Topic: Fraud & Corruption — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-27 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced a sweeping enforcement action targeting suspected pandemic-era loan fraud, referring more than 562,000 borrowers tied to $22.2 billion in delinquent loans to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection, according to the Small Business Association. The move marks the largest referral package in the agency’s history and signals a major escalation in federal efforts to recover funds distributed through COVID-19 relief programs.
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[2026-04-27 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra has been trying to swat down his ties to an alleged fraud case, as he seemingly struggles to answer the questions it poses about his financial stewardship.
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[2026-04-27 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On April 17, The Atlantic published an anonymously sourced hit piece against FBI Director Kash Patel - painting him as a blackout-drunk, paranoid, and erratic executive barely capable of running the nation's premier law enforcement agency. Three days later, a federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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[2026-04-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [The West Report] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: by Michael West | Apr 26, 2026 | The West Report
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[2026-04-26 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Expect the fight against fraud to dominate the Republican agenda in Congress and on the campaign trail in the months ahead: It’s past time to stop the theft of tens and even hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars from programs meant to help the sick, needy and otherwise vulnerable.
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[2026-04-26 01:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The wife of hotelier and Waverly Inn partner Sean MacPherson got so smashed at the downtown hotspot she tried to lock lips with the maitre d — and then tried to bribe him into silence, a lawsuit claims.
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[2026-04-25 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested a Somali illegal immigrant who authorities say is linked to a past piracy case and faces an outstanding warrant for passport fraud.
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[2026-04-25 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-25 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s anti-scam work must continue to evolve as scammers exploit new vulnerabilities with AI and seemingly limitless imagination
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[2026-04-25 08:45 UTC+10:00] [ICAC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s anti-scam work must continue to evolve as scammers exploit new vulnerabilities with AI and seemingly limitless imagination
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[2026-04-25 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal authorities are trying to seize a palatial $30 million Beverly Hills mansion after filing a civil complaint alleging its Kurdish general owner defrauded the government to buy it.
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[2026-04-25 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An Australian entrepreneur who launched a prominent vegan chicken nugget startup has been accused of strangling his social media star girlfriend inside a luxe Manhattan hotel — where he was allegedly hiding out from claims he fleeced investors in his crypto company, The Post has learned.
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[2026-04-25 04:20 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has opened an investigation into former EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson.
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[2026-04-25 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-04-25 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was indicted on Tuesday for allegedly engaging in fraud and money laundering when it transferred $3 million in donors' funds to field sources that were leaders and organizers in white supremacist and neo Nazi groups, according to American law enforcement officials.
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[2026-04-25 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Friday rejected a police request for an arrest warrant for music tycoon Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, questioning whether detention is necessary as he faces a high-profile investigation into alleged investor fraud.
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[2026-04-25 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The EU's anti-fraud office has begun a formal investigation into Lord Peter Mandelson, who was sacked as UK ambassador to the US over his ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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[2026-04-25 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to lower auto insurance rates by cracking down on fraud is one of the hurdles keeping Albany from passing a budget, which is now nearly a month late.
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[2026-04-24 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tim Leissner, the disgraced onetime star banker for Goldman Sachs who was sentenced to prison for his role in the 1MDB scandal, has reportedly filed for divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons.
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[2026-04-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -A Thai solider inspects a work station inside a scam center in O’Smach, Cambodia, Feb. 2, 2026, (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit), File)
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[2026-04-24 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The sanction freezes all US assets linked to Senator Kok An and his named associates, and bars any American national from dealing with them
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[2026-04-24 19:19 UTC+10:00] [Myanmar] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The sanction freezes all US assets linked to Senator Kok An and his named associates, and bars any American national from dealing with them
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[2026-04-24 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump on Friday called for the 2020 election to be “permanently wiped from the books” if the Southern Poverty Law Center is convicted of making fraudulent payments totaling $3 million to members of white supremacist groups the organization claimed to fight.
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[2026-04-24 15:36 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A young Perth man accused of an elaborate Ponzi-style investment scam has pleaded not guilty, two years after his arrest on multiple counts of fraud.
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[2026-04-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industrial-scale malware is replacing ‘pig-butchering’ as Cambodia’s scam hubs pivot to high-speed digital heists
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[2026-04-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Sihanoukville] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industrial-scale malware is replacing ‘pig-butchering’ as Cambodia’s scam hubs pivot to high-speed digital heists
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[2026-04-24 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Eight months after the collapse of an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a third of the victims will obtain a $6.7 million settlement.
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[2026-04-24 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The first season of BritBox‘s After The Flood was all over the place, trying to cram a climate-change disaster story into a murder mystery that included corrupt cops. It was a lot and not all of it worked. The second season takes place a year after the events of the first.
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[2026-04-24 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shrugged off the fraud scandal in his state during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel’s show on Wednesday, and said it was an excuse by Republicans to demonize the immigrant community.
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[2026-04-24 06:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Department of the Treasury has announced sanctions against the Cambodian Senator Kok An, accusing the politician of using his influence and connections to protect a network of scam operators.
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[2026-04-24 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s Government has launched a multi-agency local and international investigation into a sophisticated cyber fraud targeting Treasury payment communications.
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[2026-04-24 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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[2026-04-24 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: As much as a tenth of NDIS payments are lost to integrity issues, the disability agency estimates. (ABC News: Patrick Stone)
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[2026-04-24 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The CEO of a California hospice advocacy group told congressional lawmakers Tuesday that fraud in the industry is flourishing across the state, questioning how numerous fraudulent providers can continue to operate under the nose of regulators.
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[2026-04-24 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-04-24 01:00 UTC+10:00] [National disability insurance scheme] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Who will be eligible, whether decisions can be challenged and how fraud will be weeded out are just some of the unsettled details
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[2026-04-24 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A House GOP chairman is demanding the CEO of ActBlue publicly answer questions about reports that the Democratic fundraising platform loosened fraud safeguards to accept potentially “fraudulent and illegal political donations.”
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[2026-04-23 20:09 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-23 17:39 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
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[2026-04-23 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Judith Neilson's former secretary has been charged with fraud offences. (Supplied: Tim Carrafa/NGV)
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[2026-04-23 17:04 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-23 16:57 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.
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[2026-04-23 16:50 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Annalouise Spence, who has been charged with defrauding her former boss, billionaire philanthropist Judith Neilson, of more than $1.6 million, has been refused bail.
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[2026-04-23 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A viral video blowing up online is exposing a messy web of alleged ticket fraud involving influencers — and the internet is absolutely loving the drama.
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[2026-04-23 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 300 foreign nationals flock to Malaysia in pursuit of justice over the ‘High Inspirations’ scam
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[2026-04-23 13:34 UTC+10:00] [Bank Negara Malaysia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 300 foreign nationals flock to Malaysia in pursuit of justice over the ‘High Inspirations’ scam
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[2026-04-23 13:33 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Annalouise Spence allegedly used credit card to make ‘unauthorised purchases of luxury and personal items, including clothing, artwork and jewellery’
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[2026-04-23 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of additional criminal charges for large-scale illegal recruitment and estafa against London-based Italian entrepreneur Adel En Nouri and several others in connection with an alleged recruitment scam.
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[2026-04-23 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-04-23 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Andrea Bartzen — the woman accused in a bombshell exposé of posing as a “Cartier heiress” to infiltrate elite circles — isn’t hiding.
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