Offers of free office equipment to African American churches are cons that may wipe out the churches' bank accounts, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The warning was issued Friday after recent incidents in which several churches were offered computers that church staff were told would be paid for by a "sponsor." The staff were told to sign a lease for the equipment and deposit checks from the sponsor to cover the checks.

The Interpol and local police in Hong Kong are helping New Zealand police track down a couple who fled with $6.1 million mistakenly transferred to their checking account by a Westpac bank.

"Enquiries to locate those individuals are continuing through Interpol in Hong Kong and official channels in Beijing," said Detective Senior Sergeant David Harvey of the Rotorua police in New Zealand's North Island, according to Cnn.com.

A pastor, his wife and a fire captain have been arrested by FBI agents in Miami and have been charged in a 59-count indictment involving drug dealing and mortgage fraud.

Defendants Garry Souffrant, 33, and Yvonne Souffrant, 33, husband and wife, both of Davie, FL, Gamaliel Souffrant, a/k/a Neal Souffrant, 44, Garry Souffrant's brother, of Pembroke Pines, FL, and their company, Progressive Real Estate of Broward, Inc., have all been charged in connection with a long term mortgage fraud scheme designed to launder drug money.

The couple who had sex in Britain's Queen Elizabeth's front garden fear their drunken illegal romp could cost them their jobs.

Joy Taylor and Phil Carden - who stunned tourists when they stripped off and had sex in broad daylight on a private grass bank at Windsor Castle, where the 83-year-old monarch was in residence - are worried their employers will give them the sack for bringing their companies into disrepute.

The decades old tradition of Palm Beach's elite storing their furs and vintage wine at First National's cool vault during those humid summer months is over.

A letter from Yanneth Villarreal, the retail banking director at the bank, which is now part of Wachovia, broke the bad news to customers, who have until 4 p.m. Thursday to gather their furs and wines from the bank's storage, the Palm Beach Post reported.