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In April 2017, a March 2016 article recirculated, appearing to report that a Chicago-area janitor had collected $20 million in benefits by taking out life insurance policies on several teenagers who were later murdered: Another version had a footnote suggesting that But That's None of My Business had pulled the story from the more prolific CelebTriCity, a fake news network. The article's image was taken from a 28 August 2015 news report about the arrest of a man named David Pope, not an Illinois janitor named Michael Myers. Pope was arrested for allegedly kidnapping (and feeding) a man he thought was homeless. Although But That's None of My Business, CelebTriCity, and similar outfits rarely carry disclaimer notices warning readers the content they publish is fake news, all of the sites are known hoax purveyors. The item seemingly seeks to play off the belief that Chicago is excessively violent and dangerous, and also looks to be a variation on a controversial practice known as dead peasant insurance.
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