"The company has since grown to more than 2,000 outlets acquiring sports bar Twin Peaks, Italian chain Fazoli’s, Round Table Pizza & Marble Slab Creamery..."

Family behind Fatburger under investigation for alleged fraud, money laundering, records show
latimes.com/california/sto…
"Once a high-flying Portland financier, Wiederhorn emerged from prison to build the Fatburger chain into an empire."

Report: The FBI Is Investigating Former Portland Wunderkind and Felon Andy Wiederhorn wweek.com/news/business/…
Same guy.

August 14, 2005

“I can’t think of a board that has ever so disgraced the principles of corporate governance by overpaying a CEO even as he sits in prison.”

Announcing an Award for Greed
nytimes.com/2005/08/14/opi…
"Undercover Boss" Fatburger (TV Episode 2013) - IMDb
m.imdb.com/title/tt273896…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Sisu Within 🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇦🇦🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇿

Sisu Within 🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇦🇦🇺🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇿 Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @sisu_sanity

Feb 13
"Her breakthrough came when Yulia Lipnitskaya helped Russia win the team event gold in Sochi in 2014, becoming the second-youngest gold medalist in the history of the sport."

Russian coach produces teen skating stars with short careers
apnews.com/article/winter…
"Tutberidze’s outlook and career were shaped by spending much of the 1990s in the United States.

Born in Moscow to Georgian parents, Tutberidze never made it to the elite of Soviet figure skating. After the Soviet Union collapsed, she headed to the U.S. to skate in ice shows."
“It’s a very comfortable, quiet life there (in the U.S.). Great people, wonderful relationships,” she said. “But for me, there’s a lack of contrast in all that abundance. When there are no difficulties, you can’t understand what happiness is.”
Read 7 tweets
Feb 8
“Today’s arrests, and the Department’s largest financial seizure ever, show that cryptocurrency is not a safe haven for criminals,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.

New York couple arrested in alleged scheme to launder billions in stolen bitcoin usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
"Morgan’s also done a considerable amount of writing at Inc. & Forbes..."👀

A cringe rapper slash Forbes contributor allegedly found with billions in stolen Bitcoin theverge.com/2022/2/8/22923…
“...when she’s not reverse-engineering black markets to think of better ways to combat fraud and cybercrime, she enjoys rapping and designing streetwear fashion.”

'Crocodile of Wall Street' and husband are arrested in Bitcoin scheme
mol.im/a/10490713
Read 4 tweets
Jan 20
The neo-Nazi mass murderer who's planning to have a Nazi speak in his defense did Nazi thing again in court.

It shouldn't be a surprise, as he did it often during his original trial and other court appearances.

While displaying propaganda messaging about 'white genocide' and 'Nazi civil war'.

Norwegian mass killer pins white supremacist messages to suit at parole hearing globalnews.ca/news/8519085/n…
Read 9 tweets
Jan 18
"Storrvik confirmed that Breivik will call the Swedish neo-Nazi Per Oberg to speak in his defense...made it clear that nobody should expect contrition."

Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole
apnews.com/article/europe…
["His lawyer has called the Nazi Pär Öberg as a witness to the trial. Pär Öberg is one of the Nordic Resistance Movement's most profiled and long-standing members."]

[Swedish Nazi called as a witness of Breivik's defense]
expo.se/node/9024
"The relationship between the Nordic Resistance Movement and Russian Imperial Movement reflects the transnational nature of right-wing extremism..."

Confronting Russia’s Role in Transnational White Supremacist Extremism justsecurity.org/68420/confront…
Read 11 tweets
Jan 17
"...prosecutors are planning to charge 57 people including soccer coaches, referees & top officials at some of the country’s most prestigious clubs in a massive financial fraud & match-fixing probe."

Reports: Prosecutors to charge 57 in Belgian ‘Footgate’
apnews.com/article/soccer…
December 14, 2021

"Three weeks ago, federal prosecutors struck a deal with Veljkovic. In return for a lower sentence the former agent allowed detectives to see his accounts."

Key figure in Belgium’s biggest football scandal speaks to VRT
vrtnws.be/p.1113B0lqe
October 12, 2018

"An influential sports agent from Serbia is among 19 suspects charged in Belgium as part of a massive investigation into financial fraud & match-fixing in...Belgian soccer."

Serbian Sports Agent Among 19 Charged In Belgian Soccer Probe
rferl.org/a/serbian-spor…
Read 4 tweets
Jan 14
🇵🇾
Operation #NAVIS

["The SENAD and the @MinPublicoPy carry out six raids in Eusebio Ayala (Cordillera), San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora & Luque. A significant load of cocaine was seized and a suspected drug boss was arrested."]
Supposed boss was the son of a former Paraguayan congressman who had announced intention to run for governor.

["...the supposed leader, Fernando E. Balbuena Acuña, alias 'Riki' or 'Herrero'."]

The former director of Paraguay's largest prison and his son were also arrested.

["We captured Julio Acevedo (former Director of the Tacumbú Penitentiary) and his son Alejandro Acevedo in Pilar."]

Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

:(