"The billionaire accused of running the biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history was a prolific donor to Republican groups and causes."
GOP groups quiet as billionaire donor stands accused of running biggest tax fraud scheme ever cnb.cx/2OoHYub
"Federal prosecutors in October charged Mr. Brockman with using a web of offshore entities to conceal about $2 billion in income from the Internal Revenue Service."
How Austin billionaire Robert Smith avoided indictment for evading $43 million in federal taxes dallasnews.com/business/techn…
October 15, 2020
CEO of Multibillion-dollar Software Company Indicted for Decades-long Tax Evasion and Wire Fraud Schemes justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-mul…
"No scheme is too complex or sophisticated for our investigators. Those hiding income or assets offshore are encouraged to come forward and voluntarily disclose their holdings.” - Jim Lee, Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation.
"Reynolds and Reynolds provides software used by *auto dealerships* to help manage their business."
Houston tech mogul Robert Brockman charged in record U.S. tax evasion scheme reut.rs/3lS8s2A
"In fact, the study found that among far-right sources, those known for spreading misinformation significantly outperformed non-misinformation sources."🤔
Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving On Facebook. A New Study Shows Just How Much npr.org/2021/03/06/974…
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"It's almost twice as much engagement per follower among the [far-right] sources that have a reputation for spreading misinformation," Edelson said.
"So, clearly, that [far-right] portion of the news ecosystem is behaving very differently."🤔
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Here is the study page by Cybersecurity for Democracy.
"Center and left partisan categories incur a 'misinformation penalty', while right-leaning sources do not."🤔
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"The force will pursue members of the ELN -- the last active guerrilla group in Colombia, as well as drug gangs and ex-FARC rebels who have abandoned the terms of a 2016 peace deal."
Colombia launches 'elite force' to hunt rebels, drug gangs f24.my/7Pgw.T
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Duque did not refer to Venezuela. When he first announced the creation of the elite force earlier this month, he said many of its targets "are protected in Venezuela" though he did not mention direct military action in the neighboring country.
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"The US is offering $5 million for info that could help disrupt the criminal org of Kyrgyzstan’s most powerful gangster, Kamchibek Kolbayev, who was suddenly released from pre-trial detention this week."
"The US Embassy in Bishkek described Kolbaev as a “transnational organized-crime boss whose network engages in drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking..."
"Operating on a global scale in dozens of countries, this criminal organization has been identified as one of the biggest drug traffickers in Europe..."
"Unlike the cartels that control the cocaine supply chain all the way from coca fields to the street, Group America specializes in being the middleman."
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson Says ‘The Fourth Estate Is About To Get A Second Wind’ From Digital Deals; Still ‘Haggling With Facebook’ deadline.com/2021/03/news-c…