A Missouri woman said Tuesday she is pleading guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. During a change of plea hearing, Lisa Jeanine Findley told a federal…
Hong Kong’s environmental hygiene authorities have said they will alert police after contract street cleaners allegedly faked work records by posting and removing self-made fliers. The case came to light when Roni Wong, founder of a boar concern group, shared a video clip on Facebook, which showed cleaners attaching bills to signposts on a street…
Hong Kong’s environmental hygiene authorities have said they will alert police after contract street cleaners allegedly faked work records by posting and removing self-made fliers. The case came to light when Roni Wong, founder of a boar concern group, shared a video clip on Facebook, which showed cleaners attaching bills to signposts on a street…
China never fails to deliver when it comes to unusual news. Here, the Post takes a look at some of the quirky tales which have hit the headlines on the mainland recently. Tasty Trump A man in China has trended on social media for impersonating US President Donald Trump to promote Chinese food. In short…
A former primary school principal has been jailed for six months in Hong Kong for scamming the institution out of HK$270,000 (US$34,715) by lying about missing salary payments and withdrawing funds without authorisation. Chen Yi-hsin, former head of the Yan Chai Hospital Chiu Tsang Hok Wan Primary School in Tsing Yi, pleaded guilty to four…
BANGKOK (AP) — Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illicit industry. The visit by Liu Zhongyi, China’s vice minister of public security and commissioner…
MINNEAPOLIS — A lawsuit filed on Thursday by attorneys general from 14 states challenges the authority of billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to access sensitive government data and exercise “virtually unchecked power.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., argues President Trump violated the appointments clause of the Constitution…
The number of scams reported in Hong Kong has increased by 11.7 per cent year on year, including more than 5,500 cases featuring a new type of deception involving fake customer service messages. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee said on Tuesday that the force had recorded 94,727 criminal cases in 2024, a 5 per…
Hong Kong police have arrested five people after they attempted to withdraw US$100 million from a bank in Central using fake documents. At about 5pm on Monday, police received a report from a staff member of a bank at China Building on Queen’s Road Central, where a man and a woman attempted to withdraw the…
Two former project managers of ATAL Engineering, a company founded by the husband of Hong Kong’s ex-justice secretary Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, have been charged for allegedly committing fraud linked to HK$6.3 million (US$808,820) in maintenance orders for sewage treatment facilities. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Wednesday that Yip Hing-fai, 45, and Wong…