money

An Israeli woman is scouring three landfills in Tel Aviv after accidentally throwing away her mother’s life savings, worth approximately $1 million....

Harry Kakavas is likely to go down in history as the world’s biggest loser. By his own admission, he squandered over $1.5 billion (Australian Dollars) in 15 months of gambling at Melbourne’s Crown Casino....

A Norwegian man was fined a staggering 700,000 kroner ($109,000) for driving his car 400 yards with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .188. Norwegians are legally allowed to drive with a BAC of less than .02. His license was also revoked for two hears and three months. The...

Daniel Wemp, a tribesman from Papua New Guinea is seeking damages from the New Yorker over an article written by Pulitzer prize winning author Jared Diamond was published that portrayed him as a vicious, bloodthirsty rapist and killer. The lawsuit claims that Wemp and fellow tribesman Isum Mandingo did...

When Mr. Mao, a janitor from Shenzhen, China deposited 7,000 yuan (about $1000) of his earnings in an ATM and was met with an error message he became proactive....

The bodies of recently departed moneyed Serbs will be interred a little fresher in Summer, thanks to a manufacturer in Novi Sad....

I have never seen such greed and moral turpitude. This case is going to make Bernard Madoff look warm and fuzzy. – Rhonda J. Holmes, Lawyer. The $750 million that was left by Kurt Cobain to his widow Courtney Love and daughter Frances Bean has been lost by his...

Some would say that 50-year-old Sylvia Rogers’ choice of clothing for her court appearance for receiving $88,500 worth of benefits through fraud was a bad one. Her socks read, “Show me the money.” She admitted to wrongly claiming some $41,000 and stated that the socks were a “coincidence.” [Clumsy...

A woman exchanged 14 gold double eagle coins in the Zions Bank in St. George, Utah in order to pay for her Walmart shopping bill. She explained to the staff that she had groceries waiting and she promptly received the face value of the $20 coins, $280. The bank...