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Husband 'had no clue' wife pretended to be blind and disabled for 15 years to scam £1m in benefits
Jimmy Nsubuga
July 11, 2020, 9:49 AM
Christina Pomfrey (left), 65, and Aimee Brown (centre left), 34, arrive at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester (Picture: PA)
A man claimed he had no idea his wife was pretending to be blind and wheelchair-bound when she scammed £1 million in benefits.
John Pomfrey, 60, said he was clueless to his wife Christina’s lies which have now landed her in prison.
On Monday, the 65-year-old grandmother, from Runcorn, Cheshire, was jailed for three years and eight months after she pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to multiple counts of fraud, false accounting and making or supplying articles for use in frauds.
She lied she was totally blind and wheelchair-bound, but surveillance by investigators showed her driving, going for a walk unaided while reading a newspaper and collecting her grandchildren from school.
Mr Pomfrey, who married Christina in 2005, told the Daily Mail: “People think I must have known what she was up to and where all the money went, but the answer to both is I don’t have a clue.
“She has destroyed my life and I cannot forgive her. She is the craftiest woman I have ever known.”
Read more: Man jailed after victim he punched dies three years later
Christina Pomfrey, 65, has been jailed (Picture: PA)
Mr Pomfrey added she had lied to him she was a millionaire and owned seven newsagents in Liverpool.
When confronted with the evidence by police, she said she was relieved to be finally caught and claimed she had given the money away to charity and those in need.
However, she also admitted she had spent cash on numerous holidays, cosmetic treatment and clothes.
Sentencing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Judge Sophie McKone told her: “You grossly exaggerated your disabilities in pretending you were completely blind and that your multiple sclerosis was of such severity that you required significant and costly care.
“This was money to which you were not entitled. Over 15 years, you stole £1 million from your fellow citizens. Money which would have gone to people who justly deserved it, money that could have gone to schools and hospitals.”
Read more: Jail for man who tried to steal Magna Carta which he believed was fake
Christina Pomfrey, 65, was convicted of benefit fraud (Picture: PA)
The court heard despite Pomfrey’s admission of guilt and remorse to investigators in December 2017, she continued her deceit while on bail.
The defendant had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and also suffers from disassociative disorder, where she appears to adopt different personas to cope with past trauma, as a result of abuse she suffered as a child.
Her daughter, Aimee Brown, 34, from Runcorn, received an 18-month jail term, suspended for two years, after she laundered £80,000 of Pomfrey’s cash into her bank account and kept more than £70,000 for herself.
She was “hoodwinked” by her mother and had no knowledge of the extent of her lies, but had entered a guilty plea to money laundering because she did not act on her suspicions, the court heard.
The court was also told the full amount of £1,010,090 fraudulently claimed in various benefits had been spent by Pomfrey.
Husband 'had no clue' wife pretended to be blind and disabled for 15 years to scam £1m in benefits
Jimmy Nsubuga
July 11, 2020, 9:49 AM
Christina Pomfrey (left), 65, and Aimee Brown (centre left), 34, arrive at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester (Picture: PA)
A man claimed he had no idea his wife was pretending to be blind and wheelchair-bound when she scammed £1 million in benefits.
John Pomfrey, 60, said he was clueless to his wife Christina’s lies which have now landed her in prison.
On Monday, the 65-year-old grandmother, from Runcorn, Cheshire, was jailed for three years and eight months after she pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to multiple counts of fraud, false accounting and making or supplying articles for use in frauds.
She lied she was totally blind and wheelchair-bound, but surveillance by investigators showed her driving, going for a walk unaided while reading a newspaper and collecting her grandchildren from school.
Mr Pomfrey, who married Christina in 2005, told the Daily Mail: “People think I must have known what she was up to and where all the money went, but the answer to both is I don’t have a clue.
“She has destroyed my life and I cannot forgive her. She is the craftiest woman I have ever known.”
