When the Police Catch You After Stealing Over $100 Million!

they had money or they had jobs or they had both did they really need to do these crimes let's start it off with number four Breaking Bad Danielle Stafford is a young engineer from England she was stopped for speeding and the police approached her she quickly handed them several bags of let's just call it the green stuff and told them she wanted to come clean sensing

something wasn't right the cops searched her car found more illegal things and arrested her on the way to Jail the officers noticed she was fidgeting with her pants and Danielle admitted she had 11 more illegal stuff hidden down her joggers it turned out to be 56 more bags Stafford cunning as she tried to be attempted to play the victim card hoping to fool the authorities but

the vast extent of her Empire as if that wasn't enough a thorough search of Stafford's residence revealed a glass jar crammed with an eye-watering 17 600 pounds worth of even harder Contraband additional evidence including grass and pills pointed to an intricate business run right from the comfort of her home Danielle splurged on lavish luxuries like a swanky second home nine flashy watches and not just one

or two but three ridiculously expensive Louis Vuitton handbags then I'll tried to explain them away by passing them off as fakes or family gifts but her lies were swiftly dismissed by judge Mark bury who saw right thrower in a stunning twist Stafford abruptly flipped the script surprising everyone in the courtroom by changing her please from denial to guilty on four charges this sudden turn of events

injected a fresh dose of intrigue into an already riveting case desperate to shift blame and save her skin Stafford pointed fingers at a shadowy figure from Liverpool trying to paint him as The Mastermind behind her sprawling Empire but wait there's more Stafford had another outrageous tale to tell she spun a wild story insisting that her family had a strange habit of stashing wads of cash all

over their house instead of trusting Banks and guess who they trusted with safeguarding all that dough you guessed it none other than Danielle herself during the trial the prosecution revealed that Stafford had evolved from a lowly cannabis Peddler to a high-profile class a dealer her ability to fly under the radar had allowed her to amass considerable wealth however her luck finally ran out and they handed

her a sobering seven and a half year prison sentence Danielle's decision to go all Walter White is strange since being an engineer meant she likely wasn't hurting for money maybe she should have stuck to driving trains instead so she could get back on the right track number three the valedictorian Crime Boss Joel Ortiz was a promising college student who was High School Valedictorian he was a

brilliant young man with a bright and promising future but Ortiz had different ideas about his future and he employed his charm and Ingenuity to orchestrate audacious heists by stealing over 5 million dollars in crypto according to an investigation conducted by Vice motherboard Joel employed various techniques to gain access to his Target's phones one method was Sim swapping a ploy where he would impersonate his victims and

convince phone carriers to Grant him control over their numbers Sim swapping opened the door to a treasure Trove of sensitive information allowing Ortiz to seize control of bank accounts social media profiles and other digital assets victims would find themselves locked out of their lives while Ortiz reveled in The Spoils of his ill-gotten gains but Sim swapping was just one weapon in Ortiz's Arsenal he delved even

deeper into the realm of deception with the port out scam leveraging the vulnerability of two-factor authentication he manipulated carriers into transferring his victims phone numbers to new devices he controlled with access to their two-factor authentication codes Ortiz bypassed the line of defense for his victims online accounts he sees control leaving them powerless in the wake of his attacks each theft grew his Empire and he made

a fortune in crypto Joel Ortiz's criminal Enterprise reached New Heights when he set his sights on consensus a renowned crypto conference with a clever mix of social engineering and Technical prowess Ortiz stole a massive amount of crypto during the event one incident that garnered attention during Ortega's spree involved an anonymous entrepreneur who fell victim to Joel's attacks the Man became a prime target as Ortiz manipulate

related carriers and executed Sim swaps to gain control of his phone number this allowed him to bypass security measures and steal his crypto accounts Ortiz went to Great Lengths to cover his tracks but his Relentless harassment of one victim's wife and daughter ultimately became his undoing the harassment caught the attention of law enforcement triggering a series of events that would lead to his downfall the police

began tracking down Ortiz's digital footprint they retraced his steps piecing together a mosaic of evidence that would bring him to Justice the Breakthrough came when investigators found Ortiz's email providing them with invaluable insights into his identity and activities as authorities dug deeper they discovered a series of YouTube videos that Ortiz made explaining how to use zero day exploits with each Discovery the police identified more victims

