Brothers That Stole $80 Million In Pharmaceuticals Caught!

Two brothers who were responsible for the biggest pharmaceutical theft in American history were finally caught because of  a water bottle!  Amaury and Amed Villa took 5 hours to steal $80 million in drugs in Connecticut, but one of them made the mistake of handling a bottle while there.  They are being charged for the theft in 2010.

Two brothers arrested for the biggest pharmaceutical drug theft in U.S history might have got away with it had one of them not touched a bottle of water at the scene of the crime.

Arrested in Florida on Thursday, Amaury Villa, 37 and Amed Villa, 46 are accused of stealing $80 million in drugs from a Connecticut warehouse in an elaborate scheme that could have come straight out of a Hollywood heist movie.

Brought in after a three-year FBI investigation, the crucial piece of evidence was a small bottle of water Amed touched, recovered from the 70,000 square-foot warehouse they robbed in Enfield, Connecticut.
‘As far as we know, this brazen crime was the biggest theft in the history of Connecticut and the largest theft of pharmaceuticals in the United States,’ said Connecticut U.S Attorney David B. Fein.

The cross-state investigation dubbed, ‘Operation Southern Hospitality’ led to the Villa brothers being charged in Connecticut with theft and conspiracy related to the warehouse robbery.
One of the brothers, Amaury is also charged along with 10 others in Florida with selling and conspiring to sell stolen pharmaceuticals.

And in another related charge, federal authorities in Illinois have accused Amed Villa with the theft of 3,500 cases of cigarettes, which are valued at more than eight million dollars.

‘This investigation represents the largest take-down in U.S. history involving cargo theft. The theft involves more than $100 million, including $80 million worth of pharmaceuticals,’ said John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge for FBI Miami.

Flo Rida Got Served Legal Papers Through Facebook!

So now courts serve legal documents through Facebook??  Well apparently, Flo Rida was served with some legal papers from Australian promoters via the social network. He was served the legal papers because he was compensated with $55,000 for a performance he never showed up to! Unclear if the papers were posted on his wall or inboxed to him …

Flo Rida has been served legal papers by an Australian music festival promoter through Facebook.
In March, the NSW District Court in Australia imposed a freeze on assets that the rapper has in the country. Since Flo has yet to respond, the court allowed the claim to be served to him via Facebook rather than in person; this all according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Flo Rida now must respond with a legal defense in the next 28 days and a judgment may be given if he refuses.
“We’ve painted him into a corner, now we’re confident the matter is coming to a close,” said Brett Lean, who runs Australian festival promoter Mothership Music, to the Sydney Morning Herald. “All we’ve ever wanted is an explanation and our money back and an apology.”
According to the publication, the claim seeks damages for breach of contract for his non-appearance at the concert.
The 32-year-old rapper, real name Tramar Dillard, received a $55,000 fee to perform at the Fat as Butter festival last October, but failed to show up, sparking a legal dispute.
“We tried to serve him physically on several occasions when he was out here but he got wise to it pretty quickly,” Lean said. “We couldn’t get near him in the end because he was constantly surrounded by an entourage and security so we looked into ways of serving him via Facebook because he’s very active on social media.”

New Spray That Gets You Instantly Drunk For 2 Seconds!!!

Have you ever been somewhere and needed to take the edge off for a couple seconds!? Well Here is you answer it’s called the WA|HH Quantum Sensations and it will get you drunk for a seconds.

While we’re still scratching our heads over the actual point of this latest invention, we’re also rabidly curious. The rather uncomfortably titled spray will get you automatically drunk once it’s been sprayed in your mouth and it will only last for a few seconds. Once it’s gone, you’ll be able to pass a breathalyser with flying colours. Each time you spray it in your confused mouth, you’ll be getting 0.075 mililetres of alcohol. It’s created by a French American scientist called David Edwards who claims that the specially designed spray mechanism ensures that the effect is instantaneous. The device itself was designed, and modelled above, by Philippe Starck.

Man pleads guilty to assaulting policewomenThe officers were trying to arrest him for beating up a pregnant woman

A 25-year-old man, Tunde Adebayo, on Friday in Lagos, pleaded guilty to assaulting two policewomen.