Read more: Man jailed after victim he punched dies three years later
Christina Pomfrey, 65, has been jailed (Picture: PA)
Mr Pomfrey added she had lied to him she was a millionaire and owned seven newsagents in Liverpool.
When confronted with the evidence by police, she said she was relieved to be finally caught and claimed she had given the money away to charity and those in need.
However, she also admitted she had spent cash on numerous holidays, cosmetic treatment and clothes.
Sentencing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Judge Sophie McKone told her: “You grossly exaggerated your disabilities in pretending you were completely blind and that your multiple sclerosis was of such severity that you required significant and costly care.
“This was money to which you were not entitled. Over 15 years, you stole £1 million from your fellow citizens. Money which would have gone to people who justly deserved it, money that could have gone to schools and hospitals.”
Read more: Jail for man who tried to steal Magna Carta which he believed was fake
Christina Pomfrey, 65, was convicted of benefit fraud (Picture: PA)
The court heard despite Pomfrey’s admission of guilt and remorse to investigators in December 2017, she continued her deceit while on bail.
The defendant had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and also suffers from disassociative disorder, where she appears to adopt different personas to cope with past trauma, as a result of abuse she suffered as a child.
Her daughter, Aimee Brown, 34, from Runcorn, received an 18-month jail term, suspended for two years, after she laundered £80,000 of Pomfrey’s cash into her bank account and kept more than £70,000 for herself.
She was “hoodwinked” by her mother and had no knowledge of the extent of her lies, but had entered a guilty plea to money laundering because she did not act on her suspicions, the court heard.
The court was also told the full amount of £1,010,090 fraudulently claimed in various benefits had been spent by Pomfrey.
Bitch Wearing Her Pants Inside Out Gets Arrested For Refusing To Wear A Face Mask Inside A Supermarket!
More accurately, white supremacists beat black woman and don’t get arrested for it until the public steps in. Full story: https://www.insider.com/white-couple-charged-video-beating-black-hotel-employee-racist-slur-2020-7
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They should've called the Cops and had these bitches charged and put into the System. Bitches went directly into victim mode for nothing more serious than being publicly shamed. They'll have NO REAL consequences to deal with and will certainly repeat the offense. They'll just be more cognizant not to leave their wallets.
This is why CoVid will be here for longer than expected.....
Mfkrs won't even quarantine properly
Holy fuck! His dad must be wondering whether to buy him another set of Lego blocks or a set of knitting needles and some yarn.
oh karen...
https://www.crimeonline.com/2020/07...-tells-cops-her-good-side-loves-animals-docs/
TikToking teen films herself skinning & hanging cats, dogs – then tells cops her ‘good side’ loves animals: Docs
An Indiana woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly filming and photographing herself torturing animals — then posting the footage onto several social media platforms.
A probable cause affidavit stated that Krystal Scott, 19, claimed her “good side loves cats and dogs but her bad side tells her to commit acts of animal cruelty.” FBI agents who executed a search warrant at Scott’s home reportedly discovered numerous animal skulls and remains. The home, which Scott shares with her mother, was condemned the same day, according to WTHR.
Scott faces two federal counts of making and distributing animal crush videos. Federal authorities said she posted “images and videos of torturing and graphically killing cats and dogs by hanging, skinning, and other means” between May 3 and July 8.
On Instagram, Scott reportedly used multiple handles, including “Serial_Dog_Killer_Dude.” The teen allegedly also used Tik Tok to share the graphic videos. An investigation ultimately revealed that the IP addresses of the Instagram accounts matched the TikTok account, according to WXIN.
Though the videos and images didn’t show Scott’s face, authorities said users on Reddit, Instagram, and YouTube collected identifying information and passed it on to police and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
Before Tuesday’s arrest, police were called to Scott’s home twice for reports of animal cruelty.
On May 3, Scott reportedly provided police with two cell phones. Police reportedly uncovered multiple animal parts from Scott’s home — including two cats, one skinned, which were located in a freezer. Officers also confiscated an unidentified animal in a jar, according to WTHR.