who had fallen prey to Ortiz's schemes Ortiz's activities reverberated throughout online communities including platforms like OG users this notorious Forum served as a hub for hackers and individuals in engaged in illicit activities here Ortiz's actions and exploits gain notoriety further exposing the depths of his criminal Endeavors finally in Los Angeles International Airport LAX as Joel prepared to fly to an EDM Festival dressed from head to

toe and Gucci the police moved in and arrested him Ortiz's reign of cyber crime Came Crashing Down in the courtroom the culmination of Ortiz's gripping Saga took Center Stage a plea of no contest echoed through the room the judge broke the Silence by sentencing Ortiz to 10 years in prison number two Cody Easter days ghost cattle on December 10 2021 Gale easterday a 79 year old

farmer from Pasco Washington veered his Dodge Ram onto a highway off-ramp entering a confusing stretch of road ignoring warning signs he drove on the ramp and collided with a vehicle driven by one of his very own delivery drivers on the interstate the impact was immediate and devastating resulting in the destruction of both vehicles Easter Day lost his life in the crash leaving investigators perplexed as they

sought to unravel the circumstances of the tragic accident it was an intentionally fatal crash and the News sent shockwaves to the tight-knit community surrounding Easter Day farms initially nobody had any answers but the devastating truth soon emerged Gail's son Cody had orchestrated a colossal cattle fraud selling hundreds of thousands of non-existent cows Cody's elaborate scheme which he saw as a Lifeline for the struggling Farm quickly

unraveled leaving Financial ruin the troubles that plagued Easter Day farms were far from simple the weight of financial burdens mismanagement and bad bets I pushed the farm to the brink of collapse suddenly thrust into the spotlight Cody faced the daunting task of saving his family's Legacy from complete ruin the once proud Community now found themselves grappling with doubt and regret their association with the Easter day

name tarnished Cody's plight was further Complicated by his dealings with Tyson powerful player in the cattle industry Tyson's influence loomed large making it an uphill battle for Cody to salvage what was left of his family's Farm amidst the mounting challenges a massive invoice arrived from Tyson casting a dark cloud over Easter Day farms this invoice represented a staggering financial burden exasperating the Farm's already crippling debt

the sheer magnitude of this financial blow threatened to push Cody and his farm to the edge of Oblivion intensifying the obstacles he faced ranching itself is a complex and demanding Endeavor managing livestock navigating unpredictable market conditions and contending with the fickle forces of nature are all inherent complexities of the trade such challenges demand profound knowledge experience and resources to navigate successfully yet the system was rigged

against Cody from the start the cattle Industries structure with its intricate web of contracts pricing mechanisms and market dynamics heavily favor corporate behemoths the playing field was tilted leaving Farmers like Cody vulnerable exploitation and manipulation despite his tireless efforts Cody found himself pitted against overwhelming odds of within this skewed system formula Contracting emerged as a particularly Insidious aspect of Cody's struggles in this Cutthroat practice industry

giants like Tyson established predetermined formulas to dictate the prices ranchers receive for the livestock unfortunately these formulas overwhelmingly favored the buyers leaving Ranchers with minimal negotiating power and vulnerable to devastating Financial losses Cody had little control over the prices he received for his cattle exasperating his financial situation so he decided to hedge his bats sell more cattle now and hopefully the price of beef would go

up could Cody then sell what he had at hopefully a better price which would cover the new debt he took on from the cattle he didn't have desperate to alleviate the mounting pressure Cody resorted to his wrist bets that only deepened the Farm's Financial woes engaging in question forward billing he claimed the existence of cattle he never had to secure funds Tyson eventually uncovered the truth

discovering that eight lots of cattle worth a staggering 5.3 million dollars were nothing more than Vapor Cody admitted to invoicing for non-existent cattle and even for feed that was never provided sadly it was a revelation of this fraud that led to the Elder Easter days tragic decision the downfall of Easter Day farms reverberated far beyond the confines of its Gates impacting employees local community and the

agricultural industry at large job security became uncertain and the loss of this once reputable family-owned operation sent shockwaves through the local economy Cody's story epitomized the uphill battle faced by small-scale farmers in an industry heavily skewed toward corporate Giants the repercussions of Cody's actions were immense amounting to a staggering 244 million dollars built from Tyson he now faced the full weight of legal consequences with leading

guilty charges of wirefront as Easter Day farms grappled with severe Financial strain they were forced to sell their cherished Ranch to repay their mounting deaths Cody's personal journey following the legal proceedings May remain shrouded in privacy limited to those directly involved however it's clear that his actions and far-reaching consequences penalties such as 20 years in prison Hefty fines and the burden of restitution awaited him rebuilding

