Government
States OK constitutional amendments banning noncitizen voting(The Daily Signal) – Voters in eight states on Tuesday considered constitutional amendments to ban noncitizens from voting. Measures were on the ballot in Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri,… Read More
Politics
Floridians challenge radical abortion amendment after report reveals fraud in petition process(The Daily Signal) – Florida pro-lifers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a pro-abortion group found to have engaged in fraudulent practices to put on the ballot a… Read More
Culture
Report exposes influential DEI author as a plagiarist and a fraud(The Daily Signal) – Robin DiAngelo, the pro-DEI author of the bestselling book “White Fragility,” is a fraud. She’s also been accused of rampantly plagiarizing minority scholars in… Read More
Politics
Why vote counting could be more accurate in Georgia for Nov. 5 election(The Daily Signal) – The Georgia State Election Board will require that the number of ballots counted in the Nov. 5 presidential election doesn’t surpass the number of voters… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school employee made $631,000 last year but no one will explain his duties(The Sentinel) – David Wild was paid over $631,071.87 for the 2023-24 school year, according to salary figures from the Geary County School District (USD 475) in Kansas. Read More
Illegal Immigration
Biden immigrant flights tied to Obamas, Bush, Carters, Clintons, paused after fraud detected(The Heartlander) — A program designed to mask the extent of Biden’s open border policy by flying immigrants directly from Central and South American countries has been paused over… Read More
Public Education
Chicago schools inspector logs loan fraud, stolen laptops and sexual misconduct cases(The Center Square) – Chicago Public Schools Inspector General William Fletcher’s office’s annual report looks at fraud, waste and misconduct. In the most recent report from the IG,… Read More
Elections, Kansas
Amid an investigation of possible fraud in the 2020 election, Johnson County may still destroy the ballotsThe destruction of Johnson County’s 2020 general election ballots appears imminent, despite an ongoing sheriff’s investigation into the vote’s integrity and a citizen watchdog’s firm belief there was fraud. Read More
COVID-19
Most convicted pandemic fraudsters spend less than 5 years in prison(The Center Square) – As U.S. authorities continue to track down people who fraudulently stole federal pandemic aid, a new report found that most of those convicted will spend… Read More
Illinois
Illinois lawmakers grill director over billions in unemployment fraud during pandemic(The Center Square) – Illinois legislators grilled officials from the Department of Employment Security Tuesday regarding the more than $5 billion lost to fraud during the pandemic. A performance… Read More
Missouri
Missouri woman pleads guilty to fraud after obtaining over $100K in pandemic loan funds(The Center Square) – A woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to defrauding a COVID-19 pandemic loan program out of $100,927 in U.S. District Court in St. Louis. Francheska… Read More
Public Education
Indiana superintendent who resigned over $1.2 million in fraud payments gets special role in district(The Center Square) – The former superintendent of Manchester Community Schools in Manchester, Indiana mistakenly paid over $1 million to fraudsters posing as a legitimate construction company resigned yesterday… Read More
COVID-19, Crime
Fraudsters likely stole $200 billion from pandemic funding meant for small businesses(The Center Square) – Taxpayers lost nearly $200 billion to fraudsters that was meant for struggling small businesses, according to a new watchdog report on the Small Business Administration’… Read More
COVID-19
Owner of Missouri companies indicted for $2.9M in COVID relief fraud, Clean Air Act violations(The Center Square) – A Missouri company has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraudulently obtaining $2.9 million in federal pandemic loans and violating the Clean Air… Read More
Banks, Crime
Chiefs tickets, new SUV: Former KC bank manager indicted in multimillion-dollar COVID, unemployment benefits fraudFrom the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri:JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A former bank branch manager in Kansas City, Mo., has been indicted by a… Read More
COVID-19
Watchdog finds 3.7 million potentially fraudulent COVID-19 pandemic relief recipients(The Center Square) – A congressional watchdog found more than 1 out of every 4 people who applied for pandemic relief through two Small Business Administration programs had potentially… Read More
COVID-19
Watchdogs say federal unemployment fraud likely topped $191 billion(The Center Square) – Slightly more than $1 out of every $5 distributed in unemployment insurance payments during the pandemic could have been improper, mostly fraud. Larry Turner,… Read More
Crime
SEC charges FTX founder with fraud(The Center Square) – Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of defunct cryptocurrency firm FTX, was charged Tuesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with defrauding investors. In a… Read More
National
Democrats’ second-largest donor Sam Bankman-Fried’s net worth plummets 94% after his company FTX collapsesDemocrats’ millennial cash cow is turning belly up, as his company collapsed and 94% of his net worth was erased during an election in which he donated millions to… Read More
National
IG reports ‘historic’ COVID unemployment funds lost, Congress investigates(The Center Square) – As much as $400 billion in COVID-19 unemployment relief dollars were likely lost to waste and fraudsters. Lawmakers want answers. Republicans on the House… Read More