanyl and methamphetamines.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-fake-vaccine-cards-seized-153139047.html
Teens are faking COVID tests with a variety of substances and sharing their information with Tik Tok videos.
https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/tiktok-fake-covid-positive-test-schools-1079693
Sellers seek shoppers on dozens of networks, including Amazon Review Club and Amazon Reviewers Group, to give glowing feedback in exchange for money or other compensation. The practice artificially inflates the ranking of thousands of products, experts say, misleading consumers.
A man showed a fake coronavirus vaccine certificate in order to fly to Argentina. Turns out he had coronavirus.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/traveler-faked-coronavirus-certificate-fly-130253390.html