Adebayo, a sewing machine repairer, told an Ogudu Magistrate court that he beat up the police officers and prevented them from carrying out their duties.

The officers, Pauline Gabriel and Ekpe Michael, were assaulted by the suspect who was resisting arrest for allegedly beating a pregnant woman.

The prosecutor, Gbenga Salami, told the court that the incident occurred at Elebiju street in the Alapere area of Lagos.

"In an attempt to arrest the accused by the officers, he pushed them down and slapped their faces. He also tore one of the officers' uniform and attempted to run away before being re-arrested by other police officers who came on the scene," he said.

Salami added that the pregnant woman who was earlier assaulted by Adebayo, was still receiving treatment at a hospital.

Magistrate Bola Folarin-Williams adjourned the case to May 25, 2012 for sentencing

George Clooney's Barack Obama Fundraiser Drums Up Record-Breaking $12 Million

 

We all knew George Clooney could rake in dem big box-office bucks.
Apparently, he's not too shabby at pulling in political cash, either.
The superstar actor-cum-activist-cum-overall awesome guy will reportedly rustle up $12 million at his May 10 fundraising dinner for President Barack Obama in Los Angeles, scoring a record as the biggest U.S. presidential campaign fundraiser in history,
Or, let's put it this way: That's more money than what the heavily hyped The Five-Year Engagement recently made on its opening weekend.
About 150 guests are expected to attend the sold-out shindig, which is being held at Clooney's Studio City home and is costing folks a cool $40,000 a pop. (Hey, that rare house tour alone should justify the steep price tag, yes?)
The dinner itself is projected to rake in $6 million from paying guests plus an estimated $6 million from online donations, bringing the final tally to about $12 million.
The demand for tickets was so strong that the guest list was reportedly limited only to those living in Southern California. That doesn't mean the average joe can't partake, though: The Obama campaign recently announced a contest offering grassroots supporters a chance to be a guest
Clooney knows a thing or two about politics, having directed the politically charged Good Night, and Good Luck in 2005 and playing a presidential candidate in last year's The Ides of March. But his political activism extends well beyond Hollywood lip service: He was famously arrested in March for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy but was released a few hours after.

POLL: Which summer movie are you looking forward to the most?

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Are you about ready for the summer movie season to start? It's shaping up to be another huge summer at the movies, and it looks like things are kicking off early this year with The Avengers, followed by Dark Shadows and Battleship, all in May before the Memorial Day weekend. At least that's one way to beat the busy summer schedule.
So which sci-fi or fantasy movie are you most excited about seeing? The Avengers? Men in Black 3? The Amazing Spider-Man? The Dark Knight Rises? Or maybe one of the less splashy offerings?
Here's 24 of the top movie offerings this summer. Sound off and tell us what you really want to see.

poll

Which summer movie are you looking forward to the most?

