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  2. Mississippi welfare funds scandal - Wikipedia

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    On January 11, 2016, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant appointed John Davis as the director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services. [2] At the time, the agency was providing a record low number of recipients with direct cash assistance welfare in favor of other programs, such as job training classes.

  3. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.

  4. Yazoo land scandal - Wikipedia

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    Report of the committee to the Georgia House of Representatives, recommending consideration of proposals from private companies for the sale of western lands, December 9, 1794. One of many Yazoo Land Fraud documents in the Georgia Archives Archived 2018-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. Yazoo Fraud historical marker in Louisville, Georgia; Fletcher v.

  5. List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes

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    This list consists of American politicians convicted of crimes either committed or prosecuted while holding office in the federal government.It includes politicians who were convicted or pleaded guilty in a court of law; and does not include politicians involved in unprosecuted scandals (which may or may not have been illegal in nature), or politicians who have only been arrested or indicted.

  6. 2020 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. [a] The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican president, Donald Trump, and vice president, Mike Pence. [9]

  7. Trump’s Thanksgiving message attacks fraud trial judge and ...

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    Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on the judge and court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial hours after a court filing stated his prior attacks had led to them being “inundated” with ...

  8. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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    A pig butchering scam, a.k.a. "Sha Zhu Pan" [2] or Shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as Killing Pig Plate, [1] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. [4]