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Bernie Madoff's Estranged Wife Ruth Plans To Divorce Him

The Madoffs have not seen each other since their son Mark committed suicide last year.

After 52 years of marriage (and $20 billion in stolen assets), Bernie Madoff's wife Ruth finally calls it off amid hopes of her saving her relationship with her estranged son.

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My Boyfriend Emptied My Bank Account

Love blinded her to her boyfriend's duplicitous ways.

Author Susan Gernhart lost her heart and her savings to a fraud. She discusses how it happened and what she learned from the experience.

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Moron Sentenced In Dating Site Hoax

Scotsman gets community service for setting up fake dating profiles for former friend.

There are few rules in this world that you just don't break after a certain age. In addition to not taking a french fry without asking, you do not set up fake online dating profiles for supposed friends of yours. That's identity theft, brother. Dating site hoaxes are taken very seriously, as a Scotsman named Allan Troup just learned. And now he owes his community 240 of community service for that mistake.

CZ Ring Doesn't Nullify Prenup

CZ Ring Doesn't Nullify Prenup

It turns out it's not fraud to tell a loved one that it's a real diamond.

A Pennsylvanian woman is trying to invalidate her prenup for reasons of fraud on her husband's part. It turns out that the diamond engagement ring that he gave her was artificial. A judge doesn't feel like hearing the case. You can bet that she won't fall for that trick again. Plus the last word on the Matos-McGreevey fallout.

Pricey Dating Site Accused Of Deception

Pricey Dating Site Accused Of Deception

"Great Expectations" lead to great disappointment and possibly fraud.

You ever notice that a lot of things have a hard time living up to their hype? And sometimes you expect great results when you're spending real money? Yeah, a high-priced dating site is being taken to court for really letting their clients down. And the company is called Great Expectations. Irony is sooooo stupid.