CNN — British Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrived in Rwanda on Saturday to discuss a controversial agreement which will see the UK deport asylum seekers deemed to have arrived illegally to the African nation. The scheme is mired in legal difficulties – no one has yet been deported – and …
Read More »Man Accused In $83.6 Million Fraudulent COVID-19 Testing Scheme Out On Bond
By Brett Rowland (The Center Square) A man federal prosecutors allege is responsible for an $83.6 million fraudulent COVID-19 testing scheme is out on bond after putting up the deed to his 5,600-square-foot suburban Chicago home. Prosecutors don’t just want the home, which is worth at least $865,000. They are seeking $83,578,387.89. …
Read More »Nigeria launches domestic card scheme to boost cashless economy
The move is part of the central bank’s moves to reduce cash flow within the borders of Africa’s biggest economy. Nigeria’s central bank has launched a domestic card scheme to rival foreign cards like Mastercard and Visa, hoping to enhance its drive to make Africa’s biggest economy a cashless society …
Read More »CBN to ban dollar charges on card transactions, unveils national domestic card scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in conjunction with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), has launched the Nigerian National Domestic Card Scheme named, AfriGo, aimed at creating a more robust payments system that would drive financial inclusion in the country. The move by the apex bank on Thursday, January …
Read More »Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for 15-year scheme to dodge taxes
The Trump Organization was hit with $1.6 million in fines Friday when a New York judge sentenced it for running a 15-year tax fraud scheme by giving executives perks such as cars, rent-free apartments, and private school tuition fees. Trump Corp. and Trump Payroll Corp. — both subsidiaries of the Trump …
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Read More »Your Wednesday Briefing: Trump Organization Convicted in Tax Fraud Scheme
Trump Organization found guilty in tax fraud scheme Donald Trump’s family real estate business was convicted yesterday of tax fraud and other financial crimes, a remarkable rebuke of the former president’s company and what prosecutors described as its “culture of fraud and deception.” The conviction on all 17 counts, after …
Read More »Trump and Two of His Adult Children Had Role in Tax Fraud Scheme: Ex-CFO Testifies
Donald Trump and two of his adult children allegedly participated in a tax fraud scheme, former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg testified on Thursday. CBS News reported, “Weisselberg said Donald Trump, or at times Eric Trump or Donald Trump Jr., signed checks to pay up to $100,000 for …
Read More »US court sentences Nigerian man to 8 years in prison for fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims
U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang has jailed a Nigerian man, Oluwaseyi Akinyemi, a/k/a “Paddy Linkin”, a/k/a “Joseph Kadin”, for elderly fraud and Covid-19 Unemployment fraud scheme Akinyemi, 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was sentenced on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, to eight years in federal prison, followed by three years …
Read More »Tesla CEO, Elon Musk and companies sued for $258bn over alleged Dogecoin ?pyramid scheme?
Elon Musk and two of his companies, Tesla and SpaceX, are facing a $258 billion lawsuit after an investor claimed he was “defrauded” by a Dogecoin “pyramid scheme.” The investor, Keith Johnson, has named the entrepreneur, as well as his companies Tesla and SpaceX, in the lawsuit filed in federal court in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, …
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