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Ivanka Trump went with the tried and true defense when people start trying to save themselves. She blamed her father and brothers for the fraud. The Independent reported: In court documents, Ms Trump’s attorneys argue that the fraud complaint filed last year against her and her co-defendants by New York Attorney General Letitia James “does not …

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned eight Mexican companies and three members of the violent Mexican cartel, Cartel de Jaslisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), for targeting Americans and others in a timeshare fraud scam in and near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Scam …

Mark Brnovich, a Republican who served as Arizona’s attorney general until January, buried the findings of a 10,000-hour review by his office that found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, newly released documents reveal. The documents were released on Wednesday by Mr. Brnovich’s successor, Kris Mayes, …

Text messages made public through a court hearing on Thursday show some of the Fox News Network’s top hosts decrying former President Donald Trump’s advisers and their election fraud claims as “insane.” The correspondence and testimony were made available as part of an ongoing $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by …

By Brett Rowland (The Center Square) Slightly more than $1 out of every $5 distributed in unemployment insurance payments during the pandemic could have been improper, mostly fraud.  Larry Turner, the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Labor, said Wednesday that of the more than $888 billion in total federal …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, arraigned Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court Abuja.     Bello was docked alongside Abba Adauda, Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege, Iyada Sadat, Rashida Bello (at large) …

Two Nigerians, Gbemisola Akinrinade and Adebowale Adiatu, have been arrested by the Canadian police for allegedly enriching themselves with the proceeds from the sales of valid flight tickets to unsuspecting customers.   According to Canada Today, the suspects fraudulently sold more than 250 airline tickets at a value of more than $500,000 …

Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt says he is baffled over how $12.7 million of his money went missing from a local private investment firm, that authorities are investigating as part of a massive fraud.   Speaking to reporters, Friday, January 27, Bolt said he has fired his business manager, adding that …

The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, January 27, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Charles Emmanuel Afaha, a former staff of Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, before Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested four members of a fraud syndicate in Ogwashi-Uku town.    The suspects were arrested by operatives of Decoy Squad led by ASP Julius Robinson based on credible intelligence.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, …