Scott, who reportedly claimed the animals were dead when she got them, wasn’t arrested at the time because police couldn’t find evidence that she committed abuse.
On June 26, Kokomo police and the FBI responded to Scott’s home after a man alleged that Scott may be torturing a pregnant cat he gave to her.
The June 26 call was in reference to a June 18 Instagram video in which Scott allegedly strangled and hanged a grey kitten. The same day, Scott announced on Instagram that she would be killing a pregnant Siamese cat and a grey kitten. Someone reportedly sold Scott a Siamese cat, a black kitten, and a gray kitten hours before she allegedly made the social media posts.
Scott reportedly denied ever having the Siamese cat. Reports indicated a Facebook user named “Sam” or “Sammy” responded to an advertisement for the three cats. The person who delivered the cats reportedly gave the FBI a description of the recipient which matched Scott.
Police who responded to Scott’s home on June 26 only took her mother’s cellphone. They didn’t arrest Scott or search for the alleged strangulation video because they weren’t aware of it at the time.
Speaking with WTHR, an anynoymous Kokomo animal welfare advocate said in April, she went to a cornfield near Scott’s home to scan a dead dog for a microchip. The advocate said the dog was decapitated and had a severed foot.
“With a foot removed and the way it was decapitated, it was intentional,” she told the news outlet.
TikToking teen films herself skinning & hanging cats, dogs – then tells cops her ‘good side’ loves animals: Docs
An Indiana woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly filming and photographing herself torturing animals — then posting the footage onto several social media platforms.
A probable cause affidavit stated that Krystal Scott, 19, claimed her “good side loves cats and dogs but her bad side tells her to commit acts of animal cruelty.” FBI agents who executed a search warrant at Scott’s home reportedly discovered numerous animal skulls and remains. The home, which Scott shares with her mother, was condemned the same day, according to WTHR.
Scott faces two federal counts of making and distributing animal crush videos. Federal authorities said she posted “images and videos of torturing and graphically killing cats and dogs by hanging, skinning, and other means” between May 3 and July 8.
On Instagram, Scott reportedly used multiple handles, including “Serial_Dog_Killer_Dude.” The teen allegedly also used Tik Tok to share the graphic videos. An investigation ultimately revealed that the IP addresses of the Instagram accounts matched the TikTok account, according to WXIN.
Though the videos and images didn’t show Scott’s face, authorities said users on Reddit, Instagram, and YouTube collected identifying information and passed it on to police and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
Before Tuesday’s arrest, police were called to Scott’s home twice for reports of animal cruelty.
On May 3, Scott reportedly provided police with two cell phones. Police reportedly uncovered multiple animal parts from Scott’s home — including two cats, one skinned, which were located in a freezer. Officers also confiscated an unidentified animal in a jar, according to WTHR.
Scott, who reportedly claimed the animals were dead when she got them, wasn’t arrested at the time because police couldn’t find evidence that she committed abuse.
On June 26, Kokomo police and the FBI responded to Scott’s home after a man alleged that Scott may be torturing a pregnant cat he gave to her.
The June 26 call was in reference to a June 18 Instagram video in which Scott allegedly strangled and hanged a grey kitten. The same day, Scott announced on Instagram that she would be killing a pregnant Siamese cat and a grey kitten. Someone reportedly sold Scott a Siamese cat, a black kitten, and a gray kitten hours before she allegedly made the social media posts.
Scott reportedly denied ever having the Siamese cat. Reports indicated a Facebook user named “Sam” or “Sammy” responded to an advertisement for the three cats. The person who delivered the cats reportedly gave the FBI a description of the recipient which matched Scott.
Police who responded to Scott’s home on June 26 only took her mother’s cellphone. They didn’t arrest Scott or search for the alleged strangulation video because they weren’t aware of it at the time.
Speaking with WTHR, an anynoymous Kokomo animal welfare advocate said in April, she went to a cornfield near Scott’s home to scan a dead dog for a microchip. The advocate said the dog was decapitated and had a severed foot.
