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March 4, 2015June 3, 2015 Braddon Mendelson

IRS Scam Bilks Citizens Out of Billions

Crime Featured
IRS Scam Bilks Citizens Out of Billions

WASHINGTON (TheSkunk.org) — An organization calling itself “The IRS” is demanding that millions of US citizens fill out a complicated form and return it to

December 29, 2010 Braddon Mendelson

Everyone in Loan Business Going to Prison

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Everyone in Loan Business Going to Prison

WASHINGTON (TheSkunk.org) — The U.S. Department of Justice today announced major prosecutorial action against the entire banking industry.

September 2, 2009 Braddon Mendelson

Same Investigator Overlooked Garrido and Madoff

SAN FRANCISCO — The same government investigator who failed to uncover the massive Ponzi scheme perpetrated by convicted Wall Street scammer Bernard Madoff, also neglected to notice the backyard sex prison operated by paroled rapist Phillip Garrido.

February 23, 2009 Braddon Mendelson

Ponzi Heirs Sue Madoff for Infringement

Business Crime
Ponzi Heirs Sue Madoff for Infringement

NEW YORK — Descendants of legendary scammer Charles Ponzi (1882-1949) sued Bernard Madoff today for infringing on the rights to their patriarch’s proprietary system of bilking money from innocent investors.

December 22, 2008 Braddon Mendelson

Madoff Asks Government for Money to Pay Off Earlier Investors

WASHINGTON, DC — Wall Street investment manager Bernard Madoff appeared before a congressional committee Monday to ask for $60 billion to reimburse investors who have lost money with his firm in what appears to have been a massive Ponzi scam.

November 27, 2008 Braddon Mendelson

Republican Scientists Claim Gravity a Scam

Science & Tech Skunk Classics
Republican Scientists Claim Gravity a Scam

The Republican National Committee’s Scientific Advisory Board today issued a report negating claims of an “invisible force that pulls things toward the center of the Earth.”

May 10, 2008 Braddon Mendelson

McCain to Balance Budget with Nigerian Advance-Fee Plan

Economy Election 2008
McCain to Balance Budget with Nigerian Advance-Fee Plan

WASHINGTON, DC — Senator John McCain announced an unexpected windfall profit is headed our way and he will use it to pay off the national debt.

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