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New York lawyer pleads guilty in alleged immigration scam

moe — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:57:32 +0000

As reported by Examiner.com a New York City attorney specializing in immigration law entered a guilty plea on Friday in a federal case involving an enormous and complex immigration scam involving phony claims of persecution in China, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Read Article

India: Authorities seize thousands of counterfeit amoxicillin tablets at public hospitals

moe — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:00:31 +0000

Indiatoday.in reported that the Jammu and Kashmir government has been providing sub-standard medicines to poor patients undergoing treatment in its hospitals. Headlines Today has obtained documents that reveal that the Omar Abdullah government has made available thousands of fake amoxicillin tablets to its hospitals. Read Article

Oil Import Scam: Pakistani Government to punish many officials involved

moe — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:54:44 +0000

Tribune.com reporetd that Caretaker Petroleum Minister Sohail Wajahat has announced that the government is prepared to take action against all officials involved in the base oil import scam, which could have caused a loss of $3 million to the national exchequer. “Inquiry into the base oil import contract, which was being awarded at a higher rate, has been done and officials that are part of the scandal will be taken to task,” he said while speaking to the media here on Friday. Read Article

Milan, Italy: State mafia informant arrested for running credit card scam

moe — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:04:33 +0000

As reported by Lifeinitaly.com a mafia informant with a State salary and accommodation was apprehended in northern Italy on Thursday for allegedly running a credit-card racket. Read Article

Louisville, Kentucky: women’s clinic owner faces health care fraud charges

moe — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:42:14 +0000

Wave3.com reported that, the owner of a Hardin County women’s clinic has been indicted on charges of health care and mail fraud charges by a federal grand jury. The charges are against Dr. Canh Jeff Vo, owner of Bluegrass Women’s Healthcare of Elizabethtown. Read Article

Germany: corrupt Lebanese embassy employees in Berlin accused of forgery

moe — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:15:08 +0000

Naharnet.com reported that, corruption scandals have reached the Lebanese embassy in Berlin as a report emerged to the surface on Wednesday that a gang is luring the Lebanese community in Germany to obtain the Lebanese nationality in return for large sums of money. Read Article

Mombasa, Kenya: Indonesian company faces ivory smuggling charges

moe — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:07:45 +0000

As reported by Asiaone.com Batam Custom and Excise office will continue its investigation into a company implicated in an ivory smuggling operation following a raid in Mombasa, Kenya in January. Read Article

Nagoya, Japan: 63-year-old Ex. Vice mayor arrested in census scam

moe — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:36:21 +0000

According to Japantimes.co.jp a former vice mayor of Higashiura in Aichi Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly padding the population data of the town, which is aiming to upgrade its administrative status to that of a city, prefectural police said. Read Article

Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia: two arrested in counterfeit diplomas factory involvement

moe — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:02:36 +0000

According to Arabnews.com police in Qassim have seized a factory for fake academic documents in Qassim province and arrested a university professor and his daughter who were involved. More than 16,000 fake certificates contained the names of local and international universities, said Col. Fahd Al-Habdan, spokesman for Qassim police department. Read Article

Paris: Charles Pasqua denied any fraud involvement in Iraq’s “oil-for-food” program

moe — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:54:55 +0000

As reported by Lepoint.fr, It does not make sense!” Charles Pasqua, 85, has vehemently denied.Wednesday before the Paris criminal court involvement in the hijacking of the UN program in Iraq “Oil against food”. Read Article