Farmer jailed for cattle ear tag scam.(News)
Byline: SHARON O'LEARY A MILLIONAIRE farmer was jailed for a year yesterday over a fake cattle scam. Joe Meaney removed Department of Agriculture ear tags from two cattle and attached them to two completely different animals. He then sold the animals to another farmer in September 1999, making

Publication: The Mirror (London, England)

BSE SCOUNDRELS; Father and son found guilty in ?92k tag scam.(News)
Byline: ANN MOONEY A FATHER and son involved in a BSE scam were caught after DNA discovered on a cow's ear tag was found to belong to another animal. The scheme could have cost the taxpayers EUR92,4670 in compensation. Cattle dealers Bryan Wilson, 57, from Coolfadda, Dunmanway, Co Cork and Andrew

Publication: The Mirror (London, England)

Check out this scam by tag-team shoppers
Dear Zazz: Recently, my husband and I were in a long grocery store checkout line. In front of us was a smiling young woman pushing a cart with a few items in it. We made small talk with her while we waited to check out. Then, suddenly, her mother showed up with a loaded shopping cart. The daughter

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

NBI tags another dummy account holder in tax scam
Filipino Reporter 10-10-2002 MANILA -- The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has identified another holder of the four dummy accounts in the P203-million tax diversion scam at the Land Bank of the Philippines' Binangonan branch. In a letter to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, NBI director

Publication: Filipino Reporter

Big Apple Scam Carries Big Price Tag
Steven Femenella was first, but he wasn't by any means last. About a dozen other Levey readers have called in recent weeks to warn me of the latest in space-age scamdom - the New York Beeper Ripoff. It's run by a computer (what else The computer sprays calls at thousands of unsuspecting

Publication: The Washington Post

COLLEGE NOTES McNown penalized for scam; Ex-UCLA quarterback used handicapped parking tag
Chicago Bears quarterback Cade McNown, admitting he made a mistake nearly three years ago, pleaded no contest Thursday in Los Angeles to a misdemeanor charge of illegally possessing a handicapped parking placard while playing for UCLA. Current UCLA safety Eric Whitfield and former Bruins fullback

Publication: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel