All posts containing the tag: "Fraud"
Posted Oct 19th 2009 12:13PM by TMZ Staff
Randy and Evi Quaid could have appeared in court in Santa Barbara today to help settle their fraud case -- but they didn't, so now the Santa Barbara DA is going to have them extradited from Texas. Road trip!!!
The husband and wife team were arrested last month after they allegedly skipped out on a huge bill at the San Ysidro Ranch. The Quaids have since paid up their $10,000 bill, but they still face three felony charges -- burglary, conspiracy and defrauding an innkeeper.
Extradition usually takes about two weeks, but we're told the Quaids plan on appearing in court next week before that happens.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: bill, evi quaid, EviQuaid, fraud, hotel, randy quaid, RandyQuaid
Posted Sep 25th 2009 5:33PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained the detective's sworn statement in the Randy/Evi Quaid hotel caper -- and if you believe the cop, Randy and Evi hatched a sinister plot to fleece some ritzy hotels.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Detective Rod Forney wrote in a declaration in support of the arrest warrant ... Randy and Evi Quaid checked into the San Ysidro Ranch with a bogus credit card, bogus phone numbers and addresses and gave excuse after excuse as they racked up a bill totaling $10,546.96.
The Quaids -- who were arrested in Texas yesterday for the alleged crimes of burglary, conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud an innkeeper -- sent a check for $5,546.96 ... so they still owe 5 grand.
But according to Detective Forney, San Ysidro was small potatoes compared to the swanky Hotel Bel-Air in Bev Hills, where they allegedly stiffed the hotel to the tune of $17,000.
And, just before checking into San Ysidro, the couple allegedly stiffed the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel.
Detective Forney says there were numerous attempts to get the Quaids to make good on their alleged bad deeds, but to no avail.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
Tags: burglary, conspiracy, evi quaid, EviQuaid, fraud, lawsuit, randy quaid, RandyQuaid, san ysirdro, SanYsirdro
Posted Jun 24th 2008 4:25PM by TMZ Staff
Anne Hathaway's sketchy Italian ex won't be doing the Waverly Inn anytime soon -- the Feds just set his bail at $21 million, yes, million, and he'll be on house arrest even when he does make bail.
We were in the courtroom as Raffaello Follieri was arraigned and charged with six counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. He'll have to pony up $21 mil before he can even go home -- and have to have five co-signers. The Feds also said that Follieri "tested positive" for opiates during a routine drug test.
Once Rafoolio gets out of custody, he'll be home-restricted by an electronic monitoring device and will only be let out for legal, medical, and religious reasons, and only on the island of Manhattan. He's due back on July 9th for a pre-trial hearing. Anne was not present at the hearing.
Story developing ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: Anne Hathaaway, AnneHathaaway, Fraud, Money Laundering, MoneyLaundering, Raffaello Follieri, RaffaelloFollieri
Posted Jan 30th 2006 2:03PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained documents in Michael Jackson's custody case, in which the singer's lawyer accused the judge of being prejudiced against his famous client. In the legal papers, Jackson's attorney claims that Judge Steven Lachs made comments that Jackson "obtained passports for (his) children by the use of subterfuge."
Documents
Deborah Rowe v. Michael Jackson
Jackson's Outrageous Moments
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: child custody, ChildCustody, custody, fraud, Michael Jackson, MichaelJackson
Posted Jan 27th 2006 6:26PM by TMZ Staff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- George Foreman could be in for a legal grilling.
A $50 million lawsuit filed Thursday in Superior Court alleges the former boxing champion and an international law firm defrauded a company hired to launch a line of George Foreman teaks.
Foreman will be asked to take the stand when the case comes to trial, Eric Yuhl, an attorney for GreatMeals USA Inc., said Friday.
The suit claims fraud, breach of contract and interference with contract against Foreman, the law firm of Greenberg Traurig LLP and John C. Kirkland, a partner in the firm.
A call to Foreman's attorney at Greenberg Traurig was not immediately returned Friday. A call to Kirkland also was not immediately returned.
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: Fraud, George Foreman, GeorgeForeman
