Gettin in the good old gossip game… What is this TMZ??

Yesterday, two Judge’s in TX got into it… Not just an argument, some actual rough and tumble, old fashioned  fisticuffs.

The Dallas Morning News reported that 44th District Judge Carlos Cortez and his Dallas County bench mate 14th District Court Judge Eric Moyé allegedly got into an altercation on Thursday afternoon in Cortez’s chambers.

Reportedly, the altercation started over some  e-mails Cortez sent Moyé about internal court business which lead to Moyé confronting Cortez.

The assault alledgedly happened in front of a court baillif.

“A heated altercation between two Dallas County civil district court judges Wednesday afternoon is now the subject of a criminal investigation, the Sheriff’s Department said.

The confrontation between Judge Carlos Cortez of the 44th Civil District Court and Judge Eric V. Moyé of the 14th Civil District Court occurred in Cortez’s chambers.”

One source claims that there was no altercation, and one source claims there was.

“I went to talk to him about a couple of e-mails he sent, and he was verbally abusive. I pointed my finger at him and he pushed it away. That’s it,” Moyé said.

“Judge Cortez was physically assaulted by Judge Moyé in Judge Cortez’s chambers… Judge Moyé’s conduct is being investigated by the Sheriff’s Department.”

“The sheriff has decided to turn today’s alleged altercation involving two judges at George Allen over to the Texas Rangers to avoid any potential conflict of interest,” she said. “The sheriff feels it is the right decision, considering we look to the attorneys and judges for guidance in civil matters.”

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John Rempel is another man added to the list of suckers that have fallen for the Nigerian Email Scam. Though he didnt lose as much as the woman that lost $400,000 in the same type of scam, his might actually be an even worse scenario.  He flew overseas, and corresponded in person with his scammers…

A “Lawyer” contacted him by email and said he had a long lost multi-millionaire relative who had passed, had no family, and wanted to leave his money for him. There were just going to be some taxes and fees to get the 12.8 million dollars transferred to him.

“He was told to open an account at a bank in London. That required a $5,000 minimum deposit.

He became skeptical.

“His uncle gave him $10,000 cash and money for a plane ticket. He was going to London to make sure it was legitimate.”

In London, Rempel met some people and handed over the $10,000.

“Then he got an e-mail from a government department — he’s not sure which country — saying he owed $250,000 on tax on his inheritance. Rempel spoke to his contact, who told him they negotiated the fee down to $25,000.”

So guess what, good old John got his uncle to send him $25,000 more dollars. And gave them that too.

The story is not half way done, the scammers got even more out of the poor guy, with more fees and excuses.  They promised him millions in cash, but ultimately took him and his family for $150,000. You have to read the whole thing to believe it.

Money doesn’t come for free… Lesson Learned? If you want to read the whole story, check it out here

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