Earlier this week, Amazon Prime customers were treated to the 48 hour Prime Day event. Prices were slashed on thousands of products. Headphones, TVs, laptops and kitchen appliances were just some of the discounted items. Shoppers rushed to the site to bag some early Christmas presents. Police in the north east have now issued a…...
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U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas, with the help of local law enforcement, arrested nearly 300 suspected illegal immigrants in a span of 18 hours last week, according to authorities.Agents shut down stash houses and foiled alleged smuggling attempts during four separate incidents that saw a total of 294 suspects arrested for trying to sneak into the U.S., according to authorities.At…...
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations officers execute criminal search warrants and arrest more than 100 company employees on federal immigration violations at a trailer manufacturing business in Sumner, Texas, August 28, 2018. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Handout via Reuters ) The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security on Tuesday announced new regulations barring…...
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The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging the company ensures search dominance by securing contracts to restrict distribution of competitors. The complaint is very similar to an aspect of the antitrust lawsuit filed against Microsoft decades ago. While the cases share similarities, experts including Gary Reback, the lawyer who…...
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Farmers have pilloried the Federal Government for ruling out an illegal worker amnesty that would allow undocumented workers to come forward without fear of being deported.Key points: The Government has ruled out an amnesty on illegal workers Some farmers have been calling for an amnesty to clean up the industry, and allow undocumented workers to…...
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Website of the YearWorld20 Oct, 2020 02:00 AM2 minutes to readCNN legal analyst and New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin. Photo / AP fileAuthor-commentator Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended by the New Yorker and is stepping away from his job as CNN's senior legal analyst pending what the cable network is calling a "personal matter".Vice reported…...
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Updated 14 hours ago · Published on 20 Oct 2020 11:08PM · TWO individuals detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) over money-laundering recently are believed to be scam syndicate coordinators targeting victims from China. Bukit Aman CID director Huzir Mohamed said both men, known as Addy Kanna and Goh Leong Yeong, were coordinators and…...
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The US Justice Department on Thursday charged billionaire software tycoon Robert Brockman with tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering, and other offenses. Brockman, 72, of Houston, Texas, and Pitkin County, Colorado, is the CEO of auto-dealership software maker Reynolds & Reynolds. He is alleged to have participated in a two-decade-long scheme to hide $2bn in…...
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Hit by the fake TRP scam, TV ratings computing body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Saturday said it believes channels are committed to maintaining a clean ecosystem and its efforts presently are focused on "individuals" responsible for infiltrating homes to influence the data. The body said it is also cooperating with the probe by…...
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Last Updated: 14th October, 2020 14:46 IST The Enforcement Directorate has sent a notice to tainted IAS officer and former Principal Secretary of Kerala M Shivashankar for questioning on Oct 14 The Enforcement Directorate has sent a notice to tainted IAS officer and former Principal Secretary of Kerala M Shivashankar for questioning on Wednesday. Shivashankar…...
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