The Avengers, May 4

Dark Shadows, May 11

Battleship, May 18

Men In Black 3, May 25

Chernobyl Diaries, May 25

Snow White and the Huntsman, June 1

Piranha 3DD, June 1

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, June 8

Prometheus, June 8

Jack the Giant Killer, June 15

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, June 22

Brave, June 22

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, June 22

G.I. Joe: Retaliation, June 29

The Amazing Spider-Man, July 3

Ice Age: Continental Drift, July 13

Ted, July 13

The Dark Knight Rises, July 20

Neighborhood Watch, July 27

Total Recall, August 3

ParaNorman, August 17

The Apparition, August 24

7500, August 31

The Possession, August 31

None of the above

Australian Billionaire Designing Titanic Replica

For those inclined towards superstition, an Australian billionaire is tempting fate. For those who went to view James Cameron’s Titanic 3D on opening weekend, an Australian billionaire is financing the opportunity of a lifetime.
Either way you see it, Clive Palmer announced Monday he has embarked on a voyage to develop an exact replica of the RMS Titanic–to be named Titanic II–just a few weeks after the original commemorated the 100th anniversary of its sinking.
“It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic, but…will have state-of-the-art 21^st-century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems,” Palmer told Associated Press. 
Palmer, named the fifth richest man in Australia with $5.2 billion dollars by BRW Magazine, distinguishes himself from prior attempts at recreating the iconic cruise liner by reporting he has already commissioned the Chinese CSC Jinling Shipyard to build Titanic II (he claimed in a press conference his predecessors failed to fund-raise enough for this step, The Christian Science Monitor reports).
Titanic II will be the first of four cruise ships the former real estate and mining mogul will build under the name of his newly-developed shipping company, Blue Star Pty. Ltd. Palmer and a historical research team have already begun designing the luxury liner, which will have the original’s four signature smokestacks on top for looks only. Differentiations largely occur in the ship’s underbelly, where welding will replace rivets and the ship will sport “a bulbous bow for greater fuel efficiency and enlarged rudder and bow thrusters for increased maneuverability,” Palmer said at the press conference.
Meant to be “a tribute to the spirit of the men and women who worked on the original Titanic,” Titanic II will chart her maiden voyage from England to New York–just like the original.
But while the RMS Titanic claimed the title of being the largest luxury liner at its time, its 883-foot, 1,680 passenger proportions are dwarfed by the likes of today’s title-owners–Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas boasts 1,180 feet and 2,700 cabins.
General manager for Australia and New Zealand in the International Cruise Council Brett Jardine doesn’t think size will matter in Titanic II‘s case.
“If you’ve got a niche, it’s going to work. Why go out there and try to compete with the mass market products that are out there now?” he said.
Titanic II is due to set sail sometime in 2016. No word yet on ticket sales.

Whitney Houston Hooked Up With M.J.: Pal

Michael Jackson had quite the sexual appetite, according to one of his former bodyguards. He apparently had an affair with Whitney Houston and even hooked up with Lisa Marie Presley after they divorced. Guess M.J. had "it" in more ways than one.

Over the years, Michael Jackson gained a reputation as a Peter Pan character that cherished the childish side of life. This caricature was perpetuated — understandably so — by his Neverland Ranch and penchant for hanging out with prepubescent boys. However, some people "close" to the singer are now saying that he was very much a man with a sexual appetite to match.
The latest story? One of his former bodyguards said he had a torrid affair with another dearly departed icon, Whitney Houston.
"One of the many stories that has never been told about Michael is that he had an ultra-secret affair with Whitney Houston that he never got over," Matt Fiddes told the U.K. gossip magazine The Sun (we know, we know). "They met because they were two of the biggest recording artists on the planet and mixing in the same circles. They instantly connected as kindred spirits because they understood each other’s massive fame."
The pair reportedly met in 1991 when Houston was 28. She was besotted with him — and M.J. reportedly wanted to marry her, but it ended when he found out that she had an affair with his older brother, Jermaine Jackson.
That's not the only recent revelation about the King of Pop. Jackson's ex-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, revealed to Elle in a new interview that she continued to hookup with Jackson for years after their divorce — it only stopped when she remarried in 2000.
So, it seems Michael Jackson was actually quite talented in the bedroom, apparently. We're not sure we're buying all of this (and sadly, we'll never know the absolute truth), but some of his other bodyguards wrote in a 2010 book that he had plenty of ladies circling in and out of his life.
"Being a man… men know men, and we [were] around him long enough to know he was a man," bodyguard Bill Whitfield said while promoting his book with other M.J. bodyguards, In Defense of the King.
"[He had] desires of women like we do. He had lovers," Mike Garcia added. "In the cars that we had, we had a curtain that covered the back seat. You couldn't see in the back seat. They talked back there, they didn't do nothing out of bounds… you can hear the kissing."
Interesting.

53 Year-Old Tim Karaker Fights a 21 Year-old

The other night something incredible happened. It all went down when 53 year-old Tim Karaker showed up to watch a cage-match fight, and volunteered to fill-in for a fighter that didn’t show up. Tim’s oppenent was a 21 year-old. Guess who won? Find out in the video below.
This is what decades of marriage can do to hone your fighting skills.

