According to Rian.ru Moscow police have detained two men suspected of trading in top executive and law enforcement jobs, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The suspects promised one businessman they could get his son a post at the Federal Security Service (FSB) central office for 300,000 euros and offered another person the position of governor in Siberia’s Altai region for 30 million rubles (about $1 million), the ministry said in a statement on its website. Read Article
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As reported by Caterrandhotelkeeper.com, Sophisticated counterfeit IDs are fooling restaurant owners into employing illegal workers, a manager has claimed. Four Bangladeshi staff members at a Bournemouth restaurant were arrested during a series of UK Border Agency raids last week. Read Article
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As reported by Utsanddiego.com, a college student from La Costa almost became a victim of a Craigslist scam after applying for a job and then being told he had to go to Tijuana to complete the process. Nate Dirkmaat, 18, who is on a semester break from Brigham Young University Idaho, answered an ad purporting [...]
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As reported by 10tv.com Worthington Police are searching for the creator of a Craigslist ad that targeted a local business. The ad promised a sales job at a prominent car dealership, with starting pay at $100,000 dollars a year and free gas. Read Article
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According to Thanhniennews.com police in Ca Mau Province have arrested a man and a woman for appropriating others’ properties as part of a labor export scam. Read Article
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Bangkokpost.com reported that a Swedish man has been arrested in connection with a job scam that left more than 100 Thai laborers stranded in Sweden. Pol Maj Gen Roy Ingpairoj, the Tourist Police Division chief, said on Friday that Ari Veinko Juhani Hallikainen, 52, opened an overseas employment business in 2010. He falsely promised 164 [...]
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Nileinternational.net reported that Nigerian police have arrested three members of a criminal gang accused of fleecing unsuspecting job seekers with a promise to recruit them into the navy, according to what local authorities said on Tuesday. Read Article
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Parents and children were alerted today to a Facebook scam involving fake modelling agencies. Leicestershire Police said the scam, using a number of social networking sites, appears to involve the fake agencies encouraging children to pose in their underwear. Read Article
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No wonder they’re not clamoring for a raise: Some employees admit to padding their expense reports by up to 25% on a regular basis. While you hope that none of your company’s employees would pull any of these stunts, desperate times drive some folks to desperate measures. Years without pay increases and personal financial woes [...]
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The proprietors of two Los Angeles talent-service companies are the first alleged offenders to be charged under a 2009 California law designed to protect performers from representation scams. Ricardo Macias, owner of ActorsOnSet.com, and David Askaryar, owner of Hollywood Stars Management and VIP Talent Web, are accused of bilking aspiring actors out of thousands of [...]
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