“With a foot removed and the way it was decapitated, it was intentional,” she told the news outlet.
They just thwarted a Serial Killer. I wonder how complicit they will find her mother to be as well?
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Couple with coronavirus placed under house arrest after refusing to commit to staying home
Gino Spocchia
July 21, 2020, 5:34 AM
Kentucky couple who denied health department orders to sign isolation forms: WAVE News
A Kentucky couple who declined to sign health department documents on self-isolation were put under house arrest because one tested positive with Covid-19.
Elizabeth Linscott and her husband, Isaiah, told a local news station that Hardin County authorities arrived at their home last week to install ankle monitors.
The couple declined to sign documents agreeing to quarantine at home with their young daughter after Ms Linscott tested positive some days earlier.
She had taken the test to ensure she didn’t travel with Covid-19 to see relatives in Michigan.
”I open up the door and there’s like eight different people,” said her husband, Isaiah. “Five different cars and I’m like what the heck’s going on?“
“This guy’s in a suit with a mask, it’s the health department guy and he has three different papers for us,” he added.
Police have restricted the couple to moving within 200 feet of their Hardin County home.
Ms Linscott said she declined health department orders to sign the documents on self-isolation because signatories must inform the department prior to travel.
“My part was if I have to go to the ER, if I have to go to the hospital, I’m not going to wait to get the approval to go,” said Ms Linscott.
The couple denied declining to isolate, and said they disagreed with the order’s wording.
”That’s exactly what the Director of the Public Health Department told the judge, that I was refusing to self-quarantine because of this and that was not the case at all,” said Ms Linscott. “I never said that.”
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Couple with coronavirus placed under house arrest after refusing to commit to staying home
Gino Spocchia
July 21, 2020, 5:34 AMKentucky couple who denied health department orders to sign isolation forms: WAVE News
A Kentucky couple who declined to sign health department documents on self-isolation were put under house arrest because one tested positive with Covid-19.
Elizabeth Linscott and her husband, Isaiah, told a local news station that Hardin County authorities arrived at their home last week to install ankle monitors.
The couple declined to sign documents agreeing to quarantine at home with their young daughter after Ms Linscott tested positive some days earlier.
She had taken the test to ensure she didn’t travel with Covid-19 to see relatives in Michigan.
”I open up the door and there’s like eight different people,” said her husband, Isaiah. “Five different cars and I’m like what the heck’s going on?“
“This guy’s in a suit with a mask, it’s the health department guy and he has three different papers for us,” he added.
Police have restricted the couple to moving within 200 feet of their Hardin County home.
Ms Linscott said she declined health department orders to sign the documents on self-isolation because signatories must inform the department prior to travel.
“My part was if I have to go to the ER, if I have to go to the hospital, I’m not going to wait to get the approval to go,” said Ms Linscott.
The couple denied declining to isolate, and said they disagreed with the order’s wording.
”That’s exactly what the Director of the Public Health Department told the judge, that I was refusing to self-quarantine because of this and that was not the case at all,” said Ms Linscott. “I never said that.”
Couple with coronavirus placed under house arrest after refusing to commit to staying home
A Kentucky couple who declined to sign health department documents on self-isolation were put under house arrest because one tested positive with Covid-19.Elizabeth Linscott and her husband, Isaiah, told a local news station that Hardin County authorities arrived at their home last week to...
Powerful Ohio Republican Is Arrested in $60 Million Corruption Scheme
The House speaker was connected with a conspiracy to enact a $1.3 billion bailout of an energy company, the F.B.I. said.
Larry Householder, the Republican speaker of Ohio’s House of Representatives. Credit...John Minchillo/Associated Press
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio
In a criminal complaint, the F.B.I. described a wide-ranging conspiracy in which the energy company helped finance the election of the House speaker, Larry Householder, in 2018. It then allegedly bankrolled an effort led by Mr. Householder to pass a $1.3 billion bill subsidizing two troubled nuclear power plants and a campaign to defeat a 2019 referendum to repeal that bill.
