Articles about Fraud

9 April 2013
Scotland: Equality Network writes to chief public prosecutor after trans man sentenced over sex ‘by fraud’ 2 An LGBT rights group has written to Scotland’s chief public prosecutor over the decision to prosecute a trans man on the charge of “obtaining sexual intimacy by fraud”
12 March 2013
Scotland: Case of trans man facing jail for sex ‘by fraud’ raises concerns of Scottish Transgender Alliance 23 The sentencing of Chris Wilson, a Scottish trans man who faces jail for "fraud" after he had relationships with two women without revealing his gender history, has shocked the Scottish Transgender Alliance who say the verdict will cause "fear and alarm" among the trans community.
12 February 2013
London: Serial thief who targeted gay men banned from every Soho public toilet 23 A thief who preyed on gay men in London for more than a decade has been banned from every public toilet in Soho.
8 January 2013
Chinese Court: Gay man who married a woman that committed suicide not to blame for her death 6 A lawsuit was rejected today by a local court in China, brought by the parents of a woman who committed suicide after finding out her husband was gay.
21 December 2012
New Hampshire’s first transgender representative signals fight back to office 2 A transgender New Hampshire state representative, who resigned last month, says she will stand again for election next year.
28 November 2012
Future of New Hampshire’s first elected transgender representative uncertain 3 Representative-elect Stacie Laughton of Nashua, New Hampshire, who won election just a few weeks ago but seemed on Tuesday to step down, now wants New Hampshire’s residents to decide her fate.
29 October 2012
Lincolnshire: Gay fraudster tricks police commissioner hopeful 11 A 28-year-old gay man is on the run after fleecing a naive police commissioner candidate out of an estimated £100,000.
14 February 2012
Gaydar’s £300,000 fraudster must repay £2 this month 9 A man who was jailed after trawling Gaydar to steal from gay men must immediately repay only £2 of the £300,000 he acquired and forfeit any future windfalls when he leaves prison.
29 December 2011
Trans teenager pleads guilty to £2,500 Katie Price identity theft 16 A teenager from Lincolnshire has admitted stealing thousands of pounds from former glamour model Katie Price by pretending to be her at a local bank.
21 October 2011
Interview: Steven Russell on infamy, escaping prison and Phillip Morris 27 Steven Russell was originally imprisoned for fraud.
13 May 2011
Man jailed for conning gay prostitutes – again 113 A man jailed for conning male prostitutes has been handed another prison sentence for the same offence.
11 March 2011
‘Fraudster’ wanted for targeting gay men + Police are hunting for a suspected fraudster who targets gay men after meeting them on the internet.
14 January 2011
Woman accused of pretending to be a man to trick women into sex + A Scottish woman has been accused of tricking two women into sex by pretending to be a man.
14 December 2009
Author Jeanette Winterson attacks ‘anti-gay’ tabloids 12 Lesbian author Jeanette Winterson has attacked the 'negative' use of the word lesbian in newspapers.

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