A garage worker has been sentenced by a Leicestershire court for running a secret card scam from a village petrol station.
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Garage Worker Emptied Hundreds of Bank Accounts By Cloning Neighbours' Cards
(via www.money.co.uk)
Submitted by digitalfever on Wed, 2008-08-06 07:48. | Tags: business | card | credit | crime | criminal | money | scam
Green Scorpions' environmental crime fighting training to be extended
(via www.greenclippings.co.za)
South Africa's environmental crime fighters, the Green Scorpions, have been so successful that a partnership with the United Kingdom to train them will be extended by two years.
Submitted by africaninformer on Fri, 2008-04-04 10:56. | Tags: take action | crime | emissions | environmental justice | pollution
The Nevada Tree Massacre – senior citizen gets five years in prison
(via www.latimes.com)
He secretly cut down more than 500 trees because they blocked his view of the Strip in Las Vegas. Now the man who did it got sentenced.
Submitted by hyena on Tue, 2008-01-15 18:26. | Tags: nature | crime | felling trees | las vegas
He did it for the view -- Nevada man killed more than 500 trees to see the Strip in Las Vegas
(via www.latimes.com)
A Nevada man from an upscale retirement community just South of Las Vegas did not like the way greenery was blocking his city views. He now faces up tp 35 years in prison for secretly wiping out hundreds of trees.
Submitted by hyena on Wed, 2007-12-05 01:04. | Tags: nature | crime | las vegas | tree killers
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