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Woman pleads guilty to 'stupid' fraud
Chicago Tribune ^ | June 30, 2011 | Art Barnum

Posted on 07/03/2011 11:55:25 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

The way Bridgette Buckner told the story, her husband was an FBI agent who was mortally wounded in the line of duty in 2008.

The Bartlett resident provided details of his death to a security official investigating her claim on a $15,000 death benefit.

What Buckner didn’t know was that the official himself had once worked for the FBI.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: buckner; fraud
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Does she have to reimburse her fellow employees for the flowers?
1 posted on 07/03/2011 11:55:29 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Ewwwwwww. That’s all I could muster.


2 posted on 07/03/2011 12:01:39 PM PDT by NoGrayZone ("Islamophobia: The irrational fear of being beheaded." Andrew Klavan of PJTV)
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There are some very devious people amongst us.
3 posted on 07/03/2011 12:07:33 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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The Smoking Gun MARCH 9--Meet Alice Regina Pike. The 35-year-old Georgia woman must think Wal-Mart cashiers are rather dumb, because she actually just tried to pass a $1 million bill at one of the retail chain's megastores.

According to this amusing Covington Police Department report, Pike was attempting to pay for $1671.55 in merchandise, but a Wal-Mart clerk called over her manager when she was handed the bogus bill (instead of handing over $998,328.45 in change).

As first reported by Joey Peters of the Newton Citizen, Pike was arrested for forgery and booked into the sheriff's lockup, where the below mug shot was taken. Pike, who told cops that her husband had given her the $1 million bill, was found to have two more phony seven-figure notes in her purse.

4 posted on 07/03/2011 12:08:07 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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“Buckner filed for a death benefit from the company on April 30, 2008, claiming her daughter died earlier that month, and she was given $10,000 after producing what turned out to be a false Cook County death certificate.
Then on Sept. 25, 2008 she filed a claim for $15,000 death benefit, claiming her husband died on Sept. 17, 2008.
“There was no obituary and company officials grew suspicious...”


5 posted on 07/03/2011 12:09:37 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Proud to be a (small) monthly donor.)
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To: He Rides A White Horse

And the looks of a celeb to match. /sarc.


6 posted on 07/03/2011 12:11:31 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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My post is a different story than the one posted. They still share an enormous stupidity.


7 posted on 07/03/2011 12:13:27 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: He Rides A White Horse

I meant it about Alice Regina Pike, I entered the name in a Google search.


8 posted on 07/03/2011 12:16:14 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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$1M notes will be common during Jughead's 2nd term. They will be called Weimars
9 posted on 07/03/2011 12:17:54 PM PDT by seton89 (Aequinimitas per ignorantiam)
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I’m sorry. She looks as sharp as a bowling ball.


10 posted on 07/03/2011 12:19:31 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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$1M notes will be common during Jughead's 2nd term. They will be called Weimars

That's a great one. Heh heh. Weimars. At the rate he prints money, Monopoly dollars will be worth more money.

11 posted on 07/03/2011 12:22:52 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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Phony million

Alice Regina Pike

12 posted on 07/03/2011 12:26:13 PM PDT by Bullish (The golfer takes all the credit and gives the jet fighter pilot all the blame.)
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Phony million

Alice Regina Pike

13 posted on 07/03/2011 12:27:52 PM PDT by Bullish (The golfer takes all the credit and gives the jet fighter pilot all the blame.)
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14 posted on 07/03/2011 12:30:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Alice Regina Pike, she looks like a million bucks to me!

The touch I lie is that the million dollar bill appears to be well used, like it’s been in a bunch of people’s wallets.


15 posted on 07/03/2011 12:42:34 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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How stupid are you when you do this? It’s amazing. Gawd.


16 posted on 07/03/2011 12:47:19 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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I can’t tell if that pic is pre-op or post op.


17 posted on 07/03/2011 12:53:09 PM PDT by isom35
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To: He Rides A White Horse

The million dollar bill thing was tried at a local grocery store here and the store just told her to leave. They didn’t call the cops. They said had she come back in they would have.

You have to give pity to the really stupid...


18 posted on 07/03/2011 1:15:15 PM PDT by DB
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You have to give pity to the really stupid...

Where do these people come from? "I'll get your change, here you go.....Please come again.

19 posted on 07/03/2011 1:27:29 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: Bullish

That’s a MAN, Baby”!!!!!


20 posted on 07/03/2011 2:03:11 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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