Topic: Fraud & Corruption — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 23:19 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police crackdown across 10 jurisdictions finds city accounts for US$319 million, or 42 per cent of the total losses
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[2026-05-20 20:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-20 20:26 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-20 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 14:58 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-05-20 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 12:23pm
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[2026-05-20 11:27 UTC+10:00] [What's the scam?] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-05-20 10:26 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The charges against Olympic swimmer Neil Brooks and his wife have been dropped, almost a decade after they were charged.
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[2026-05-20 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Dozens of suspected scammers and romance fraudsters have been arrested after specialist financial investigators uncovered organised networks of criminals operating across the UK and Nigeria.
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[2026-05-20 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.
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[2026-05-20 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury has acquitted two business executives of charges that they conspired to bribe a retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral, who is now serving a six-year prison sentence for his conviction on corruption charges.
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[2026-05-20 03:05 UTC+10:00] [Balkans] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ATHENS — Greece’s government has submitted legislation to effectively block European prosecutors from investigating parliamentarians — a highly sensitive subject because of a major probe into political involvement in a massive farm fraud scandal.
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[2026-05-19 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference regarding developments in the Trump Administration’s anti-fraud efforts, at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-05-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-19 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The legal woes of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani in the U.S. are nearing an end as authorities move to close investigations on charges of bribery, fraud, and buying Iranian-sanctioned energy against the businessman and his firm.
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[2026-05-19 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a verdict hailed by federal officials as a major blow against one of the most egregious health care fraud operations in Florida history, a jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Brett Blackman, 42, of Johnson County, Kansas, on multiple conspiracy charges related to a sprawling scheme that bilked Medicare and other federal programs out of more than $1 billion.
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[2026-05-19 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-19 08:04 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Celebrity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Madrid: A Spanish court has acquitted Shakira in a tax fraud case, ordering the government to return more than €55 million ($89.4 million) in wrongly imposed fines, a court document seen by The Associated Press on Monday (Madrid time) said.
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[2026-05-19 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A marketing executive generated fake invoices to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia to swindle $2.4 million from a finance company and spent almost $100,000 on online gambling before his scheme was uncovered.
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[2026-05-19 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-19 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Adani, one of the world’s richest people, had been accused in 2024 of paying huge bribes to ensure the success of a solar project in India
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[2026-05-19 03:01 UTC+10:00] [US Securities and Exchange Commission] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Adani, one of the world’s richest people, had been accused in 2024 of paying huge bribes to ensure the success of a solar project in India
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[2026-05-19 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gautam Adani, Indian billionaire and chairman of Adani Group, presides over the 51st Gems and Jewelry awards function in Jaipur, India, on Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-05-19 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority will begin rolling out prefixes next week, reducing the risk of people not answering calls due to scam fears
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[2026-05-19 02:28 UTC+10:00] [Hospital Authority] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority will begin rolling out prefixes next week, reducing the risk of people not answering calls due to scam fears
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[2026-05-19 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Money the Colombian singer paid in fines - plus interest - will be paid back to her after a lengthy dispute over residency
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[2026-05-18 22:53 UTC+10:00] [José Luís Prada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Money the Colombian singer paid in fines - plus interest - will be paid back to her after a lengthy dispute over residency
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[2026-05-18 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Shauki Abu Latif, who was elected head of the Rama Local Council and later suspended amid legal proceedings, was convicted by the Haifa District Court on Monday after admitting, as part of a plea agreement, to assisting extortion by threats, fraud, and breach of trust.
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[2026-05-18 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CEBU CITY — A Cebuano business process outsourcing executive admitted before a United States federal court that he participated in a multi-million dollar publishing and film adaptation fraud scheme that victimized more than 800 aspiring authors across the US.
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[2026-05-18 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Shakira performs during the Global Citizen Festival in New York on Sept. 27, 2025. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-05-18 18:49 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Allan government and Victoria Police are at loggerheads over whether transport department officials formally reported to police a $6 million fraud allegedly attempted by a contractor on the Metro Tunnel rail project.
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[2026-05-18 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dr. Mehmet Oz is fast becoming a taxpayer’s dream at the helm of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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[2026-05-18 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An accused sleazy loose-lipped developer boasted that he controlled a Brooklyn courthouse — just a day before the feds carted him off to the jailhouse, according to shocking court revelations.
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[2026-05-18 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLOMBO — A surge in arrests of suspected foreign scammers in Sri Lanka has authorities concerned that the island is fast becoming a hub for online crime, following sweeping crackdowns in hotspots Cambodia and Myanmar.
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[2026-05-17 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police have obtained footage of the video conference linked to the sophisticated scam impersonating Wong, President Tharman and other officials
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[2026-05-17 17:47 UTC+10:00] [United Arab Emirates] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Police have obtained footage of the video conference linked to the sophisticated scam impersonating Wong, President Tharman and other officials
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[2026-05-17 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- Two South Koreans who were held captive in Cambodia in scam-related incidents have been rescued in separate operations conducted through cooperation between South Korean and Cambodian authorities, police said Sunday.
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[2026-05-17 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Minnesota “mastermind” of the state’s massive COVID meal fraud claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam.
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[2026-05-17 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Filipino family is revered worldwide for its many values, its unity, and the mutually supportive and harmonious love between parents and children. Such a family has wise Filipino parents who have respectful, positive and caring relationships with their children. They neither dominate nor neglect their children. They are not punishers and scolders, and they never emotionally or verbally abuse their children.
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[2026-05-16 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Xavier Becerra says he didn’t know that his former chief of staff and former political aide were taking money from his California campaign account and lying to the government about it.
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[2026-05-16 08:53 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-16 08:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Behind the scenes in Washington, many policymakers are planning for an economic disruption: potential job displacement caused by AI.
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[2026-05-16 07:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump, the latest instance of the president using his powers to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his 2020 loss.
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[2026-05-16 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Official results emerged after a month-long count that has led to allegations of fraud in the politically turbulent South American nation
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[2026-05-16 03:15 UTC+10:00] [Ipsos] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Official results emerged after a month-long count that has led to allegations of fraud in the politically turbulent South American nation
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[2026-05-16 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Victims of fraud may soon be seeing green.
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[2026-05-16 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A county in the US state of California has become the latest litigant against Meta Platforms, the sprawling multinational corporation that operates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads.
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