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☆ Scammers are stealing homes from under their owners' noses. AI is making it scarily easy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Jordan Pandy | Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

The owner of a $137.5 million LA mansion says they're a victim of deed fraud and can't sell it. AdvertisementSpelling Manor's owner told the Journal through their lawyer that scammers filed a fraudulent deed with Los Angeles County earlier this year. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center doesn't specifically track deed fraud. Gordon eventually got his property back after the title company signed a quitclaim deed that relinquished ownership, giving him his land back. Kiar said that in September, someone contacted a title company saying they had a vacant lot to sell in Hallandale Beach.

Persons: they're, —, Aaron Spelling, It's, Eric Schmidt —, scammers, Paul Harris, Tyler Adams, it's, Fraudsters, Victor Petrescu, LKLSG, Adams, Spelling, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley's, Riley Keough, Jerod Harris, Lisa Jeanine Findley, Graceland, Findley, Scammers, William Gordon's, Gordon, Gabriella Cázares, Kelly, Petrescu, Daniel Kenigsberg, Marty Kiar, Kiar, hadn't, fraudsters Organizations: Service, Google, Wall Street Journal, Association, Spelling, BI, Mapleton, LA, Graceland, GAB, Getty, Naussany, NBC Miami Locations: Los Angeles, Beverly, Mapleton, Saudi, Angeles, Spelling, LA, Miami, Memphis , Tennessee, Missouri, Arizona, Pima County, Texas, —, Fairfield , Connecticut, Johannesburg, Broward County , Florida, Hallandale Beach

☆ What we know: Fate of Texas death row inmate’s testimony before a state legislative committee is uncertain
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Dakin Andone | Ed Lavandera | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

By Thursday evening, after a series of court battles and escalating appeals, the Texas Supreme Court had issued a temporary stay of execution. The AG is representing TDCJ, and is calling the shots, while simultaneously attacking the underlying subpoena before the Texas Supreme Court. We expected that the subpoena would be honored pursuant to Texas law and the Committee’s intent. “It’s the entire case, and that is Mr. Roberson’s case,” Keith Findley, professor emeritus with the University of Wisconsin Law School, testified before the Texas Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence last week. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals previously issued a stay of execution in Roberson’s case in 2016, sending a claim under Article 11.073 (among others) back to the trial court.

Persons: Robert Roberson, it’s, Roberson, Nikki Curtis –, Paroles, Gretchen Sween, Sween, Joe Moody, ” Sween, Nikki, Nikki “, –, Brian Wharton, pediatricians, “, ” Keith Findley, ” Dr, Antoinette Laskey, ” Dani Allen, Michael Wyke, ”, Roberson’s, ” Findley, ” Moody, ” CNN’s Ashley Killough, Nicole Chavez Organizations: CNN, Texas, Texas Supreme, US, Texas Attorney General’s, Texas Department, Criminal, Capitol, American Academy of Pediatrics, Palestine, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC, US Army, National Registry, Exonerations, University of Wisconsin Law School, American Academy of Pediatrics ’, Child, Appeals Locations: Texas, TDCJ, Austin, Palestine , Texas, Huntsville , Texas

☆ Woman Arrested in Plot to Steal Graceland From Elvis Presley's Family
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-16 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA Missouri woman was arrested Friday in connection to a scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family by stealing their interest in Graceland and trying to extort them for millions of dollars. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, faces charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, federal prosecutors in Missouri said. Keough had sued a company that claimed it owned the rights to Graceland, and a judge ruled in Keough's favor in May. AdvertisementFindley posed as three different individuals from a fictitious lender called Naussany Investments, prosecutors said Friday. She then falsely claimed that Lisa Marie Presley had borrowed $3.8 million from Naussany in 2018, putting up Graceland as collateral, but never repayed the debt, prosecutors said.

