The New York Postreports that Charity Navigator, which describes itself as “the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities,” has added the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation to its “watch list” of problematic nonprofits.
This decision wasn’t made because of the Clinton Foundation’s remarkably lucrative sideline as a uranium superstore for Russian strongmen, but because its finances are opaque and dishonest, and because such a tiny amount of the money it rakes in actually goes to charitable endeavors. “The Clinton family’s mega-charity took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid,” notes the New York Post. “The group spent the bulk of its windfall on administration, travel, and salaries and bonuses, with the fattest payouts going to family friends.”
JOHNSTOWN, Colo. – A former Johnstown councilman has been arrested and charged with 28 felony counts, including theft, fraud and forgery under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act.
Clair Hull served as a Johnstown Town Councilman from 2006 to 2011, and his name is on the plaque at the new Town Hall building.
Before his arrest, he was best known as the former Mormon bishop and businessman who organized the town’s BBQ Days.
A defence contractor run by one of Britain’s best-known military figures is under criminal investigation by the US government’s watchdog against fraud and waste in Afghanistan, The Independent can reveal.
It can also be revealed that the company founded by Colonel Tim Collins OBE – who is best known for delivering a powerful speech to his men on the eve of the Iraq war – is facing questions over a $176m (£116m) US contract to train Afghan security forces in counterinsurgency.
Last week, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released an audit identifying at least $513 million in “improper” Medicaid payments — plus another $361 million in “questionable” transactions — over four years.
Good work, Tom — but the true amount is likely well north of that near-$900 million.
Consider, that comes to about than $225 million a year. But a New York Times report a decade ago estimated the level of fraud rampant in New York’s Medicaid program at $4 billion to $18 billion a year.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” “Clinton Cash,” Peter Schweizer argued “the smoking gun is in the pattern of behavior”regarding the Clintons getting donations to their foundation and former President Bill Clinton’s significant increase in speaking fees from foreign donors, which coincided with donors getting “favorable decisions” from the State Department.
Criminals are plundering cash vouchers from shoppers’ Tesco reward points in Cambridge as well as Costa Coffee cards, triggering a warning from fraud busters.
Costa Coffee is warning customers it may have suffered a security breach and is going to implement a “new format” for users’ passwords.
This new industry, some of it based around the City of London, is exposed in the ITV series Fraud Squad, which is returning for a second season.
The stories of victims groomed to hand over their savings to fund property scams in the UK are both disturbing and heartrending.
“The criminals are basically buying worthless agricultural land and selling it to the public, all on the basis that it’s a great investment, but the fact is that there will be no development and it’s all a big con,” says DCI Perry Stokes from City of London Police, which is tackling the scams.
I received a disturbing call from my credit card company, telling me there was an unauthorized charge on my card. They knew my name, credit card number and other details. But, something about the call didn’t seem right. When I hung up, I decided to call the number on the back of the card. I learned there was not an unauthorized charge on my account. Who called me?
Deutsche Bank will pay U.S. and British authorities $2.5 billion and its London subsidiary will plead guilty to wire fraud for manipulation of benchmark interest rates, U.S. authorities said on Thursday.
As part of the deal, Germany’s largest bank also entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department and admitted its role in manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor).
The penalty follows a seven-year investigation into how banks secretly conspired to rig benchmark interest rates to their benefit.
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania — A dramatic increase in hospitalizations tied to synthetic marijuana is hitting eastern Pennsylvania, officials said.
The Morning Call reported (http://bit.ly/1HmHdq5) that Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown and several other hospitals in the Lehigh Valley have been flooded with at least a dozen cases since Saturday.
The drug, known as “fake weed,” is a plant mixture sprayed with a chemical and is marketed as a legal alternative to marijuana. However, authorities warn that there is no control over the chemicals used, and a number of states and the federal government have sought to outlaw the use of those chemicals.
It was not clear what caused the sudden spike in hospitalizations. But Dr. Ryan McClintock at St. Luke’s University Hospital told the newspaper that it could have been a change in the drug’s formulation or a sudden increase in the number of people using it.
