Month: December 2017

1………….> Illegal Immigration: Clinton 1995 View

The tug of war between President Trump and Hillary Clinton over the relentless wave of illegals slipping through our borders seem to suggest that the Clinton’s are and have always been a staunch and reliable friends of the migrants coming to US. But the video circulating on the Internet of a “forgotten” speech of then President Bill Clinton paints a picture of a leader who wanted to crack down on the flow of illegals by hiring many more border agents back in 1995. So who is lying? Decide for yourself.

https://www.c-spanorg/video/? c4351026/c

2…………>Crypto Currencies Highjacked:South Korea

South Korea’s spy agency believes that North Korea is behind hacking attacks on a crypto-currency exchange in the South, stealing at least $7m (£5.25m) in digital money and as much as $82.7m according to the latest count.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42378638

3…………> Wire Fraud: New York

Randy Wang, 33, a Long Island City man was arrested by ICE New York’s El Dorado Task Force on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.
The accused developed a scheme to defraud his former employer, a company based in Manhattan that manages a global airline alliance whose members consisted of approximately 13 international airlines and their affiliates (“Company”), by incurring more than $2.2 million in unauthorized charges on the Company’s credit card account, and then making changes to the Company’s accounting system to evade detection.
“Using his position as business manager, Wang allegedly developed a scheme to defraud his employer of millions of dollars by means of unauthorized credit card purchases and altered accounting records,” said Angel M. Melendez, special agent in charge of HSI New York. 
“As alleged, Randy Wang took advantage of his position at a major New York-based company to charge millions of dollars’ worth of non-business-related purchases on the company’s credit card. Wang allegedly purchased hundreds of electronic devices, including cell phones, computers, and tablets, and then falsified paperwork to hide the transactions. Wang allegedly tried to take his employer for a ride, but instead he may be facing a trip to prison,” said Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joon H. Kim.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-new-york-investigation-leads-arrest-man-charged-defrauding-company-more-2m

4…………> Red Snapper Bandits: Texas

Two fishermen, Jamal Marshall and Jacob Brown were sentenced to months of imprisonment and home confinement for making false statements to law enforcement agents regarding the illegal harvest of snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.

In August 2017, Marshall and Brown pleaded guilty to making false statements to agents with the Coast Guard Investigative Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Office of Law Enforcement. According to court documents filed at the time of the plea, the two illegally harvested more than 1,900 pounds of fish, including 642 snapper, weighing approximately 1,846 pounds. The two subsequently lied to law enforcement agents regarding the possession of these fish in order to hide their illegal harvest from Texas waters. Red snapper and vermilion snapper stocks were estimated to be at 20% and 3% of their historical abundance.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-texas-fishermen-sentenced-false-statements-law-enforcement-agents

5…………> California “Frauding”:  A Family Affair

A federal jury found two Los Angeles, California-area managers of foreclosure rescue companies Jamie Matsuba, 33, and her father, Thomas Matsuba, 67, both of Chatsworth, California, guilty for their roles in a foreclosure rescue scheme, and convicted them of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, making false statements to federally insured banks, committing identity theft. From January 2005 to August 2014, Jamie Matsuba, Thomas Matsuba and others engaged in a scheme to defraud financially distressed homeowners by offering to prevent foreclosure on their properties through short sales. Instead, the conspirators rented out the properties to third parties, did not pay the mortgages on the properties, and submitted false and fraudulent documents to mortgage lenders and servicers to delay foreclosure. The evidence further established that the conspirators obtained mortgages in the names of stolen identities. In addition, the defendants used additional tactics, including filing bankruptcy in the names of distressed homeowners without their knowledge and fabricating liens on the distressed properties, the evidence showed.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-los-angeles-area-managers-foreclosure-rescue-companies-convicted-roles-mortgage-fraud