Cops are seeking the whereabouts of a man accused of taking thousands of dollars for home improvement work that was never finished.
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Jason Ball, 47, of Bristol Township, has an arrest warrant out charging him with home improvement fraud and theft by deception, the Falls Township Police Department announced Friday afternoon.
The investigation began earlier this month after the residents reported they hired Ball to replace a stone wall lining the sidewalk and driveway of their home. The homeowners had posted an inquiry on the Nextdoor app seeking a contractor, and Ball responded offering to complete the project, police said.
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The agreement called for the work to begin July 6 and conclude by July 10, police said.
The residents paid Ball half of the…
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THE HASHFLARE “CLOUD MINING” PONZI SCHEME (GLOBAL/ESTONIA)
Date: February 13, 2025 (Guilty Pleas) Perpetrators: Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin
Case Description: This $577 million cryptocurrency fraud remains one of the largest digital asset scams in history, with major legal developments concluding in 2025. Potapenko and Turogin operated “Hashflare,” which they marketed as a massive cryptocurrency mining operation. Hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide purchased “mining contracts,” believing they were renting hash power to mine Bitcoin. In reality, the duo was running a sophisticated Ponzi scheme.
They created fake customer dashboards that showed “real-time” mining profits, but the money being paid out was simply the capital of newer investors. They laundered the proceeds through shell companies to purchase luxury real estate and a fleet of high-end vehicles. After a massive international investigation involving the FBI and Estonian authorities, the pair agreed to forfeit over $400 million in assets. This case underscores the “Cyber-enabled Fraud” warning issued by the FATF in early 2026: as technology evolves, the scale of fraud moves from local millions to global billions in the blink of an eye.
Link to Original: ACFE – High Profile Fraud of 2025