Germantown man to spend years in prison after attempting to defraud Apple 

Plus: TV reality dating show includes two MoCo residents; Potomac’s Masai Russell gives insight into her track meet makeup routine

October 4, 2024 10:00 a.m.

On Wednesday, Pengfei Xue, 34, of Germantown, and Haotian Sun, 34, of Baltimore were convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and sentenced to roughly four and a half years for attempting to defraud Apple. The pair submitted counterfeit iPhones to the company to exchange them for real replacements. [WUSA 9

New ‘Love is Blind’ season includes two Montgomery County residents 

Perry Slomnicki, a realtor from Potomac, and Nick Pugh, a commercial real estate agent from Rockville are two of the 28 contestants on the latest season of Netflix’s “Love is Blind.” Contestants meet each other over blind conversations on the dating show and at the end of 10 days, propose to one another. [Montgomery County Media

Bullis School alum shares makeup routine 

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Masai Russell, an alum of Potomac’s Bullis School and recent Olympic gold medalist, shared her track meet makeup routine as she got ready for Athlos, an all-female major track meet that happened last weekend in New York City. Russell said her makeup routine and watching motivational speeches over a Chipotle bowl are part of her “pre-meet ritual.” [SELF

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