Persons: —, Elvis Presley's, Lisa Jeanine Findley, Presley's, Riley Keough, Lisa Marie Presley, Keough, Findley, Lisa Marie Presley's, Nicole M, Argentieri, Presley, Keough —, Daisy Jones Organizations: Service, Business, Naussany Investments, Prosecutors, Department's Locations: Graceland, Missouri, Memphis, Keough's, Naussany, Los Angeles, Tennessee, Nigerian, Nigeria, Kansas City , Missouri

☆ Federal grand jury set to hear evidence in scam to steal Graceland from Elvis Presley’s family
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Brandy-Zadrozny-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Brandy Zadrozny | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A federal grand jury is set to begin hearing evidence this month in the scam to steal the Graceland estate from Elvis Presley’s family, sources say. It involved a company called Naussany Investments, which claimed that Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ only child, owed millions of dollars in unpaid loans before she died. To collect on that debt, Naussany Investments sought control of Graceland through a foreclosure sale of the historic mansion. The documents Naussany Investments filed turned out to be forged, and a judge tossed out the case. More than half a dozen links seemed to separately connect Holden with the foiled scam at Graceland, NBC News found.

Persons: Elvis Presley’s, Lisa Holden, Holden, Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis ’, Gregory Naussany, “, ” Lisa Holden, Micah McCoy, Howell, Findley, Naussany, ” Organizations: NBC News, FBI, Western, of, Naussany Investments, NBC, Investments, Holden Locations: Memphis , Tennessee, Branson , Missouri, U.S, of Tennessee, Nigeria, Missouri, Sullins, Graceland

☆ Alex Honnold, Hazel Findlay and Mikey Shaefer: How three cilmbers scaled one of the world’s largest unclimbed rock faces
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But for climber Alex Honnold, some such places, found in the harshest and most unforgiving of environments, still exist and are ripe for adventure. Climbers Alex Honnold, right, and Hazel Findlay assess the route ahead as they ascend Pool Wall, one of the stops before Ingmikortilaq, in Eastern Greenland. Alex Honnold climbing Ingmikortilaq. I don’t know if you can really have an adventure without unknowns, that’s definitely just part of the experience,” Findlay explains. That is win, win, all the way across the world,” Honnold explains.

Persons: Alex Honnold, Oscar, Honnold, “ I’m, ”, Hazel Findlay, Pablo Durana, Mikey Shaefer, he’d, Findlay, that’s, ” Findlay, Heïdi, Adam Kjeldsen, Aldo Kane, Matt Pycroft, it’s, hadn’t, Hazel Findley, Sevestre, Edward Bailey, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, California Institute of Technology Locations: Ingmikortilaq, Eastern Greenland, Greenland, London , New York, Miami

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection. The decision upholds the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify the senators from the ballot under a voter-approved measure aimed at stopping such boycotts. Measure 113, passed by voters in 2022, amended the state constitution to bar lawmakers from reelection if they have more than 10 unexcused absences. The senators’ lawsuit was filed against Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who last August said the boycotting senators were disqualified from seeking reelection. Oregon voters approved Measure 113 by a wide margin following Republican walkouts in the Legislature in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Persons: — Sens, Tim Knopp, Daniel Bonham, Suzanne Weber, Dennis Linthicum, Lynn Findley, ”, Knopp, they’ve, LaVonne Griffin, Valade, walkouts Organizations: Oregon Supreme, Republican, — Locations: SALEM, Ore, Oregon

☆ $23,500 in Coins to Pay a Settlement? Judge Says Keep the Change and Try Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Amanda Holpuch | More About Amanda Holpuch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters might be legal tender but more than 6,500 pounds of loose change is not a proper form of payment, a Colorado judge ruled last week after a defendant attempted to deliver $23,500 in coins to settle a legal dispute. The judge, Joseph Findley, of Larimer County, said that the delivery of more than three tons was done “maliciously and in bad faith,” and that the defendant, a welding company, must now pay more for its act. The welding company, JMF Enterprises LLC, and its owner John Frank, were sued by a custom fabrication company, Fired Up Fabrication LLC, which said it worked as a subcontractor for JMF Enterprises but did not get paid in full. The companies agreed in mediation to the settlement but the agreement did not specify the form of payment, according to Judge Findley’s order.

