The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared divided on whether to embrace a once fringe legal theory on state election laws during oral arguments in Moore v. Harper on Wednesday. The case, which is one of the most closely watched disputes of the current term, could upend how states craft and interpret their election laws. Critics...
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The Slatest No, he is not Jewish, he did not lose several employees in a mass shooting, and he was not a landlord. Rep.-elect George Santos speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting. Wade Vandervort/AFP via Getty Images By now the name George Santos should ring a bell: A bombshell investigation by the...
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Seven Thai nationals who recorded a surreptitious livestream to say they had been tricked into working for scammers in Cambodia were rescued yesterday by Thai police. Two men and five women – among the thousands of Thai nationals tricked into virtual slavery in recent years – were returned to Thailand on Wednesday after they pleaded...
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The year 2022 has shaped up to be the year of the scammer. In April, just two months after The Tinder Swindler—a story about a man who engineered a Ponzi scheme to con multiple women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars—made its Netflix debut, it became the streaming service’s most-watched documentary of all time....
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published : 6 Dec 2022 at 21:43 A police officer questions 36-year-old Srisunee Panyawat, left, who allegedly ran an illegal beauty clinic in Bang Khen district, Bangkok. (Photo: Royal Thai Police) Six women and two men have been arrested after police and health authorities raided eight illegal beauty clinics in Bangkok, Chon Buri, Samut Songkhram...
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Ben Sulayem became the successor to Jean Todt in last December’s election, and arrived at motor racing’s governing body in the days after the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But reflecting on his experiences over the past 12 months, Ben Sulayem says that there was no honeymoon period for him as he walked straight...
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After an online post raving about a Kuala Lumpur salon caught her eye, Andrea Loh's sister asked if they could pay it a visit. However, her sister's recommendation turned out to be a bad idea as it ended up being more expensive than anticipated — some RM1,400 (S$431) to be exact. In a TikTok video uploaded on Wednesday (Dec 14), the 20-year-old Singaporean said her...
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In brief Business email compromise (BEC) continues to be a multibillion-dollar threat, but it's evolving, with the FBI and other federal agencies warning that cybercriminals have started using spoofed emails to steal shipments of physical goods – in this case, food. Along with the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations and the US...
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Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has blasted drivers who are demanding an amnesty to pay outstanding traffic tickets, telling them it is a matter for the court, not the Government. Several taxi operators withdrew their services last month demanding an amnesty similar to the one that was implemented for persons to turn in illegal guns. But...
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Over the last decade, countless critics have pointed the finger at Bitcoin as being nothing more than an intelligently-orchestrated Ponzi scheme. Detractors like Brazilian computer scientist Jorge Stolfi argue that the leading decentralized cryptocurrency bears all the hallmarks of a scam named after Italian swindler Charles Ponzi. The question whether or not cryptocurrency in general...
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