Topic: Fraud & Corruption — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-23 10:27 UTC+10:00] [Scam of the Week] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: by Michael West | Aug 23, 2026 | Scam of the Week
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[2026-08-23 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has fined US ride-hailing company Uber €825 million ($964 million) for using automated systems to suspend drivers suspected of fraud or given low customer ratings without adequate human review.
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[2026-08-22 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officers find 110 SIM cards and a modem pool in a hotel room allegedly used to send more than 2,000 scam texts about undelivered parcels and insurance fees
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[2026-08-22 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officers find 110 SIM cards and a modem pool in a hotel room allegedly used to send more than 2,000 scam texts about undelivered parcels and insurance fees
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[2026-08-22 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-22 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHICHEVER way one may look at it, in today’s problems related to fraud, tax evasion, offshore gaming, territorial disputes, among many other issues, there is a shade of yesterday’s Duterte in them.
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[2026-08-22 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis sat before the Committee on House Administration, the House Oversight Committee, and the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday and declined to answer a single substantive question during a closed-door deposition that reportedly lasted less than half an hour. DeBergalis invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and left.
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[2026-08-21 23:45 UTC+10:00] [Financial crime/fraud] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: French health authorities warned Friday that more than 40,000 noncompliant condoms have been sold online in recent months, urging anyone who used affected products to get tested for sexually transmitted infections.
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[2026-08-21 18:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Larry Woosup hides his face with a bag as he waits outside the Cairns District Court. (ABC Far North: Brendan Mounter)
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[2026-08-21 17:51 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Construction boss George Alex’s convictions for money laundering and tax fraud have been quashed and a new trial has been ordered after an appeals court found an “unprecedented” allegation of juror tampering had led to a miscarriage of justice.
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[2026-08-21 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Critics demand evidence from Abdul Hadi Awang as official bribery data shows mixed results
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[2026-08-21 14:54 UTC+10:00] [Azalina Othman Said] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Critics demand evidence from Abdul Hadi Awang as official bribery data shows mixed results
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[2026-08-21 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-21 10:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Cambodia has cracked down heavily on scam centers. © Reuters
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[2026-08-21 02:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The founder of Chinese property giant Evergrande, Hui Ka Yan, has been sentenced to life in prison for large-scale financial fraud.
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[2026-08-21 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has uncovered an investment fraud network that allegedly has operated from Israel since 2021 and is estimated to have defrauded more than 4,000 Australians of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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[2026-08-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-21 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned Holocaust survivors and their families on Wednesday about potential restitution-related fraud.
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[2026-08-20 22:03 UTC+10:00] [Evergrande] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hui Ka Yan also forfeits all his personal property and the company he set up is given hefty fines
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[2026-08-20 17:17 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-20 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The cyber-fraud industry has flourished in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, with thousands of people trafficked into the industry. But even those who have managed to find a way out often cannot return home
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[2026-08-20 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman walks by a map showing Evergrande development projects in China, as she heads to an Evergrande city plaza in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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[2026-08-20 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Guoxin Zhu (centre) tried to bribe a public official with $20,000 cash hidden in tins of tea. (ABC News: Talissa Siganto)
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[2026-08-20 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A D.C. Superior Court judge signed arrest warrants on August 18, 2026, for six current and former members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Fifth District, accusing them of fraudulently claiming overtime and regular-duty hours they did not work in 2024. The warrants target Peter Sheldon, Frantz Fulcher, Thomas Krmenec, Bernadette Richardson, Dorrie Smith Cleere, and Johnnie Dyer.
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[2026-08-20 09:15 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The White House’s accusation that over 40 nations are involved in a shadow network that harms the US betrays a misunderstanding of how trade works
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[2026-08-20 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The White House’s accusation that over 40 nations are involved in a shadow network that harms the US betrays a misunderstanding of how trade works
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[2026-08-20 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-20 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Fenton via CoinTelegraph.com,
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[2026-08-20 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Scams and Fraud
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[2026-08-20 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile says he will challenge the country’s presidential election result in court, alleging voting fraud in the contest that handed President Hakainde Hichilema a second term in office.
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[2026-08-20 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — An Ilongga allegedly involved in a syndicated illegal recruitment and estafa scheme targeting Filipinos seeking employment in New Zealand has been arrested here, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.
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[2026-08-19 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Diana DiGangi of UtilityDive
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[2026-08-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-19 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Scams and Fraud
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[2026-08-19 13:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andy Burnham believed he was messaging with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles during a "minimal exchange". (Reuters: Kin Cheung/Pool)
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[2026-08-19 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: AUSTRAC's Operation Claw has uncovered multimillion dollar mortgage fraud across the major lenders. (ABC News: Elise Pianegonda)
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[2026-08-19 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An obvious pattern is emerging. Multiple Democrat officials have been arrested and charged with fraud or related federal crimes over the past two years and the trend seems to be growing. Democrat politicians and DNC members are over-represented when it comes to fraud and it's starting to look like the entire party has been pilfering the cookie jar for quite some time.
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[2026-08-19 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-18 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — Singapore began requiring messaging services to restrict unknown contacts and social media services to verify advertisers on Tuesday, as the city-state clamps down on online scams.
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[2026-08-18 17:25 UTC+10:00] [Victorian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former Ibac head welcomes potential change that could capture actions that currently cannot be used to make corrupt findings
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[2026-08-18 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Scams and Fraud
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[2026-08-18 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say a report accusing nine Southeast Asian nations of helping China skirt tariffs conflates cheating with legitimate trade
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[2026-08-18 15:13 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say a report accusing nine Southeast Asian nations of helping China skirt tariffs conflates cheating with legitimate trade
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[2026-08-18 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has won re-election for a second term, according to the electoral commission, after a race marred by allegations of fraud.
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[2026-08-18 11:10 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President, who has decried mail-in ballots amid false claims of election fraud, issued March order to curb voting by mail
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[2026-08-18 08:37 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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[2026-08-18 08:28 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Four people have been charged with financial crimes including fraud after meat freight trucks were allegedly used to transport millions of dollars between Queensland and NSW over a nine-year period.
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[2026-08-18 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Fearing possible fraud during Monday's Likud primaries, Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat hired a team of undercover private investigators to ensure that the counting process would be conducted properly, sources familiar with the matter told Walla.
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[2026-08-18 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Consumer Protection
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[2026-08-18 02:23 UTC+10:00] [Communications] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The personal mobile phone numbers of three U.K. Cabinet ministers — including Defense Secretary Wes Streeting — have been found published online alongside their names.
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