his reputation and financial stability will proved to be an uphill battle as the shadows of his crimes Loom large if you're enjoying these stories stay right here on this video for our past release on how former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did his crimes number one I spoof TJ Fletcher is a black hat Tech entrepreneur from the UK and he ran a website called I spoof I spoof

was an online fraud shop and served as a Haven for criminals allowing them to scam unsuspecting victims out of over 100 million pounds with the assistance of I've spoof's tools fraudsters could disguise their phone calls making them appear as trustworthy institutions like Banks tricking innocent people into emptying their hard-earned accounts Fletcher's exploits were undeniably lucrative as iceboof raked in over 3.2 million pounds in Bitcoin Fletcher

himself walked away with the majority of Bitcoin at approximately 2 million pounds worth of bitcoin at the time at its peak iceboof had 59 000 users with collars armed with the website's tools targeting up to 20 unsuspecting victims every minute however it was in the UK and the us where the majority of these calls hit their Mark the scale of the operation is mind-boggling with an

estimated 200 000 individuals falling chicken TJ Fletcher's criminal record only added to the severity of his actions with 18 convictions for 36 charges throughout the trial it became clear that Fletcher lacked empathy for his victims his expressions of remorse were nothing more than a facade driven solely by regret for being caught rather than a concern for the damage he caused unveiling the operation behind I spoof

was no small feat the Metropolitan Police embarked on an investigation dedicating 700 days of work to dismantle the website and bring its Architects to Justice finally in a November arrest Fletcher was apprehended and he pleaded guilty to four charges encompassing the creation and supply of fraudulent materials encouragement of criminal activity possession and transfer of illicit funds as the gavel struck judge Sally Cahill delivered a resounding

message she highlighted the experiences endured by victims and the impact it had on their lives with a sentence totaling 13 years in four months the judge saw reflect the gravity of Fletcher's offenses T.J Fletcher a mastermind in his own right displayed a remarkable level of intellect throughout his criminal career it's evident that his capabilities extended far beyond scamming as he possessed the mind to pursue other

Ventures however instead of using his intelligence for positive things Fletcher made the unfortunate choice to become a scammer Carlita Kilpatrick was Detroit's first lady as wife of then Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick one late night she came back to one of the infamous After parties at her home which was the famous Manoogian Mansion the mayor of Detroit's official residence she came home early to find Kilpatrick let's

call it appreciating the art of dancing by a woman that wasn't Mrs Kilpatrick Carlito was definitely less appreciative of the skill involved reacted like you would any reasonable wife would react by grabbing a blunt object rumored to have been a chair leg and then going after Kwame and the dancer Kwame Kilpatrick wasn't a politician strictly because it was his idea that's because politics is the family

business his mom is Michigan politician Carolyn Kilpatrick she spent most of her career as a favorite among voters in 1979 she became a member of the Michigan House of Representatives her popularity spanned six re-elections and during election time she never dropped below 80 percent of the vote in 2004 she had no major party opposition in 2006 she was completely unopposed by the time 2010 arrived she

was re-challenged in the Democratic primary however her 2010 campaign was different she was asked fewer questions about her policies and more about the countless scandals surrounding her son Kwame such as the story we just told you getting out in the paper because outraged voters could no longer separate her actions from the scandalous ones of her son Kwame she was now out of a job kwame's record

seemed more like the record of a career criminal instead of a career politician Kwame Kilpatrick was born in Detroit Michigan on June 8 1970. his mother was a politician and his father was a semi-professional basketball player and a politician as well he was just nine years old when his mother Carolyn began representing Detroit in the Michigan House of Representatives his father Bernard Kilpatrick served as head

of Wayne County Health and Human Services Department and as Chief of Staff to Edward H McNamara following in his parents footsteps Kwame got his bachelor's degree in political science from Florida a m University in 1992. he married his wife Carlita poles in 1995 and the pair had three children in 1996 his mother vacated her seat at the Michigan House of Representatives making way for Kwame who

was elected as her replacement from there Swami was elected minority floor leader for the Michigan Democratic party was the first African-American to hold the position of House minority leader in 2001. at 31 Kilpatrick was the youngest ever mayor of Detroit when he was elected in 2001 he was youthful and full of ideas it just so happened that his ideas tended to benefit him more than the

