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Georgia Republican apologizes for $140M Ponzi scheme as judge freezes assets
I take full responsibility for my actions and am resolved to spend the rest of my life trying to repay as much as I can," ...
Prominent Georgia Republican Brant Frost IV apologizes for $140M Ponzi scheme as judge freezes assets
A prominent Georgia Republican accused of running a $140 million Ponzi scheme publicly apologized on Friday as a federal ...
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First Liberty’s Ponzi scheme: the perspective of a victim
First Liberty Building and Loan, a non-bank lending firm based in Newnan, abruptly collapsed on June 27, halting operations ...
What drives financial fraud? It can come down to one emotion
Watch CNN Original Series “Billionaire Boys Club,” detailing the greed-fueled landscape of 1980s Los Angeles where a group of young, ambitious men set out to make their fortune — but their lavish ...
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A Whole Lot of Americans Get Away With Murder
In the United States, nearly half of all murder cases go unsolved. In a piece for the New York Times, German Lopez takes a ...
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Forget Banks. They're Yanking ATMs From Bodegas
New York's corner stores are under siege, but it isn't the candy aisle crooks are after. A wave of smash-and-grab ATM thefts ...
28 Palestinians including children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said ...
A court called off a key 9/11 suspect’s plea deal. Here’s where the case stands
The United States' long legal case against accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed remains in limbo after an appeals court this week scrapped a plea ...