Columbia, SC — A five-year investigation into a widespread scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 unemployment benefits has led to guilty pleas from 29 of 31 defendants, the U.S. Attorney’s Office …
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The Gandhinagar unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested five railway officials on Wednesday for their involvement in a bribery scam related to departmental examinations. The officials, including …
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Nigerian Pastor Edward Abiodun Oluwasanmi has been arrested by the FBI for conspiring with Oba Joseph Oloyede, an Osun monarch, to defraud the U.S. government out of $4.2 million in …
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Argentina has issued an international arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s Senior General and military leader, over his involvement in the 2017 genocide against the Rohingya people. The decision, …
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Behnam Momtazi, a Baha’i adherent from Qazvin, was arrested on February 17, 2025, after responding to a summons at the Sentence Enforcement Office to begin serving his two-year and one-day …
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Seven Arrested in West Bengal for Embezzling Funds Meant for Students’ Tablets
by Ananya MehtaSeven individuals were arrested in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds intended to buy tablets for students, according to police reports on Tuesday. The misappropriated money, meant for students …
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Two self-proclaimed “sovereign citizens” have been sentenced for making terrorist threats against police officers and a bailiff. Roeland M, 53, from Den Dolder, received a one-year jail sentence, with six …
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Woman Arrested for Fraudulent Job with Fake BPEd Degree in Rajsamand
by Ananya MehtaThe Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested Suman Bhari, a 34-year-old woman serving as a physical training instructor at a government school in Rajsamand district, for allegedly securing her job using …
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Peyman Esmaeilpour, a 33-year-old resident of Bukan, and Afshin Alizadeh, a 31-year-old from Salmas, have been forcibly detained by Iranian security forces, with their whereabouts currently unknown. According to a …
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Maryland Childcare Center Owner Indicted for Theft, Fraud, and Public Assistance Abuse
BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that the Anne Arundel County Grand Jury has issued two indictments against Jonathan Tarrell Smalls, 41, a childcare center …