3 suspects in tour-stimulus scam surrender Three people accused of defrauding a tourism stimulus co-payment scheme turned themselves in to face charges at the Crime Suppression Division on Thursday night, a police source said on Friday.Monthicha Sampluem, 30, her mother Kamolwan Chanapal, 52, and her boyfriend Yothin Sanga-ngam, 27, were accused of fraud in connection…...
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TORONTO — A senior provincial employee alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million from the Ontario government is now accused of kickbacks in an alleged fraud worth at least $30 million, court documents show. TORONTO — A senior provincial employee alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million from the Ontario government is now…...
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PETALING JAYA: Advertisements popping up on the screen while you are surfing the internet or trying to send a message is a mild irritation. Most people live with it as the price of having the convenience of an online communications platform. But it becomes a problem when it also opens a way for the service…...
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A Florida man is sounding the alarm about work-from-home scams during the coronavirus pandemic after recently falling for a fraudulent re-shipping scheme.Alan Walker, who lives in Miami Gardens, lost his job as a longshoreman at the Port of Miami at the beginning of the pandemic. The father of two said he spent months looking online…...
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A Porter resident contacted police Tuesday to report that she had been scammed in her attempt to purchase a puppy through the internet and was out $1,700. The resident attempted to purchase a puppy after searching for “Dachshund puppies for sale” online. A Baltimore area phone number was involved in the communication, although the complainant…...
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Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Friday accused the new chairman of the Bar Association, Paul Harris, of abusing his position to “cheer for independence advocates”, warning that his comments on the national security law will bring 'catastrophe' to the body. It delivered the warning in a sternly-worded statement after the veteran human rights…...
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Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. The number of vehicles clamped for parking illegally in Dublin city last year declined 50 per cent, according to…...
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UPDATE 10pm UK: Riot Games has now issued the following response to the press release from the plantiffs' council Genie Harrison, shared with Eurogamer: "On Monday our Motion to Compel was granted and our arbitration agreements were once again upheld by the court. There were claims outside the scope of this motion which Riot never…...
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A doctor puts a patient on a drip. Portugal's parliament on Friday passed a law allowing medically assisted dying, putting the Catholic-majority country on course to become the fourth in Europe to legalise euthanasia.Before coming into force the bill must first be signed into law by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a staunch Catholic and…...
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Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been ordered to pay back legal fees to the SABC. (Felix Dlanagamandla) The former SABC COO was ordered to pay back R851 981.73.He was taken to court by the SIU and the SABC to recoup the public broadcaster's money that he used for personal legal fees. He was also ordered to pay the costs…...
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