city from the very start of kwame's term Detroit was plagued with a growing deficit so kwame's quick solution was to Simply close the Beloved Belle Isle aquarium and the Belle Isle Zoo the city's deficit meant he had to make cuts from somewhere if he was going to free up any money but the decision was so unpopular that the city council overruled him and actually increased funding

however that growing deficit may have been contributed to by Kilpatrick himself when he leased a Lincoln Navigator for his family using City funds and when he charged thousands of dollars for spa massages and when he ate extravagant meals at high-end restaurants and when he bought pricey bottles of wine and when he charged all of that to his City Credit Card unlike his mother Kwame was so

unpopular the Time Magazine actually named him one of the worst Mayors in America Diamond Joe Quimby never even got that title the law or surrounding the Manoogian Mansion party would later be a defining part of kwame's career the urban legend is that a huge raucous party broke out inside the manugan Mansion as we had mentioned at the beginning of the video to quickly recap then Detroit

first lady Carlita came home early to find Kwame appreciating the art of the dance in a very up-close and personal way Carlita less appreciative of the skill involved reacted like you would expect someone from Detroit to react like grabbing a blunt object rumored to have been a chair leg and attacked the dancer the Attorney General at the time Mike Cox investigated the party and denied claims

that it ever happened rumors spread throughout the city that Cox was covering up for Kwame because he was at the party too there's a lot of jokes here that we're just not going to make we'll just leave it at Kwame had [__] in the palm of his hand the public didn't find out about the 2002 event until May 2003. when Kwame fired deputy chief Gary Brown

after an investigation in the indiscretions by the mayor's security detail this prompted Brown to release a memo where he accused kwame's Bodyguards of misconduct and the aforementioned party the dancer that got into the fight with kwame's wife was Tamara green also known as strawberry a 27 year old mother of three two men had to step in and physically restrain Carlita at that time in the early

morning of April 30th 2003 a few months after the alleged party green was sitting at an intersection with her boyfriend green was about to drop him off when someone shot into the car in an apparent drive-by the pistol was the same one used by the Detroit police department at the time before her passing green spoke about the Manoogian Mansion party and her family was sure her

murder was to stop her from testifying about it there was plenty of evidence that the assault happened three paramedics signed affidavits concerning the incident one of those paramedics admitted to seeing Kwame and his bodyguards at the hospital where green was being treated another paramedic saw an injured woman who said she was attacked by kwame's wife strangely however any evidence of green ever ever being treated at

any hospital that night had vanished and local hospitals deny having ever treated her a family's attorney Norman yatuma struggled to access information from authorities regarding the murder evidence pointed towards it being a member of the police department but his investigation was sabotaged by authorities dirty cops gonna dirty cop no tipster or witness wanted to come forward but they were too frightened of Retribution the judge ultimately

dismissed the suit over lack of evidence yetua offered one hundred thousand dollars for any information about the case but it remains unsolved despite his best efforts Kwame just couldn't keep himself out of trouble allegations of abuse of power started when an influential Baptist Minister was arrested after soliciting a prostitute and Kwame used his power to get him out of trouble Antoinette Bostic was the arresting officer

and received multiple phone calls from the mayor and police chief persuading her not to show up at court so the case would be dismissed Kwame funneled money from Michigan legislature state grants to two companies with barely any information in their project descriptions one was called unite owned by his wife Carlita who is the organization's sole employee that received 175 thousand dollars the other was Detroit 3B

a company that wouldn't give details on how it was spending its funds so not at all suspicious Kwame cut thousands of city jobs but found jobs for friends and family members despite their lack of experience their average annual salary increases were 36 percent rather than the 2 percent that the rest of the city workers received Kilpatrick was hit with a slander suit relating to a 2004

incident when police pulled over Christine Beatty as chief of staff for speeding she was Furious scolding officers who she made clear should have known who she was because that always works with the police when they pull you over officers claimed Beatty called the chief of police directly to have the officers called off which they were the incident leaked to the media and the chief said Beatty

was harassed and Kwame implied that she was set up the Whistleblower trial began in August 2007 after kwame's ex-bodyguard Harold Nell Thorp and Deputy police chief Gary Brown were fired during an internal probe into the mayor's actions after three hours of deliberation the plaintiffs were awarded six and a half million dollars in Damages Kwame said he'd appeal the verdict but approved an 8.4 million dollar settlement

