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Tag: Frauds and Swindling

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Protests in Indonesia After Presidential Election Results

May 22, 2019NYT > WorldComments Off on Protests in Indonesia After Presidential Election Results

Violence erupted in Jakarta, Indonesia, after it was announced that President Joko Widodo won re-election. Supporters of his opponent, Prabowo Subianto, accused election officials of fraud.

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Former VW C.E.O. Martin Winterkorn Is Charged by Germany in Diesel Scheme

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZEComments Off on Former VW C.E.O. Martin Winterkorn Is Charged by Germany in Diesel Scheme

Prosecutors in Germany connected the charges against Martin Winterkorn and four other managers to events that ran from 2006, when the diesel scandal was first conceived, to 2015.

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International Herald Tribune: 1894: A Conman Passing Himself Off as a Belgian Prince Is Authentic

February 25, 2019THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNEComments Off on International Herald Tribune: 1894: A Conman Passing Himself Off as a Belgian Prince Is Authentic

A man who swindled people out of millions of French francs by claiming to be a prince actually did come from one of Belgium’s grandest families.

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He Performed Surgery in Romania, but Is He a Doctor?

February 6, 2019PALKO KARASZComments Off on He Performed Surgery in Romania, but Is He a Doctor?

An Italian man adopted a new name and set himself up in Bucharest as a cosmetic surgeon. Romanian officials say he was not authorized to practice medicine.

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India Protests U.S. Detention of Students in Fake-University Sting

February 3, 2019February 4, 2019REUTERSComments Off on India Protests U.S. Detention of Students in Fake-University Sting

New Delhi said several Indian students had been unwittingly caught up in an operation intended to expose visa fraud.

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Everest Fraud Leads Insurers to Threaten a Boycott Unless Nepal Cracks Down

January 25, 2019KAI SCHULTZComments Off on Everest Fraud Leads Insurers to Threaten a Boycott Unless Nepal Cracks Down

An elaborate scheme centered on helicopter rescues from Everest and nearby peaks has defrauded millions of dollars from insurance companies.

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Fyre Festival’s Organizers Didn’t Pay a Restaurant Owner, So GoFundMe Donors Stepped In

January 22, 2019LAURA M. HOLSONComments Off on Fyre Festival’s Organizers Didn’t Pay a Restaurant Owner, So GoFundMe Donors Stepped In

With two documentaries bringing new attention to the 2017 music festival disaster, people raised more than $167,000 for a Bahamian restaurant owner who was exploited.

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Congo Says Felix Tshisekedi Won Election, Rebuffing Independent Review

January 9, 2019January 10, 2019KIMIKO de FREYTAS-TAMURAComments Off on Congo Says Felix Tshisekedi Won Election, Rebuffing Independent Review

Outside observers said another presidential candidate, Martin Fayulu, was the runaway winner. Mr. Fayulu called the official results an “electoral swindle.”

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Finnish Lawmaker Accused of Claiming Sauna as His 2nd Home

December 22, 2018REUTERSComments Off on Finnish Lawmaker Accused of Claiming Sauna as His 2nd Home

The police are investigating whether Ville Vahamaki cheated Parliament out of 13,000 euros after claiming allowances for a second home that turned out to be a Helsinki sauna.

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After German Journalism Scandal, Critics Are ‘Popping the Corks’

December 20, 2018KATRIN BENNHOLDComments Off on After German Journalism Scandal, Critics Are ‘Popping the Corks’

“Spiegelgate” comes at a moment when public trust in journalism is already low, and far-right politicians have seized on the case to justify their “fake news” accusations.

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