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How Two CEOs Mixed Romance and Business, Leading to Scandal. Kohl’s CEO Ashley Buchanan and Chandra Holt lived together in Texas but kept their relationship quiet as their interests became intertwined at retail chains. WSJ
Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia? RFE
UK and Europe target Russia with major sanctions after Putin-Trump call Guardian
Nvidia says US export controls on AI chips to China were ‘a failure’ Reuters
Ransomware attack triggers ‘system-wide’ tech outage at large network of medical centers CNN
Justice Department opens investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo CNN
Tornado Cash developer prosecution proceeds Axios
India’s Former UCO Bank Chief Arrested in Major Fraud Case OCCRP
Qatar lobby reaches deep into U.S. conservative media, documents show Ynet News
Justin Sun to attend Trump’s dinner with memecoin backers Cointelegraph
Paramount Could Violate Anti-Bribery Law if it Pays to Settle Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit Variety
UK sanctions ‘godmother’ of Israel’s settler movement Daniella Weiss BBCEU to lift economic sanctions on Syria Politico
Judge allows Trump to use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines is the first to approve the Trump administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime law to quickly carry out deportations of Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. Axios
Trump says U.S. will remove all sanctions on Syria CNBC
Iran proposes partnership with UAE and Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium Guardian
Sinaloa cartel father-son drug kingpins charged by Justice Department CBS
Crypto CEO’s daughter, toddler assaulted in kidnap attempt in Paris NYP
An $8.4 Billion Chinese Hub for Crypto Crime Is Incorporated in Colorado Wired
IE Originals: Corporate America’s China Challenge Coercive Capital with Elaine Dezenski
How China Turns Stanford Students Into Spies Free Press
DOJ to Reward Tipsters Reporting Immigration Violations, Tariff Cheats WSJ
“Incalculable” Damage: Ugly Houses Franchise trail of financial wreckage ProPublica
Germany bans extremist ‘Kingdom of Germany’ group, arrests leaders AFP
Toronto ISIS financier pleads guilty Global News
Harvard University’s alleged ties to Chinese paramilitary group, Iran-backed research spark GOP probe Fox
A Sanctions Message to Putin—and China WSJ
How critical minerals became Beijing’s ultimate trump card in US-China trade war SCMP
China Fills the U.S. Void in the Americas WSJ
EU reviews TikTok’s ‘SkinnyTok’ content for risks to minors Politico
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Medicaid’s Funding Formula Rewards Overspending and Fuels Fraud Cato
El Salvador Arrests and Disappears Prominent Human Rights Attorney Rolling Stone
Top exec at ASPCA inhumanely fired after sounding alarm about ‘dangerous’ fraud at animal rights group NYP
France rejects Telegram CEO’s accusations of Romanian election interference Record
A Top Law Firm Said Trump Was Infringing on the ‘Rights of All Americans.’ It Runs a Scholarship That Excludes White Students. Free Beacon
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KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS Krebs
Milei Closes Down LIBRA Investigative Unit After It Shares Findings With Prosecutors CoinDesk
Hackers using aliases from TV show claim UK retailers are on their ‘Blacklist’ after cyber-attacks Daily Mail
Massachusetts Hacker to Plead Guilty to PowerSchool Data Breach Reuters
SolarWinds security chief on the risks and rewards of being a CISO Record
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Fishermen are baffled as dead Tiger is spotted floating in the sea Daily Mail
Personal secretary and adviser to Mexico City’s mayor killed in brazen daylight attack Guardian
‘Stop abusing animals’: Cat nabbed smuggling drugs into Costa Rica prison, video goes viral Indian Express
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DEA warns of a possible alliance between Los Chapitos and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The agency’s annual report indicates that El Mencho’s organization has expanded throughout Mexico, and that factions of the Sinaloa Cartel are using veterinary drugs to stretch fentanyl supplies. El País
Europol Busts ‘Hawala Banking’ Network Cashing Crypto for Criminals Decrypt
Inside TikTok town: vast data center sparks Chinese spying fears The Times
How to Win Followers and Scamfluence People Wired
Retired Four-Star Navy Admiral Found Guilty of Bribery Daily Beast
U.S. pressures Mexican banks to curb cartel money laundering El País
Huawei bribery scandal: Belgium asks European Parliament to lift MEP immunities
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Crypto Billionaire Accused of Defrauding Creditors, Propelling Industry’s 2022 Collapse
WSJ
Owner of Trump’s Qatari Air Force One Linked to Bob Menendez Corruption Scandal
Free Beacon
How Trump’s family-linked crypto deals are threatening a ‘Hunter Biden-style’ scandal at the White House NYP
Colombia seeks to join China-based development bank as Latin America drifts away from Washington AP
Lifting US sanctions on Iran could crush China’s ‘teapot’ oil refineries Reuters
Traders Rebrand Venezuelan Oil for China as Brazilian. This has enabled tankers to sail directly from Venezuela to China, skipping the stop-over in waters off Malaysia and shortening the voyage by about four days. Reuters
Pam Bondi’s Qatar Links Under Scrutiny Over Trump’s Luxury Plane Gift Newsweek
Journalism or Jihad? Courage.Media
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EU ministers call for coordinated action on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in Baltic Sea Guardian
Poland seizes aircraft tires bound for Russia in suspected sanctions breach
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Nvidia expanding China footprint as U.S. tightens chip curbs Semafor
Estonia Says Russia Detained Greek-Owned Tanker in Gulf of Finland Reuters
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EY negligently missed huge fraud at collapsed hospital operator, $3 billion UK trial hears Reuters
Trump Calls for ‘Major Investigations’ Into Harris Campaign’s Payments to Major Celebrities Free Beacon
FBI director confirms federal probe into New York attorney general CNN
U.S. DOJ opening civil rights investigation into Chicago mayor Axios
Singapore traders drawn into Indonesia’s US$12 billion Pertamina corruption probe
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Fresno hospital kickback scheme included these lavish gifts and nepotism hires Fresno Bee
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Crypto High-Rollers Go Big on Bodyguards to Deter Kidnappers Bloomberg
Senate Dems Gear Up Resistance as Stablecoin Bill Meets Test Most Think Will Succeed CoinDesk
Domestic abuse victim data stolen in Legal Aid hack BBC
Australian feds seize mansion, Bitcoin allegedly linked to crypto exchange hack Cointelegraph
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Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected status for thousands of Venezuelans NBC
Retired NFL linebacker among more than 250 arrested in human-trafficking sting
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US imposes visa bans on India travel agents for facilitating illegal migration Reuters
My Son Died of a Fentanyl OD. Congress Can Prevent It from Happening to Others. Free Press
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic pleads for Trump pardon after husband deported Guardian
How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions MIT
Taskforce on Public-Private Partnership in Fighting Financial Crime in Ukraine RUSI
The Digital Asset Ecosystem in El Salvador: Challenges and Risks to Countercheck Financial Global Financial Integrity
Money Laundering from Environmental Crime: Typologies and Trends in Countries in the Amazon Region Fact Coalition
INTERPOL Financial Fraud assessment: A global threat boosted by technology Interpol
Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China CNAS
The threats posed by the global shadow fleet—and how to stop it Atlantic Council
