A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday by Donald Trump supporters who sought to inspect absentee ballots from last year’s presidential election, a decision that came a day after Georgia investigators told the court they were unable to find any counterfeit ballots. Superior Court Judge Brian Amero’s ruling ended the last remaining
The Dutch government has resigned amid a scandal that saw thousands of families wrongly accused of child welfare fraud. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the Cabinet’s resignation in an address Friday, saying that responsibility for the scandal “ultimately rests with the incumbent Cabinet and nowhere else.” Under the scandal,
Defendant allegedly failed to disclose his work for the People’s Republic of China to U.S. Department of Energy A professor and researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was charged and arrested today in connection with failing to disclose contracts, appointments and awards from various entities in the People’s Republic
Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the CDC, and Dr. Deborah Birx — the Coronavirus Coordinator for the White House — were the targets of a damning Department of Defense investigation after colleagues in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force blew the whistle on scientific fraud during clinical trials
Some 470,000 diesel car owners in Germany are seeking refunds from Volkswagen over emission tests cheating. Hearings began with the automaker rejecting the judge’s call to settle the case, citing a lack of legal grounds. The scandal, which has already cost the German carmaker $32.7billion (€30bn), first broke in 2015
The website gefraud.com, started by forensic accountant Harry Markopolos, appears to be gone. This was the site where interested stakeholders could download the Markopolos report, which alleged GE’s accounting for its long term care insurance business, among other things, was fraudulent. The charges set off a wild month of trading
Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives arrested one of their own troopers Tuesday on charges of sexual abuse, extortion, kidnapping, harassment and fraud, AZDPS Col. Frank Milstead said at a news conference.Tremaine Jackson, 43, an AZDPS trooper for about 13 years, used his position of authority to “bargain leniency for
The US Department of Defense’s (DoD) finances are so labyrinthine and full of invented numbers that it’s impossible to detect cases of rampant fraud and criminality from the books, journalist Matt Taibbi told RT’s Lee Camp. Taibbi recently delved into the intricacies of the Pentagon’s finances to find out how
The number of US one hundred dollar notes has doubled since the financial crisis to more than 12 billion across the world, the latest US Federal Reserve data shows. Experts believe the surge could be linked to global corruption. C-notes ($100) have passed $1 bills in circulation, Deutsche Bank chief
A Moscow district court has ordered the detention of the founder and senior partner of Baring Vostok private equity, as part of an ongoing inquiry into fraud allegations. Other employees were also taken into custody. Michael Calvey, a US citizen, was detained in the Russian capital on Friday along with
