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Transcript: Trump Press Sec’s Vile Rants on Fox Badly Scam MAGA Voters
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 3 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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Trump’s War With Leonard Leo Could Expose a Conservative Legal Scam
Though Bove is undoubtedly conservative compared to, say, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, he is not one of the rising stars that the conservative…
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Trump’s Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged—and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam
That’s because the “big, beautiful bill” that House Republicans passed last week—which Trump has urged Senate Republicans to adopt—could…
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Transcript: Trump’s Angry Tirade at Walmart Wrecks His Own Tariff Scam
I will say it’s not just the tariffs that are potentially going to result in high prices for Americans. There are a whole host of other…
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Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
President Donald Trump’s feud with Walmart is intensifying. After the retail giant warned that its prices will go up due to Trump’s…
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Nickel scam accused’s buying spree extends to S$8 million on semi-detached house, S$2 million on art pieces: witnesses
Ng Yu Zhi spent S$8 million on a semi-detached house and splurged S$2 million on a total of 41 works of art, allegedly using the…
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Nickel scam accused Ng Yu Zhi splurged on 20-carat diamond ring, and had ‘five families’: witness
Alleged nickel fraudster Ng Yu Zhi had “five families” – his wife, ex-wife and three girlfriends – one of his former employees told the…
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Nickel scam accused paid S$7 million for 8 luxury cars and S$1 million for vintage car plate: dealer
Alleged nickel fraudster Ng Yu Zhi was said to have splurged about S$7 million on eight luxury cars – five of them transferred to his wife…
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Venture capitalist Finian Tan of US$33.3m duped in alleged nickel scam
Well-known venture capitalist Finian Tan told the High Court on Tuesday (Apr 8) that he was red-faced by the loss to alleged fraudster Ng…
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Finian Tan on US$33.3 million duped in alleged nickel scam
Well-known venture capitalist Finian Tan told the High Court on Tuesday (Apr 8) that he was red-faced by the loss to alleged fraudster Ng…
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Contributor: Why the Trump administration is easing up on crypto crime at exactly the wrong moment
The Securities and Exchange Commission is scaling back its cryptocurrency enforcement unit. Why does this matter? Because crime pervades…
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Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
Jonathan Head South East Asia Correspondent More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in…
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Italian Entrepreneurs, Fashion Businesspeople Targeted in Scam Scheme
MILAN – A pool of high-profile Italian entrepreneurs — including several fashion players, such as Giorgio Armani, Prada Group’s chairman…
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‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ Stars Kaitlyn Dever and Alycia Debnam-Carey on Belle Gibson’s ‘Captivating’ Cancer Scam and How Dever Nailed That Australian Accent
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “Apple Cider Vinegar,” now streaming on Netflix. Stories about American scammers have…
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Hit with a toll roads scam text? Here's what to do
Scammers across the U.S. are targeting drivers with phishing texts that falsely claim unpaid toll fees, exploiting fears of penalties to…
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Brad Pitt's team reminds fans he's not on social media after a woman gets big-time scammed
Brad Pitt’s representatives have responded to reports about a French woman allegedly being scammed out of more than $800,000 by a person…
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Singapore police partner banks to prevent S$73 million in potential scam losses
Two-month operation relies on robotic process automation technology to detect possible victims, enabling authorities to reach out to them…
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Alabama Man Dies by Suicide After Being Convicted of NFT 'Rug Pull' Scam
A man convicted of an NFT scam has died in an apparent suicide as he awaited sentencing over the wire fraud and money laundering charges.…
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Pennsylvania Boy, 13, Committed Suicide After Falling Victim to Sextortion Scam
The death of a 13-year-old Cumberland County boy over the summer as been ruled as a homicide due to a sextortion scam, District Attorney…
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HSBC sued by Australian regulator for bank scam loss failures
AUSTRALIA’S markets watchdog sued HSBC Bank of Australia for failing to protect customers who lost millions of US dollars in scams. HSBC…
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Australia takes HSBC to court over neglecting scam victims
(Reuters) -Australia's corporate regulator has initiated legal action against the local affiliate of the global bank HSBC, claiming it…
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Hailey Welsch could be arrested for crypto scam as law firm steps in to assist victims who lost millions
Hailey Welch, the internet sensation behind the viral "Hawk Tuah" meme, is at the center of a storm following the collapse of her new…
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Frasers Property alerted of scam accounts impersonating its subsidiaries
The group warns that these fraudulent accounts could attempt to solicit sensitive information from shareholders and the public under false…