Persons: Joseph Findley, “, John Frank, Findley’s Organizations: JMF Enterprises Locations: Colorado, Larimer County

☆ A welding business that tried to pay a $23,500 bill with coins is being blasted by a Colorado judge for acting in 'bad faith'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Colorado welding company tried to pay $23,500 to a subcontractor in coins, CBS reported. A judge said the payment made with 6,500 pounds — or 3 tons — of coins was malicious and "in bad faith." AdvertisementAdvertisementA Colorado welding company that tried to make a $23,500 payment in coins has been blasted by a judge for acting "maliciously and in bad faith," CBS News Colorado reported. He also ordered JMF to pay Fired Up Fabrication's lawyer fees and costs. The two companies then went to mediation to settle the dispute in July and JMF agreed to pay Fired Up Fabrication $23,500.

Persons: —, Joseph Findley, Findley, JMF, John Frank, nickels, Danielle Beem, Beem, Frank, Giovanni Camacho, Camacho Organizations: CBS, Service, CBS News Colorado, JMF Enterprises Locations: Colorado, Larimer County

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending the money in loose coins that weighed 3 tons (2.7 metric tonnes). Findley ordered JMF to pay by a more conventional method like a check. He also said JMF would now have write a larger one — to pay an extra estimated $8,092 to cover legal fees for the ensuing dispute over whether it had the right to pay in coins. Political Cartoons View All 1218 Images“The form of the settlement in this case is a reference to their shared career field and is intended to satisfy the settlement, albeit in an uncommon form,” they said in a September court filing. Findley said photographic evidence showed JMF apparently took the extra step of taking coins separated in boxes by denomination and then “dumping them loosely and randomly” into the container.

Persons: Joseph Findley, “, Findley, JMF, Danielle Beem, Denver's, ”, ” Findley Organizations: DENVER, Plaintiff Locations: Colorado

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court will decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout during the legislative session this year can run for reelection. The senators from the minority party are challenging a 2022 voter-approved constitutional amendment that bars state lawmakers from reelection after having 10 or more unexcused absences. Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved the ballot measure that created the amendment following Republican walkouts in the Legislature in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The senators filed the challenge in the Oregon Court of Appeals but asked that it go directly to the state Supreme Court. Several state senators with at least 10 absences during the most recent legislative session have already filed candidacy papers with election authorities.

Persons: walkouts, LaVonne Griffin, Valade, – Sens, Tim Knopp, Daniel Bonham, Suzanne Weber, Dennis Linthicum, Lynn Findley –, Griffin, they’ve Organizations: Oregon Supreme, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Nine Oregon Republicans, Democrat, Appeals Locations: SALEM, Ore, Oregon, Montana , Tennessee

☆ Blue Apron to be acquired by Wonder Group for $103 million, capping tumultuous post-IPO ride
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Drew Richardson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In this article APRN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTScott Eisen | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesMeal kit business Blue Apron announced Friday it has agreed to sell itself to food and restaurant company Wonder Group, founded by entrepreneur Marc Lore, for $103 million. The deal, at $13 per share, represents a significant premium from Blue Apron's per-share price at Thursday's close of $5.49. The sale caps years of ups and downs for Blue Apron, once a leader in at-home meal deliveries. In recent months, the company has transitioned to become a more asset-light business, selling its operational infrastructure to California-based meal provider FreshRealm for $50 million and laying off significant swaths of its workforce. "The Blue Apron brand and products that our customers know and love will stay the same, with more opportunity for product expansion in the future," Blue Apron CEO Linda Findley said in a statement Friday.

Persons: Scott Eisen, Marc Lore, Linda Findley Organizations: Getty, Wonder Group Locations: Thursday's, California

☆ Blue Apron announces job cuts, plan to boost stock price
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Shares were up about 72% in late afternoon trading Friday to more than $9 – although the climb came a day after an announced one-for-12 reverse stock split sent Blue Apron shares into the red Thursday. Blue Apron is one of the bigger and better-known of the meal preparation and delivery services that launched over the last decade. However, companies like Blue Apron now face slowing growth amid increased competition as customers return to regular life. With the cost cuts, Blue Apron “believes this will allow it to get to profitability quicker” and focus on marketing and branding. FreshRealm will be the exclusive supplier of Blue Apron kits and was already the manufacturer for Blue Apron’s popular “Heat & Eat” meals.