5 Tips for better Instagram photos

If you're like me and you're more than just a little bit addicted to Instagram, you know that some photos truly stand out in the stream. Here are 5 simple ways make your Instagram photos even better.

How to make your Instagram photos pop

Start with a clean image

Instead of taking your photos from within Instagram, take the original photo with your phone’s camera. By taking your photos with your native phone app, you will be able to keep a completely untouched photo, just in case. This frees you up to try all sorts of different effects. You’ll also be able to zoom in and crop, whereas Instagram itself doesn't offer you that flexibility.

Here are even more great iPhone camera apps >>

Play around elsewhere

Before you import your photos into Instagram, try tweaking them with another fun photo editing app first. There are a ton of great photo editing apps, but some of our favorites have built-in timers, offer a great variety of interesting effects, allow you to create collages and help you to merge photos into one panoramic image. Some of our go-to apps are Camera+, Snapseed, 100 Cameras in 1, Diptic, Dynamic Light and AutoStitch Panorama.

Layer it up

Here’s how to double or triple up on your filters within Instagram to make your photo unlike the others in your stream:

1. Import your raw photo into Instagram.
2. Apply a filter of your choice.
3. Minimize the filter options bar with the arrow on the bottom right.
4. Take a screen shot (press your off button and home button at the same time).
5. Click the x to cancel the edits and go back to the home screen to choose another photo.
6. Import the screenshot, which will have the filter you already applied.
7. Add another filter.
8. Repeat until you find the right combination.

Here are 5 fast tips for better photos >>

Rethink and reframe

When taking photos that you'll import into Instagram, try looking at your world as a square.
Once you’ve taken your photo, try taking it again from another angle — hold your camera high above your head or scoot down and take the shot from below. Your subject can look dramatically different when taken from an unusual angle.

Spot the small details

Yes, your entire subject is wonderful. Take one great shot of your subject in its entirety to capture the moment, but then take another where you capture just one small detail. Think tiny, perfect hands, cute shoes or a pretty necklace.

Don't miss these 10 photographs to capture of your kids this spring >>

Put it all together

It will definitely take a bit longer to take your photos up a notch, but by trying some or all of these helpful tips, your photos are sure to stand out in the stream.

Ex-Nigerian striker, Rashidi Yekini dies 

3m360 can confirm this evening that former African Player of the year, Rashidi Yekini is dead. He died at the age of 49,
Family sources said he died after a brief illness.
P.M.Sports gathered that Yekini would be buried in his hometown, Offa, in Kwara State Saturday.

PROFILE OF LATE RASHIDI YEKINI

Rashidi Yekini (born 23 October 1963) was a Nigerian retired footballer who played as a striker. He scored Nigeria’s first goal in a FIFA World Cup. He died on 4 May 2012.
Club careerYekini was born in Kaduna. After starting his professional career in the Nigerian league, he moved to Côte d’Ivoire to play for Africa Sports National. From there he went to Portugal and Vitória de Setúbal, where he experienced his most memorable years, eventually becoming the Portuguese first division’s top scorer, in 1993–94, as his performances (32 matches, 34 goals) earned him the title of African Footballer of the Year in 1993, the first ever from the nation.In the 1994 summer, Yekini was bought by Olympiacos FC, but did not get along with teammates and left. His career never really got back on track, not even upon a return to Setúbal, which happened after another unassuming spell, in La Liga with Sporting de Gijón. He successively played with FC Zürich, Club Athlétique Bizertin and Al-Shabab Riyadh, before rejoining Africa Sports. In 2003, at 39, he returned to the Nigerian championship with Julius Berger FC.In 2005, 41-year old Yekini made a short comeback, moving alongside former national teammate Mobi Oparaku to Gateway FC.International careerScoring 37 goals for Nigeria’s national side in 58 appearances,[1] Yekini is the national record goalscorer. He was part of the team that participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup (where he scored Nigeria’s first-ever goal in a World Cup, in a 3–0 win against Bulgaria) and the 1998 World Cup.Additionally, Yekini also helped the Super Eagles win the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, where he also topped the goal charts, and participated at Olympic level, in Seoul 1988.

