• Indicted ‘Love & Hip Hop’ star accused of running $5M Ponzi scheme

    Indicted ‘Love & Hip Hop’ star accused of running $5M Ponzi scheme

    The “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” star accused of scamming millions out of the government’s coronavirus loan program has now also been charged with running a $5 million Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said. Maurice “Mo” Fayne — who appeared in the reality-TV show’s eighth season — was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for lying …
  • Bernie Madoff denied compassionate release, will likely die in prison

    Bernie Madoff denied compassionate release, will likely die in prison

    A federal judge on Thursday rejected Bernard Madoff’s request to be released early from prison because he was dying of kidney failure, saying the swindler had yet to show remorse for running his epic Ponzi scheme. Circuit Judge Denny Chin, who sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison in 2009, wrote that while Madoff’s failing …