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MASKSCAM
A conman stole over $100,000 from customers at casinos in Michigan and Kansas using a prosthetic mask. John Colletti, 55, disguised himself as an elderly man to evade suspicion, targeting his victims by illegally obtaining personal information and using counterfeit driver’s licences to withdraw funds from their personal bank accounts via self-service kiosks at the casinos. edition.cnn.com, 25 July 2020.
DEMANDINGGUESTS
A survey of hotel chain Travelodge’s 575 UK and 10 Irish hotels has revealed various bizarre requests made by guests, including wanting a spare bed for a child’s imaginary friend and a spare room to store 200 butterflies for a wedding. Other customers asked for a bag of soil from Liverpool’s Anfield stadium, enquired how to get an honorary degree from Oxford University for a grandmother, and insisted