a few weeks later when he discovered that lawyer Mike Stefani had evidence that he and Beady committed perjury during their disposition the city council voted to pay the lawsuit that involved nelthorpe Brown and a third officer from a separate case against Kwame at the time the city council had no idea of the confidentiality agreement that Kwame put in place part of the settlement the city council

requested that all documents used in the suit be unsealed Mike Stefani was deposed and revealed the existence of the confidentiality agreement that was supposed to keep intimate texts sent between Kwame and BD private if those involved told anyone about the agreement they would forfeit the 8.4 million dollar settlement Kilpatrick and Beatty were charged with obstruction of justice conspiracy misconduct in office and perjury the city council

requested Kwame resigned but he refused the text message Scandal revealed that Kwame and B both married at the time were in the midst of an affair they admitted in their texts to using City funds for romantic getaways and the texts contained evidence about them conspiring to fire Brown Beatty quickly resigned but Kwame wasn't as easy to get rid of the city council passed a resolution asking

for Kwame to resign with a vote of seven to one that also contained 33 reasons he should step down Kwame did not comply saying he wouldn't leave and that the vote was Irrelevant in March 2008 Kwame was charged with eight felonies and BD was seven Kwame pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction and no contest to assaulting a deputy he finally resigned as mayor Kwame showed

no signs of humility during the trial acting cocky and insincere Judge David grohner sentenced him to four months in jail as well as restitutions for the sex and text Scandal and an additional 120-day sentence for assaulting a sheriff's officer in an unrelated incident much to the judge's disgust Kwame snickered while he was being sentenced clearly not taking the proceedings seriously Kwame didn't receive special treatment in

jail but after serving 99 days he was released immediately afterwards he boarded a private jet headed for Texas where he joined his family and their three thousand dollar a month rental home Kwame told judge groener that he only made three thousand dollars a month for restitution payments prompting Groner to request his financial records Kwame was back on the stand to justify his claims of poverty his

financial records told a different story he owned a million dollar home frequently made lavish purchases and owned more than one Cadillac Escalade when questioned Kwame amusingly pretended to not know who paid for all of those things the court learned that the true source of his money was from Business Leaders in Detroit and paid Kwame a substantial amount to get him to resign as mayor and plead

guilty judge Groner then ordered Kwame to pay three hundred thousand dollars to the city of Detroit Kwame missed his first restitution payment of 79 000 only paying the court fourteen thousand dollars then an extra 21 175 a few days later however this meant Kwame had violated the terms of his probation and Groner approved a warrant Kwame was sentenced to one and a half to five years

in prison and was indicted on new corruption charges Kilpatrick lobbied for a transfer from The Oaks Correctional Facility bounced around facilities before he was eventually released in August 2011 a little over a year after being sentenced kwame's next trial was in September 2012 for fraudulent schemes where he awarded contracts to the city's Department of Water and Sewage during that time he was also suspected of pocketing

nearly one million dollars in Kickbacks the prosecution had many witnesses that spoke out against Kwame and the others accused including his father Kwame was found guilty on 24 counts including extortion mail fraud tax evasion extortion many others the judge sentenced him to 28 years in prison he didn't have the option for parole as he was arrested in the federal prison system serving his sentence in a

federal correctional institution Kilpatrick appealed the decision but the United States court of appeals for the sixth circuit upheld his convictions and the Supreme Court denied his appeal but he'd been mentioned in an Eminem song that year so you know Silver Lining and all that for Kwame turned to none other than president Donald Trump for help with 12 hours left in office president Trump commuted Kwame sent

to the White House statement about the commutation mentioned that he'd used his prison time to teach public speaking and led Bible study groups obviously the only needed criteria for any sort of computation however the commutation of his sentence didn't erase his conviction and Kwame can't run for office until 2033 20 years after his conviction Detroit sadly is going to have to find someone else to run

things as of June 2022 Kwame and his current wife asked the public to help them in a crowdfunding campaign for what was titled baby fun as the happy couple who has just welcomed a new child and had a reasonable goal of eight hundred thousand dollars and included less stuff about babies and more stuff about a luxury home in a gated community you know the kind of

thing most people use crowdfunding for but their humble dreams of a new luxury house paid for by people who thought they were helping a baby or short-lived Kwame still owed a large amount of money to the city of Detroit when authorities discovered the campaign the crowdfunding account was tragically seized it's unclear if you will run for office in 2033 when he's legally able click to watch

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