Brown pleaded guilty to 17 wire fraud counts and two counts involving criminal proceeds. (Representational AI image) An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to running a fake investment scheme that prosecutors say convinced five people in Ohio and Florida to hand over more than $3 million, US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio…

In Grundy County, Illinois, grain farmer John Dollinger gets yearly payments from ten wind turbines spread across his family’s 800-acre property. About a decade ago, the deal guaranteed him $10,000 per turbine each year. That amount has slowly increased with inflation. By 2025, each turbine paid about $12,000, giving the farm roughly $120,000 in total…

An eight-year-old girl from Fairfax, California, turned a classic childhood activity into a determined fundraising campaign after one photograph showed her the reality of modern child slavery. Vivienne Harr started a roadside lemonade stand on 25 June 2012. Her goal was to raise $100,000 for groups working to fight slavery. She reached that target in…

AJ Scaramucci, founder of Solari Capital (Image: Solari) For years, Silicon Valley investor AJ Scaramucci quietly assembled an unusual collection of comics, trading cards and even dinosaur bones. Now he argues these objects belong alongside gold and bitcoin as serious alternative assets. Scaramucci founded Solari Capital, a venture firm that has just emerged from stealth…

Houthi attacks top the agenda as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey prepare for an emergency Mecca pact meet (File photo) Pakistan on Friday said an emergency meeting of the strategic political defence committee under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement will be held in Riyadh next week, with the agenda set to include Houthi attacks in…

Ellaboudy travelled to Yemen in September last year with the stated aim of helping the Houthis improve their communications capabilities. A US Energy Department electrical engineer has been arrested for allegedly providing material support to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, including by purchasing materials used in homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice…

Michigan woman posed as an ambassador, a bank owner to steal $1 million from victims to fund her lavish lifestyle. (Photo: Instagram) A Michigan businesswoman accused of falsely presenting herself as a US ambassador allegedly went on a lavish spending spree using money obtained from victims, buying a Bentley, leasing a Maserati and paying for…