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Anti-corruption expert wife cleared of laundering proceeds of lawyer husband’s £1.3m alleged fraud

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Anti-corruption expert wife, 41, is cleared of laundering proceeds of Commonwealth Secretariat lawyer husband’s £1.3million alleged fraud Melissa Khemani, 41, cleared of laundering £61k between October 2018-2019  Her husband Joshua Brien, 47, allegedly defrauded Commonwealth Secretariat He is also accused of failing to inform his new employer of reason he was sacked Brien appeared in court via … Read more

Federal government proceeds with execution of Corey Johnson

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Corey Johnson, 52, was federally executed by lethal injection on Thursday  The death sentence of convicted murderer Corey Johnson has been carried out, in what is set to the penultimate federal execution of President Donald Trump’s term.  Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead at 11.34pm on Thursday following lethal injection with pentobarbital at the U.S. Department of … Read more

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello release Christmas song with proceeds benefiting Feeding America

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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello delighted fans by releasing a surprise duet to support hunger relief amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.  As food insecurity spikes across the country, the couple recorded a rendition of the classic holiday tune The Christmas Song with all benefits going to Feeding America.  ‘This has been such a crazy year with … Read more

Taxman has benefited from the ‘proceeds of crime’ MPs are told

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HMRC ‘treat the victims of pension scams like criminals’: Taxman has benefited from the ‘proceeds of crime’ MPs are told Victims of pension scams, are being treated like criminals MPs heard yesterday  The  targets described feeling suicidal after their life savings vanished   Some even face hefty fines because the schemes broke tax laws By Tom Kelly Investigations … Read more

Michael Jordan makes donates $2M from The Last Dance proceeds to Feeding America

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Michael Jordan makes an ‘incredible gift’ and donates $2M from The Last Dance proceeds to Feeding America By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 18:01 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 18:03 GMT, 25 November 2020 He’s arguably the greatest basketball player of all time. And Michael Jordan revealed his heart of gold with an impressive … Read more

CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden agrees to forfeit more than $5m from book proceeds to US government

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Edward Snowden’s book, Permanent Record, was released last year.  It offers by far the most expansive and personal account of how Snowden turned from obscure NSA worker to whisleblower, a move which set off a national debate about the extent of government surveillance by intelligence agencies desperate to avoid a repeat of the September 11 attacks.  … Read more

Tory donors threaten to pull funding if Rishi Sunak proceeds with his Covid tax raid

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Furious Tory donors threaten to ‘turn off the funding taps’ if Rishi Sunak proceeds with his ‘soak the rich’ tax raid to pay for Covid bailouts Tory donors are angry at reports of Rishi Sunak’s ‘soak the rich’ Covid tax raid They have told the party they will ‘turn off the funding taps’ if taxes … Read more

Christie Brinkley donating proceeds from prosecco brand to buy PPE for health workers amid COVID-19

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North America has been gripped by the COVID-19 crisis spreading across the globe, and is now in fact the epicentre of the pandemic. And, Christie Brinkley, 66, has revealed she’s donating some of the proceeds from her Bellissima Prosecco brand to buy PPE for health workers in a bid to ‘arm the people on the forefront … Read more