Along the way, the company also put $500,000 into Mr. Householder’s personal accounts, including more than $100,000 to pay for costs related to a home he owned in Florida, according to the complaint. Millions more were paid in bribes to Mr. Householder’s co-conspirators, the complaint said.
The conspiracy was “likely the largest bribery, money-laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio,” the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David M. DeVillers, said in a news conference.
Though the criminal complaint did not name the energy company, the two nuclear power plants were owned by FirstEnergy Solutions, a former subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. The energy company, now known as Energy Harbor, said in a statement on Tuesday that it had received subpoenas “in connection with the investigation surrounding Ohio House Bill 6,” and intended to cooperate with investigators.
Mr. Householder, 61, who was arrested on his farm east of Columbus on Tuesday morning, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, officials said. He is the second recent Ohio House speaker to be ensnared in a federal investigation, following Cliff Rosenberger, who resigned in 2018 but has yet to be charged with a crime.
The speaker, a mainstay of Ohio politics who is up for re-election this year, previously served as House speaker until stepping down in 2004 amid reports of possible corruption, the complaint said. He was never charged, however, and successfully reclaimed his old seat in 2016 before being elected speaker in 2019.
Also arrested in the conspiracy was Matt Borges, a former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party and ally of John Kasich, a former Ohio governor who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. After Donald J. Trump won the presidency in 2016, he intervened to oust Mr. Borges. Last month, Mr. Borges started a super PAC aimed at convincing Republicans to vote against Mr. Trump in November.
The other people charged in the scheme were Jeff Longstreth, a political strategist for Mr. Householder; Juan Cespedes, a lobbyist also close to Mr. Householder; and Neil Clark, a lobbyist.
Dave Anderson, the policy and communications manager for the Energy and Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports clean energy, said FirstEnergy Solutions needed Mr. Householder’s help because its coal and nuclear plants could not generate electricity cheaply enough to compete with newer and cleaner forms of energy. The bailout legislation, House Bill 6, helped support two of the company’s nuclear plants and several coal plants, Mr. Anderson said.
“Once he was elected,” Mr. Anderson said of Mr. Householder, “he made passing this bill a top priority of his.” It was signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in 2019.
On Tuesday, Mr. DeWine called for Mr. Householder’s resignation. “This is a sad day for Ohio,” the governor said in a statement.
FirstEnergy Solutions filed for bankruptcy in 2018, and after restructuring became known as Energy Harbor in February.
Funds from FirstEnergy financed the successful campaigns of what Mr. DeVillers called “Team Householder” — 21 candidates who subsequently supported Mr. Householder as speaker. All but one voted for House Bill 6.
Much of the company’s money went to a nonprofit organization called Generation Now that supported political and lobbying campaigns. A major portion, as much as $38 million, was spent defeating a referendum to repeal the bailout bill. The complaint described the payments as “akin to bags of cash” that were “not regulated, not reported, not subject to public scrutiny.”
Ohio’s secretary of state, Frank LaRose, said he had referred 19 possible violations of Ohio campaign finance laws relating to the conspiracy to the Ohio Elections Commission.
House Republicans issued a statement on Tuesday saying they were “shocked” to learn about the charges against Mr. Householder. “To our knowledge, no other member of the Ohio General Assembly is under investigation in connection with these allegations. We have not been in contact with Speaker Householder today,” the statement says.
Mr. DeVillers said the investigation was continuing.
Reid J. Epstein contributed reporting.
www.nytimes.com
The House speaker was connected with a conspiracy to enact a $1.3 billion bailout of an energy company, the F.B.I. said.
Larry Householder, the Republican speaker of Ohio’s House of Representatives. Credit...John Minchillo/Associated Press
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio
- July 21, 2020
In a criminal complaint, the F.B.I. described a wide-ranging conspiracy in which the energy company helped finance the election of the House speaker, Larry Householder, in 2018. It then allegedly bankrolled an effort led by Mr. Householder to pass a $1.3 billion bill subsidizing two troubled nuclear power plants and a campaign to defeat a 2019 referendum to repeal that bill.
