Fraud
A Brazilian beauty queen built a very public life on very dirty money.
Operation Luxury.” Monteiro, who owned a women's fashion store that cops said inspired the operation's codename, boasted about her vacations
NYC
Nobody's watching: how New York's staged-crash industry stole $300 million in plain sight
In NYC you can stage an Uber crash with your family, use one shared iPhone, get $47k for a paint scrape. Arbitrator calls it staged? Still get paid. Trial lawyers and pols keep the scam alive while ATIC loses $700M in one quarter. Drivers and passengers foot the bill. This is legalized looting.
California
California: Gavin Newsom's $180 Billion Grift in Flip-Flops
Gavin Newsom turned California into a $180 billion fraud magnet. A Memphis rapper bragged on YouTube about $700k in debit cards. Medi-Cal doubled while the population shrank. Roads look like war zones. $24B on homelessness with no outcomes tracked. Who benefits from this machine?
Fraud
THE GIFT BAG THAT COULDN'T SAVE THEM
California
California Lost TENS OF BILLIONS in Unemployment Fraud
Roughly $720 million in unemployment insurance benefits is sitting on prepaid debit cards, officials said, while another $192 million was moved to state unclaimed property offices.