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🎯 Florida nurse practitioner convicted in $200 million Medicare fraud scheme. In 2020, Ms. Hernandez ordered more cancer genetic tests for Medicare beneficiaries than any other provider in the nation, including oncologists and geneticists. CNBC
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💥 3M Agrees to Pay Nearly $10 Million Over Sale of Products to Iran. Treasury’s sanctions enforcer said a 3M subsidiary sold products to a German reseller knowing they were destined for an Iranian customer. WSJ
💥 Yellen Signals Support for Windfall Tax on Frozen Russian Assets. The Biden administration has come under pressure to seize the funds outright, something Yellen has said would be illegal under current law. Bloomberg
💥 Here's what $160 million of cocaine looks like: Coast Guard seizes 12,000 pounds of drugs. Twelve pallets hold blocks of the narcotics stacked up as much as five rows high. USA Today
💥 Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks. Two bugs were found in the WebKit browser engine and the Security framework enabling attackers to bypass signature validation using malicious apps. Bleepingcomputer
💥 The Elusive Figure Running Wagner’s Embattled Empire of Gold and Diamonds. Following Prigozhin’s death, business school grad Dmitry Sytii is working to preserve the group’s multibillion-dollar African operations. WSJ
💥 India visit next week as G7 looks to take the shine off Russian diamonds. Western nations are sending representatives to India, home to 90% of the world's cutting and polishing of the rare gems, to discuss potential effects of any G7 restrictions on imports of rough Russian diamonds. Reuters
💥 Trump request to delay civil fraud trial ‘brazen and meritless’. The New York attorney general’s office is suing Trump, the Trump Organization and two of his adult children, alleging more than a decade of fraud. The Hill
💥 TikTok's Rules Deter Researchers From Crunching Data on Users, Misinformation. TikTok is in the process of making its API open to researchers to analyze data on the platform. But the terms of service are so strict, academics at leading institutions say they’re hesitant to accept them. Bloomberg
💥 Europe To Drop Over-Compliance In Venezuela Over Natural Gas? Since the White House started imposing sanctions – mainly between 2017 and 2020 – third-country multinationals have been scared away from the country. Forbes