Corruption
If Trump declares victory before votes are counted, ‘it will fail,’ Harris campaign says
Former US President Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives, more than 3 hours late, to a campaign rally in Traverse City, Michigan on October 25, 2024. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images A senior official in the presidential campaign of Kamala Harris said Friday they “fully expect” Donald Trump to declare victory before votes […]
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Pennsylvania is a hotbed of Trump, GOP election conspiracies
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign event at the Drexelbrook Catering and Event Center, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 29, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday baselessly claimed that Pennsylvania is “cheating” at “large scale levels,” escalating his spread of election […]
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Election win for Russia-friendly party in Georgia sets the stage for protests and possible violence
Citizens and Georgian Dream Party supporters, carrying flags of Georgia and the Georgian Dream Party, attend the Georgian Dream Party’s election rally. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Mass protests are expected in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Monday after the ruling, Russia-friendly party Georgian Dream claimed victory in a contentious parliamentary election this […]
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Harris leads Trump by 20 points with younger Americans, new CNBC Generation Lab survey finds
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with members of the press on board Air Force Two at Philadelphia International Airport, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Philadelphia, before departing to Michigan. Jacquelyn Martin | Via Reuters Exactly two weeks before Election Day, a new CNBC Generation Lab survey finds that Vice President Kamala Harris […]
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Peru ex-President Toledo convicted of bribe-taking, sentenced to 20 years in prison
Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo appears in court next to his lawyer Roberto Su for sentencing during his trial on charges of corruption related to the Brazilian company Odebrecht, in Lima, Peru, October 21, 2024. Gerardo Marin | Reuters Peruvian former President Alejandro Toledo was convicted of taking bribes from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and sentenced to 20 years and six months […]
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Prabowo takes up Indonesian presidency, vows to tackle corruption, other issues
Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, waves to photographers as he leaves after attending a dialog held by country’s anti-graft agency Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at its headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2024. Willy Kurniawan | Reuters Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto on Sunday took over as president of the world’s third-largest democracy, vowing to combat internal issues such as corruption that […]
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RTX subsidiary Raytheon to pay more than $950 million to settle foreign bribery, export control fraud probes
The Raytheon Technologies, recently renamed RTX Corporation, headquarters building is seen at dusk on January 20, 2024, in Arlington, VA. J. David Ake | Getty Images The Raytheon subsidiary of defense contractor RTX agreed Wednesday to pay more than $950 million to settle Department of Justice investigations into an alleged government contract fraud scheme, violations […]
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Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency recipient to be arrested
Philip Esformes booking photo by Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Source: Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Philip Esformes, whose 20-year prison sentence for a massive, $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme was commuted in 2020 by then-President Donald Trump, was arrested over the weekend in Florida on domestic-violence related charges. Esformes is at least the seventh […]
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Prosecutors seek years in prison for Trump Media insider trading Shvartsman brothers
Michael Shvartsman walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, U.S. July 20, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Prosecutors are asking a New York federal court judge to sentence two brothers to years in prison for their admitted insider trading in a blank-check company’s securities before it announced a planned […]
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Horst Jicha skips bail in $150 million USI Tech crypto fraud case in New York
Horst Jicha discussing cryptocurrency. Source: Team Business Global | YouTube A German national who was under home detention in New York City on a $5 million bond guaranteed by his domestic partner and children in a case in which he was charged with overseeing a $150 million cryptocurrency fraud is now a fugitive. “There’s a […]
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