A Virginia Beach man spent 7 years in prison for a scam that netted millions. Now he’s going back for a nearly identical scheme. Jane Harper, The Virginian-Pilot
Ronald A. Smith was still in prison for a loan scheme that had netted him millions when he began planning and organizing his next scam.
Just one month after the Virginia Beach man was released in 2012, he had a new business up and running nearly identical to the one that had landed him behind bars.
By the time he was arrested again last year, the new venture had cheated about 1,700 customers out of more than $1 million, according to federal prosecutors.
A Virginia Beach man spent 7 years in prison for a scam that netted millions Now he s going back for a nearly identical scheme pilotonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pilotonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(York County Sheriff’s Department via Courthouse News)
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) After Josh Grose died in the South Carolina jail where he was being held on a 2013 murder charge, a spokesman for the York County Sheriff’s Department quickly assured the public that it had been a suicide.
But Michael Billioni, an employee at the detention center, saw a video that painted a different picture.
“The video showed Detention Officer James Moore punch a naked and restrained detainee twelve times while other officers in the room did nothing to stop him,” Billioni said in a brief to the Fourth Circuit last year.
In August, Sunoco, a publicly-traded partnership controlled by Energy Transfer, was ordered by the court to pay about $155 million for failing to pay interest on late payments to oil-well owners across Oklahoma.
U S court rejects Sunoco s appeal to overturn Oklahoma royalty ruling reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.