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Finance director for Pasadena Chamber of Commerce accused of embezzling more than $1 million – Houston Public Media
An aged apartment sophisticated within just watch of the ship channel refineries on the north side of Pasadena, Texas, July 1, 2017. A previous employee for a Houston-spot chamber of commerce is dealing with many legal charges for allegedly defrauding the chamber and its leading government out of far more than $1 million. Jamie Huffar, 46, the previous director of finance for the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, is accused of spending for plastic surgical treatment, private massages, clothes and visits to Disney Planet and Budapest, Hungary, with chamber cash and fraudulently received credit playing cards, according to a possible cause affidavit submitted in Harris County courtroom. She also is accused…
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Former broker accused of $1 million crypto fraud
A former FINRA-registered broker and investment banker accused of manipulating his friends, former college classmates and industry colleagues out of at least $1 million in a crypto scheme with Ponzi trappings has been indicted by federal authorities. Last week, 27-year-old Rashawn Russell was charged with perpetrating a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. The former Deutsche Bank investment banker faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission also filed a civil enforcement action against Russell. “As alleged, Russell turned the demand for cryptocurrency investments into a scheme to defraud numerous investors in…
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Married Manhattan financial analyst is accused of sexually harassing nannies
A married Upper West Side financial analyst has been accused of flippantly asking for oral sex during an interview with a nanny for his one-year-old daughter. The 27-year-old nanny who asked to go by Dawan told the New York Post that her March 8 meeting with Jason Kuperman, 43, at his West 58th Street apartment left her feeling frightened and violated. Dawan told the outlet that she was alone with the 43-year-old when he took her on a tour of his lavish home – which sold for $297,000 in 2013 – and when they reached the bathroom allegedly made the raunchy request. She claims that while in there Kuperman showed her…