Persons: BlueApron, “, ” Linda Findley, Blue Organizations: New, New York CNN, Blue Locations: New York, Covid

☆ Françoise Gilot, artist whose career transcended relationship with Picasso, has died at 101
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Benjamin Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Françoise Gilot, a tireless artist who defied simple categorization — and efforts to define her merely as a footnote in the story of her former lover Pablo Picasso — died Tuesday in New York. The early years of her career coincided with World War II and the Nazi occupation of Paris. In 1970, Gilot married her second husband, Jonas Salk, a virologist who developed one of the first polio vaccines. "Paloma à la Guitare" by Francoise Gilot (1965) was part of Sotheby's (Women) Artists Sale in 2021 in London, England. In 2012, Gagosian staged the first exhibition of Gilot’s work alongside Picasso’s, “Picasso and Françoise Gilot: Paris–Vallauris 1943–1953,” which focused on works made during their relationship.

Persons: Françoise, Pablo Picasso —, Aurelia Engel, Gilot, Engel, Madeleine Decre’s, Picasso, Carlton Lake, ”, Picasso’s, Pablo Picasso, Francoise Gillot, Roger Viollet, ” Gilot, —, Claude, Paloma Picasso —, Luc Simon, Paris ’ Galerie Louise Leiris, York’s David Findley, Simon, Engel’s, Jonas Salk, Salk, Paloma, Francoise Gilot, John Phillips, Gerald Joyce, Jonas Salk —, Jonas, Gagosian, “ Picasso, John Richardson, Richardson, John Bright, “, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, WHYY’s Terry Gross Organizations: The Art, CNN, The New York Times, Paris ’ Galerie, United, Galleria Santo, Galerie Coard, Salk, Salk Institute, Acatos Publishing, New York, Penske Media, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, ville de, New Orleans Museum of Art, National Museum of Women, Arts, of Arts, National Merit, Legion Locations: New York, Paris, Neuilly, Seine, Nazi, Europe, United States, Venice, Dantesca, Turin, Pierre, ”, San Diego , California, Sotheby's, London, England, California, Antibes, ville de Paris, Washington , DC, France

☆ In a Year of Capitol Feuds, Oregon Has a Political Breakdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Mike Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The bill passed, and Mr. Findley was targeted with a recall effort by hard-line members of his party, who argued that he should have joined the walkout. That recall effort failed, but it has contributed to Mr. Findley’s concern that there is a shrinking number of lawmakers who are willing to debate and compromise. “We can’t all run out the door if we don’t agree with the viewpoints,” he said. After a previous Republican walkout in 2019, the governor at the time, Kate Brown, unsuccessfully tried to have state troopers round up the lawmakers and force their return. The latest tactic, proposed by Democratic lawmakers, is a $325-a-day fine imposed on absentees, equivalent to their daily pay.

Persons: Findley, ”, Kate Brown, Tina Kotek, Ms, Lieber Organizations: Republican, Democratic

☆ Pakistani fintech startup Trukkr raises $6.4 mln, gets lending licence
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Ariba Shahid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KARACHI, Pakistan, March 7 (Reuters) - Trukkr, a fintech platform for Pakistan’s trucking industry, said on Tuesday it had raised $6.4 million in a funding round and also received a non-banking financial company (NBFC) licence. Trukkr offers Pakistan’s small- and medium-sized trucking companies a transport management system and supply chain solutions, and is unique in providing fintech to digitise the largely unbanked and undocumented industry. The seed funding round was led by U.S. based Accion Venture Lab and London based Sturgeon Capital. Haitou Global, Al Zayani Venture Capital and investor Peter Findley also participated in the round, Trukkr said in a statement. Adamjee told Reuters that Pakistan's $35 billion a year trucking industry is growing at 10% annually despite limited rail and water freight infrastructure.

☆ GOP megadonor Peter Thiel to host fundraiser for Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Republican megadonor Peter Thiel is hosting a fundraiser at his Los Angeles home next week for Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters after GOP officials asked the tech mogul for more money heading into the final stretch of the November midterm elections. The move by Thiel to host Masters comes as donations from the tech mogul to separate super PACs supporting Masters and Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Republican leaders and campaign officials, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have reportedly asked Thiel to help Vance and Masters in the general election. Vance and Masters both worked with Thiel before they launched their Senate campaigns. Vance once worked at investment firm Mithril Capital, which was co-founded by Thiel, while Masters was the chief operating officer at Thiel Capital.

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