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🎯 TD Bribery Woes Spread to Florida. Fresh allegations that a TD branch worker took a series of $200 bribes to help clients move millions to Colombia are adding to the lender’s mushrooming U.S. legal problems. Bloomberg
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🌎 Fake Tom Cruise documentary is part of a Russian influence campaign aimed at the Paris Olympics. Pro-Russian propagandists are ramping up their efforts to denigrate next month’s Paris Summer Olympics and undermine Western support for Ukraine. CNN
🌎 Epoch Times CFO Bill Guan is charged in $67M global money laundering scheme. The scheme by Weidong Guan involved cryptocurrency, prepaid debit cards, fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits and stolen PII. CNBC
🌎 British bank accused of helping to fund terrorists. New documents filed in New York claim thousands of transactions worth more than $100B were carried out by the bank from 2008 to 2013 in breach of sanctions against Iran. BBC
🌎 New Hot Spot For Russia Trade Starts to Emerge in the Gulf. Some Russian businesses have considered new jurisdictions as the cost of living in glitzy Dubai has surged and its banks have been facing greater sanctions enforcement pressure. Bloomberg
🌎 The Goal for China’s Chip Giant: Cut Out the U.S. Hit by Washington’s export controls, China’s domestic chip industry strives for self-sufficiency WSJ
🌎 The warring conmen at the heart of a €5B carbon trading scam. Emissions trading was supposed to save the planet. But fraudsters quickly learned how to rip the system off, making themselves spectacularly rich. Guardian
🌎 Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents. An internal Google database shows Google recording children’s voices, saving license plates from Street View, and many other self-reported incidents. 404
🌎 After raising $100M, AI fintech LoanSnap is being sued, fined, evicted. The company’s backers include Reid Hoffman, Richard Branson and the Chainsmokers. TechCrunch
🌎 Padres’ Tucupita Marcano investigated by MLB for gambling violations, could face lifetime ban. The San Diego infielder is one of multiple players under investigation by the league. NBC
🌎 Roaring Kitty Faces ETrade Ban as GameStop Holdings Surge 48%. The investment firm's financial crimes unit has been engaged but removing Keith Gill could have repercussions. Decrypt
🌎 Juror in $250M fraud case has $120,000 cash bribe delivered to her door in a sack — with note promising more. The bribe was delivered just hours before the jury was due back in court to hear closing arguments. NYP
🔑 Ransomware Rebounds: Extortion Threat Surges in 2023, Attackers Rely on Publicly Available and Legitimate Tools. Mandiant
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