Three men have received suspended prison sentences for offences relating to the illegal slaughter of sheep at a farm. Sean Burns, John Clayton and Kenneth Darren Evans were found by officers of Pembrokeshire County Council in Wales, preparing sheep carcasses, which had been slaughtered into smokies. Smokies are an illegal product created by singeing the…...
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Kentucky officials said on Tuesday that two election scams are actively targeting voters with fewer than 50 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, but one nonprofit accused of perpetrating a scam has denied the officials' allegations.Kentucky's Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron warned voters of the scams in a…...
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Author of the article:Publishing date:Sep 15, 2020 • • 1 minute readA Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Quebec provincial police have made several arrests linked to an alleged romance scam that targeted elderly people online. Photo by Paul Chiasson /THE CANADIAN PRESSArticle contentMONTREAL — Quebec provincial…...
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Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officers Hamant Sharma and Yamini Sarangi appeared before the Lokayukta Monday to plead their cases in connection with an alleged scam in the purchase of PPE kits in Odisha.Hemant Sharma, the former head of the state level purchase committee and Sarangi who was the Managing Director of Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited…...
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A 51-year-old US citizen has been charged with running a diamond and cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors claim that Jose Angel Aman, from Washington, DC., operated a fraudulent investment scheme across the United States and Canada, luring investors with promises of quick returns in the diamond trade.The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said on Friday that…...
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By Fabio Zuker, Thomson Reuters FoundationSAO PAULO, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An Amazon indigenous group that earlier turned away a planned hydroelectric dam is now battling a surge of illegal gold mining in its territory during the COVID-19 pandemic, a tribal activist said.The Sawré Muybu territory of the Munduruku indigenous people, in Brazil’s…...
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Plaintiffs in the case say a US ban on WeChat is unconstitutional and discriminatory. Photo: BloombergA group of users of the messaging app say the president’s executive order is unconstitutional and discriminates against Chinese-Americans US Department of Justice says WeChat users will not face civil or criminal penalties Topic | US-China decouplingPublished: 9:13pm, 17 Sep, 2020Updated:…...
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The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog launched an investigation into a whistleblower complaint alleging that an outside doctor performed “mass hysterectomies” on immigrant women held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at a Georgia detention facility. The Office of the Inspector General, which provides independent oversight and accountability within the U.S. Department of…...
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Three men have received suspended prison sentences for offences relating to the illegal slaughter of sheep at a farm. Sean Burns, John Clayton and Kenneth Darren Evans were found by officers of Pembrokeshire County Council in Wales, preparing sheep carcasses, which had been slaughtered into smokies. Smokies are an illegal product created by singeing the…...
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