Along the way, the company also put $500,000 into Mr. Householder’s personal accounts, including more than $100,000 to pay for costs related to a home he owned in Florida, according to the complaint. Millions more were paid in bribes to Mr. Householder’s co-conspirators, the complaint said.
The conspiracy was “likely the largest bribery, money-laundering scheme ever perpetrated against the people of the state of Ohio,” the United States attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David M. DeVillers, said in a news conference.
Though the criminal complaint did not name the energy company, the two nuclear power plants were owned by FirstEnergy Solutions, a former subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. The energy company, now known as Energy Harbor, said in a statement on Tuesday that it had received subpoenas “in connection with the investigation surrounding Ohio House Bill 6,” and intended to cooperate with investigators.
Mr. Householder, 61, who was arrested on his farm east of Columbus on Tuesday morning, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, officials said. He is the second recent Ohio House speaker to be ensnared in a federal investigation, following Cliff Rosenberger, who resigned in 2018 but has yet to be charged with a crime.
The speaker, a mainstay of Ohio politics who is up for re-election this year, previously served as House speaker until stepping down in 2004 amid reports of possible corruption, the complaint said. He was never charged, however, and successfully reclaimed his old seat in 2016 before being elected speaker in 2019.
Also arrested in the conspiracy was Matt Borges, a former chairman of the Ohio Republican Party and ally of John Kasich, a former Ohio governor who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. After Donald J. Trump won the presidency in 2016, he intervened to oust Mr. Borges. Last month, Mr. Borges started a super PAC aimed at convincing Republicans to vote against Mr. Trump in November.
The other people charged in the scheme were Jeff Longstreth, a political strategist for Mr. Householder; Juan Cespedes, a lobbyist also close to Mr. Householder; and Neil Clark, a lobbyist.
Dave Anderson, the policy and communications manager for the Energy and Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports clean energy, said FirstEnergy Solutions needed Mr. Householder’s help because its coal and nuclear plants could not generate electricity cheaply enough to compete with newer and cleaner forms of energy. The bailout legislation, House Bill 6, helped support two of the company’s nuclear plants and several coal plants, Mr. Anderson said.
“Once he was elected,” Mr. Anderson said of Mr. Householder, “he made passing this bill a top priority of his.” It was signed by Gov. Mike DeWine in 2019.
On Tuesday, Mr. DeWine called for Mr. Householder’s resignation. “This is a sad day for Ohio,” the governor said in a statement.
FirstEnergy Solutions filed for bankruptcy in 2018, and after restructuring became known as Energy Harbor in February.
Funds from FirstEnergy financed the successful campaigns of what Mr. DeVillers called “Team Householder” — 21 candidates who subsequently supported Mr. Householder as speaker. All but one voted for House Bill 6.
Much of the company’s money went to a nonprofit organization called Generation Now that supported political and lobbying campaigns. A major portion, as much as $38 million, was spent defeating a referendum to repeal the bailout bill. The complaint described the payments as “akin to bags of cash” that were “not regulated, not reported, not subject to public scrutiny.”
Ohio’s secretary of state, Frank LaRose, said he had referred 19 possible violations of Ohio campaign finance laws relating to the conspiracy to the Ohio Elections Commission.
House Republicans issued a statement on Tuesday saying they were “shocked” to learn about the charges against Mr. Householder. “To our knowledge, no other member of the Ohio General Assembly is under investigation in connection with these allegations. We have not been in contact with Speaker Householder today,” the statement says.
Mr. DeVillers said the investigation was continuing.
Reid J. Epstein contributed reporting.
Powerful Ohio Republican Is Arrested in $60 Million Corruption Scheme (Published 2020)
The House speaker was connected with a conspiracy to enact a $1.3 billion bailout of an energy company, the F.B.I. said.
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