• L.A.’s Infamous ‘Squatter Mansion’ Hits the Market for $4.4 Million After a New Coat of Paint,Julie Gerstein

    L.A.’s Infamous ‘Squatter Mansion’ Hits the Market for $4.4 Million After a New Coat of Paint

    A vacant, graffiti-covered mansion in the Hollywood Hills, once overrun with squatters, has a new face-lift and is back on the market. For years, the six-bedroom, 12-bath mansion at 1754 Sunset Plaza sat empty after its owner, John Powers Middleton, appeared to abandon the property, creating a major

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  • ‘Catch Me If You Can’ Con Artist Frank Abagnale Warns AI Is Making Financial Fraud Easier Than Ever,Tristan Navera

    ‘Catch Me If You Can’ Con Artist Frank Abagnale Warns AI Is Making Financial Fraud Easier Than Ever

    Frank Abagnale believes that artificial intelligence is making it faster and simpler to commit financial fraud than ever before. Abagnale, whose exploits were featured in the Steven Spielberg film "Catch Me If You Can," has since spent 50 years helping the FBI spot fraud. He freezes his credit, does

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  • NYC Must Scrap 17,000 Pied-à-Terre Tax Notices in Court-Ordered Do-Over,Allaire Conte

    NYC Must Scrap 17,000 Pied-à-Terre Tax Notices in Court-Ordered Do-Over

    New York City must scrap roughly 17,000 notices sent to homeowners under its new pied-à-terre tax after a judge ruled officials improperly made New Yorkers prove they didn’t owe the surcharge before determining who actually did. “All previously Mailed Notices are to be cancelled,” Richmond County Su

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