Father And Daughter Accused Of Scamming Thousands Of Elderly Brits
March 13, 2008
A father and daughter team have been arrested for allegedly scamming over 15,000 British citizens out of $70m (£34.5m).
The Floridian duo are accused of being involved in a “boiler room” type of scam, which pressures individuals to invest in phony shares in public companies.
Paul Gunter, 58, and Zibiah Gunter, 25, were charged with conspiring to commit and committing mail fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, and could face up to 25 years in prison, according to Reuters.
“Thousands of British people have fallen victim to this crime - in this inquiry alone, we estimate that around 15,000 mostly elderly people have lost money,” said Deputy Chief Inspector Robert Wishart, head of the Money Laundering Unit at the City of London Police.
Sexy ghd IV ‘Thy Will Be Done’ Ad Banned
March 12, 2008
When the phrase “Thou shalt have no other gods before me” was first coined, it’s doubtful that ghd IV hair styling equipment was the golden calf in mind.
Fast forward to 2008, and the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that television advertisements for ghd IV with the catchphrase “thy will be done” may cause what they believe to be “serious offence” to Christians and have been banned from UK screens.
The ads features multiple sexy women praying for somewhat selfish goals, such as “‘May my new curls make her feel choked with jealousy” and “Make him dump her tonight and come home with me.”
At the end, the phrase “thy will be done” appears, with the letter ’t’ looking suspicously similar to a very familiar cross. The tagline “ghd. A new religion for hair” follows.
“We concluded that the eroticised images of the women apparently in prayer, in conjunction with religious symbols such as the votive candle and the rosary beads, the use of the phrase ‘thy will be done’ from the Lord’s Prayer and the image of the letter ‘t’ as the Cross of Jesus, were likely to cause serious offence, particularly to Christians,” the ASA ruled.
It took only 23 complaints to get the ads taken off the air.
Mysterious ways, indeed.
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Apple Dismisses Beatles On iTunes Reports
March 12, 2008
We certainly hope we won’t have to wait until we’re sixty-four in order to see the Beatles catalog appear on iTunes, but it looks like those reports that it’ll happen within the next few months are incorrect.
Multiple reports have surfaced within the last few days stating that the collection of Beatles tunes would be making their way to Apple’s iTunes within months, not years, and the sources were allegedly individuals who were ”close to Sir Paul McCartney”.
Paul McCartney did say in an interview with Billboard last November that “It’s down to fine-tuning, but I’m pretty sure it’ll be happening next year, 2008.”
Apple does not agree. The company referred to the talk as “unsubstantiated speculation” and told Reuters that ”this is not news nor is it a scoop.”
The Beatles are considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, bands of all time. It may not happen tomorrow, or even within months, but it’s only a matter of time before this deal does go down.