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French budget minister under investigation for tax fraud
French Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac is under investigation for tax fraud after a media report that he had an undeclared UBS account in Geneva which he then moved to Asia, prosecutors said Tuesday. Cahuzac, who is in charge of battling tax evasion, has denied the report by the respected Mediapart…
U.S. Army general faces sex crimes investigation
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, a career military man and decorated veteran of three different wars, will face an investigation over charges of forcible sodomy, engaging in inappropriate relationships and wrongful sexual conduct, an Army spokesperson said Wednesday. Word of the investigation leaked Wednesday night after defense officials spoke to…
New York AG investigating Bain Capital, other firms for tax evasion
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched an investigation into whether some large private equity firms—among them Bain Capital, the firm founded by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney—took advantage of a tax loophole to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. According to the New York Times,…
Commerce secretary probed in hit-and-run accidents
Commerce Secretary John Bryson was under investigation Monday in connection to two separate accidents in California which involved his car and two other vehicles, police said. A statement released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Bryson was in the driver’s seat of a Lexus which rear-ended another car waiting at a…
Kuwait keeps ‘Iran-flag burner’ behind bars
KUWAIT CITY — Police on Sunday extended the detention of a Kuwaiti arrested last week for allegedly burning an Iranian flag in protest at a Shiite tweeter’s apparent insult to the Prophet Mohammed, a legal source said. Nahar al-Hajeri, who was arrested on Thursday, was questioned and then sent to…
Schumer: DOJ should expand investigation into ‘Stand Your Ground’
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday morning that he would urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to expand their investigation into the “Stand Your Ground” laws that have become a major subplot in the Trayvon Martin shooting. Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, Schumer indicated that he would be sending…
Russia probes ‘arson’ deaths of 7 children
Police opened a murder investigation on Friday after alleged arson killed a couple and seven children during a house fire in a village near the central Russian city of Perm. “According to the preliminary results of an examination of the scene, the cause of the fire was arson,” the Russian…
Indian student shot dead in Britain: police
LONDON — An Indian student was shot dead Monday in Manchester by a white man, police said, announcing an investigation. Anuj Bidve, 23, was murdered in the early hours as he walked with friends from his hotel in Salford, an area to the west of Manchester, towards the city centre.…
First ‘computer hacking’ arrest in Murdoch paper probe
LONDON — Police investigating the scandal that closed the News of the World tabloid made a first arrest Thursday over alleged computer hacking, extending the probe from phone hacking. Officers from London’s Metropolitan Police arrested a 52-year-old man in Milton Keynes, northwest of London. He was held “on suspicion of…
Murdoch fallout spreads: Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton resigns
Les Hinton, the chief operating officer of Dow Jones, which publishes The Wall Street Journal, is resigning, the newspaper’s website said late Friday. Word of Hinton’s resignation comes amid an unprecedented wave of scandals that has rocked News Corporation’s British newspaper holdings, forcing the resignation of News International CEO Rebekah Brooks…
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