Federal prosecutors say six defendants ran a Publishers Clearing House impersonation scheme out of Florida and Virginia, calling elderly Americans, telling them they had won millions, and collecting the "fees" by mail. The indictment landed June 2. The arrests followed within a week.
For seven years, prosecutors say, a Danbury software company's chief financial officer moved money from the company's accounts into her own and sent her CEO a weekly report that made the numbers behave. On June 4, 2026, she pleaded guilty.
Billie Conley Jr. pleaded guilty to wire fraud on June 1, 2026, after federal prosecutors said the Ridgefield Tech owner hid unauthorized remote-access software inside a funeral home's surveillance system. The cameras were watching the parking lot. Something else was watching the cameras.
The state's 2025 reform was supposed to stop towing companies from selling cars out from under their owners. A year later, lawmakers learned the machine had quieter valves they had not yet closed.