Years Team App and Goals
1981–1982UNTL Kaduna1982–1984Shooting Stars1984–1987Abiola Babes1987–1990Africa Sports1990–1994Vitória Setúbal108(90)1994–1995Olympiacos4(2)1995–1996Sporting Gijón14(3)1997Vitória Setúbal14(3)1997–1998Zürich28(14)1998–1999Bizerte1999Al-Shabab1999–2002Africa Sports2002–2003Julius Berger2005Gateway

Video : Dbanj’s Interview On MAXTv (Uk)

D’banj’s interview from a week ago. he doesnt say anything about the controversy , during the interview with MAX on her radio show on Choice, they spoke about Kanye, Big Sean. Sneakbo and Kokolettes etc

AP Plaza "Car Bomb" In Abuja Plaza A Hoax

By SaharaReporters, New York

Police authorities have dismissed as a hoax a car bomb threat reported at the AP Plaza in Wuse 2 area of Abuja, Nigeria's troubled capital.
The police anti-bomb unit said nothing was found in a car parked in the premises of the AP Plaza which was reportedly rigged with bomb explosives.
A bank security alarm went off in the area after a suspicious car was parked overnight in the area, police sources said.

Deeper Life Pastor Nabbed By FBI For Conning An Elderly Woman

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed reports linking New York-based pastor and lawyer, Eric Abakporo, to “despicable” fraud: the theft of the life savings of an elderly African-American woman through deceit and lies.



Eric Abakporo, a Deeper Life pastor and attorney, and a cohort, Latanya Pierce, were arrested for swindling the 78 year-old woman and stiffing a bank with a phony $1.8 million mortgage loan. Abakporo was arrested on Monday in Queens, NY, while Pierce surrendered voluntarily.

“Through lies and deception, these individuals abused the trust of an elderly woman in order to perpetrate a multimillion dollar fraud. Now that their despicable scheme has been exposed, they will face justice,” said New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Abakporo first came across the SaharaReporters radar screen in 2010 in another case involving contracts for renovations at the Nigerian Mission in New York City. The contracts, linked to Joy Ogwu, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, were inflated, according to a petition signed by whistleblowers calling themselves “The Patriots.” SaharaReporters reported on this a few months after New York Daily News was reporting on the fraud perpetrated against the elderly woman.

The SaharaReporters story prompted the ethically challenged lawyer to turn his fury on the citizen reporting website with a lawsuit raising libel, emotional distress and other charges for which he demanded $30 million. A U.S. District Court dismissed most of Mr. Abakporo’s claims in an April 2011 decision.


The story behind the current FBI charges began in March 2006 when Abakporo cultivated a relationship with the victim who owned a Harlem apartment building. He offered to help her collect rents but actually, he pocketed them.

The two alleged con artists then persuaded the woman to sell her property for $3.1 million, giving her multiple fake and fraudulent checks which they later took back, promising to give her a “private mortgage” in the property. After weaving a web of lies around their actions, the two swindlers brought their act to a local bank, claiming they owned the building “free and clear”. For this lie, they obtained a $1.8 million mortgage which they failed to repay.

Ultimately they obtained all of the elderly woman’s assets and $1.8 million by defrauding the bank.

Charges against the two include multiple bank and wire fraud which together carry a maximum prison term of 100 years behind bars.

Abakporo is currently cooling his heels in detention until payment of a $1 million bond secured by an interest in property and co-signed by three people and secured by two properties.

UPCOMMING EVENTS: THE STAGE

THE STAGE
A monthly platform for talents to showcase and express themselves. Its open to MUSIC, COMEDY, POETRY, RAP, DANCE, SPOKEN WORD, VISUAL ART, FASHION.

Guest: DIPP, LACE, CEE Y, MAYtronomy, DJINEE, JEDI

Host: MC Ohis
Date: Sunday June 24
(Every last sunday June - Nov)
Venue: The Lounge, Koga entertainment, 2 Bolaji close, besides Mobil/Mr Biggs, Alausa ikeja

To participate send details to:
thestage@ghillsentertainment.com