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#fraud

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Joseph Lim :mastodon:

Time to start tracking a new hashtag #LawlessnessInAmerica

More on #DOGE’s #Fraud & #Destruction
"Musk has reduced the claims abt what DOGE is saving fr $1-2tril to $150bil. NYT reports he’s still getting the numbers wrong thru things like accounting errors & cancelling contracts tt don’t exist. What a fraud fr start to finish.. #Justice Dept is fighting vigorously to shield DOGE fr hv'g to divulge tt info, despite #Trump & #Musk’s repeated assurances abt #transparency"
nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/mo

naked capitalism · More on DOGE's Fraud and Destruction | naked capitalismAn update on DOGE's rampage through government operations.
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beSpacific

When nation’s biggest #law firms agreed 2 deals w #Trump terms appeared straightforward. In return 4 escaping full force of retribution firms would dofree legal work on behalf of uncontroversial causes. Over last week he suggested firms will be drafted into helping him negotiate #trade deals. He has mused about having them help w reviving #coal industry. He see promises of nearly $1B in pro bono legal services as #legal war chest 2 be used as he wishes nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/poli #corruption #fraud

President Trump has generally hinted that he sees the promises of nearly $1 billion in pro bono legal services that he has extracted from elite law firms as a legal war chest to be used as he wishes.
The New York Times · Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.By Michael S. Schmidt
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Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:

Former employees of British Columbia :flagbc:’s Interior Health authority (2003 to 2009) had their information and identity stolen.

cbc.ca/news/canada/interior-he
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D’anciens employés (2003 à 2009) de l’autorité en santé de l’Intérieur de la Colombie-Britannique :flagbc: ont vu leur information et identité volés.

// Article en anglais //

CBCCRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach | CBC NewsImposters hacked into B.C. health-care workers’ CRA accounts after a massive breach of employees’ private identification from the B.C. government’s Interior Health authority, which runs hospitals and medical facilities in the southeastern part of the province, The Fifth Estate has learned.
#BC#CB#BritishColumbia
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Nonilex

It said it had saved exactly $318,310,328.30.

#Musk’s group has now triggered mass #firings across the government, & sharp cutbacks in #humanitarian #aid around the world. Musk has justified those disruptions with two promises: that the group would be transparent, & that it would achieve budget cuts that others called impossible.

Now, watching the group pare back its aims & puff up its progress, some of its allies have grown doubtful about both.

#Fraud#law#Trump
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Nonilex

One of the group’s largest claims…involves canceling a contract that did not exist. Although the govt says it had merely asked for proposals in that case, & had not settled on a vendor or a price, #Musk’s group ignored that uncertainty & assigned itself a large & very specific amount of credit for canceling it.

#Fraud#law#Trump
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Nonilex

#DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, & Still Overstating Its Progress

#ElonMusk now says his group will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors & guesswork.

…when #Musk’s group tallies up its savings so far, it inflates its progress by including billion-dollar errors, by counting spending that will not happen in the next fiscal year—& by making guesses about spending that might not happen at all.

#Fraud #law #Trump
nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/poli

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has produced an accounting of impressive-sounding budget cuts using inflated and speculative figures, even claiming credit for canceling a contract that did not exist.
The New York Times · DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its ProgressBy David A. Fahrenthold
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Sibrosan

@Snowshadow

They should not be let off the hook that easily. IMO prosecution for attempting to defraud the government would be in order. Even if they can make it plausible that this was really due to incompetence and disorganization, and not to criminal intent, that would be an excellent result too 😜

#Tesla#Musk#Canada
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Ab

#Tesla Motors Netherlands bv (TMN) is located in Amsterdam and buys and sells cars that are manufactured in the USA and Germany with a turnover of 26 billion. Because on paper the purchase is booked much more expensive than the actual costs, the profit is almost completely skimmed off. #Taxevasion (read #fraud) at the highest international level.

ftm.nl/artikelen/miljardenomze

Follow the Money - Platform voor onderzoeksjournalistiek · Miljardenomzet van Nederlandse Tesla-bv levert onze schatkist weinig opEen bedrijfsgebouw in Amsterdam-Zuidoost blijkt een belangrijke schakel binnen Elon Musks Tesla-concern. Op papier staat hier zelfs een giga autofabriek. Daar profiteert Nederland echter nauwelijks van.
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Dave Rahardja

Wow, I know this guy. Dan Carpenter was very active in the #sfba #cars community. Pretty shocking to learn that he’s charged with leading a group of people to scam insurance companies for commissions. I guess that’s how he afforded all those cars.

#crime #fraud

“Five defendants charged in multi-million-dollar life insurance fraud case”

insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/010

www.insurance.ca.govFive defendants charged in multi-million-dollar life insurance fraud case
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Tyler K. Nothing

So, this #techbro wannabe was so far up his own ass that he overpromised and had to fake it. Don’t believe these idiots and their claims over #AI. This is as legit as companies worth billions that don’t make any revenue. #tech #scams #fraud #FAFO #capitalism yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/1

yro.slashdot.orgFintech Founder Charged With Fraud After 'AI' Shopping App Found To Be Powered By Humans in the Philippines - SlashdotAlbert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI shopping app that promised a "universal" checkout experience, was charged with defrauding investors on Wednesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. From a report: Founded in 2018, Nate raised over $50 million f...
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PapyrusBrigade

I got a call from a very good scammer last night. He knew my name and my bank. Caller ID was my bank's number. Said there had been suspicious activity on my account. Listed 2 large transactions that I hadn't made. Said they would cancel my card and reissue a new one.

Until then it all sounded legit. Then he asked for the last 8 digits of my credit card.

I said I would call the bank directly. Sure enough, scam.

Turns out a relative fell for the same one last month.

#Fraud#CreditcardFraud
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