Hacker News with Generative AI: Corruption

Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption (lexfridman.com)
Javier Milei is the President of Argentina. This episode is available in both English and Spanish.

Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption

5 points by hagbard_c 15 hours ago | 5 comments

Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption [video] (youtube.com)

Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption

12 points by f1shy 18 hours ago | 8 comments

The Business School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger (theatlantic.com)
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.

Business, Scandal, Education, Corruption

16 points by aarghh 2 days ago | 1 comments

Hacker Is Said to Have Obtained Damaging Testimony About Matt Gaetz (nytimes.com)
President-elect Donald J. Trump has admitted that his besieged choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, has less than even odds of being confirmed by the Senate.

Politics, Law, Corruption

5 points by kid64 2 days ago | 1 comments

Call it like it is: TSLA rise is not due to performance, but hope for corruption (electrek.co)
In the past week, TSLA stock has increased by about one-third of its previous value. But this increase has had nothing to do with company performance, or even due to external factors like consumer tastes or beneficial changes in EV policy. Rather, the week’s speculation has come out of a simple desire to see Tesla become the benefit of government corruption.

Stock Market, Tesla, Corruption

22 points by peutetre 8 days ago | 17 comments

'One big mess': FIFA not fit to govern football, says human rights group (theguardian.com)
Fifa is not fit to govern and should be the subject of widespread reform, a new report has argued, starting with the way money is used to “buy the political support of member associations”.

Sports, FIFA, Corruption, Human Rights

9 points by PaulHoule 9 days ago | 0 comments

Six Charged in Scheme to Defraud the Federal Government (justice.gov)
Six defendants have been charged for their roles in schemes to rig bids, defraud the government and pay bribes and kickbacks in connection with the sale of IT products and services to federal government purchasers, which resulted in overcharges of millions of dollars to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense (DoD).

Federal Government, Fraud, Corruption, Law Enforcement

5 points by sandwichsphinx 17 days ago | 0 comments

Rights groups urge IMF to address corruption in Covid-19 emergency funding (cgtn.com)
A group of civil society organisations from across the world called on the International Monetary Fund to include anti-corruption measures in all its COVID-19 related emergency funding.

International Finance, Corruption, COVID-19, Civil Society, IMF

17 points by wallbrownf 25 days ago | 2 comments

Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence (computerweekly.com)
The Post Office is investigating allegations that a senior executive instructed staff to destroy or conceal documents that could be of interest to the Post Office scandal public inquiry.

Government, Investigations, Corruption, Evidence Tampering, Postal Service

5 points by chrisjj 43 days ago | 1 comments

The Charges Eric Adams Faces, Annotated (nytimes.com)
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Thursday unveiled a five-count indictment against Mayor Eric L. Adams of New York, charging him with bribery conspiracy, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations.

Politics, Corruption, Law, Mayor

7 points by ChrisArchitect 56 days ago | 0 comments

Icelandic fishing giant Samherji sues art student for spoofing corporate website (theguardian.com)
Iceland’s biggest fishing company is suing an art student at London’s high court for spoofing its website and issuing a fake public apology over a high profile corruption scandal.

Legal Disputes, Art, Corporations, Iceland, Corruption

9 points by vinni2 68 days ago | 0 comments

Corruption Fuels Inequality: Staggering Graft Warps China's Economy (foreignaffairs.com)
After Chinese President Xi Jinping rose to power in 2012, his government launched a sweeping anticorruption campaign that attracted worldwide attention for its scope and determination.

Corruption, China, Inequality, Economics

9 points by haltingproblem 69 days ago | 1 comments

China Detains Investment Bankers, Takes Passports in Corruption Sweep (bloomberg.com)
China is turning up the heat on its army of 8,700 investment bankers.

China, Finance, Corruption, Investment Banking

4 points by hkmaxpro 70 days ago | 1 comments

Officer who ignored NYPD's 'courtesy cards' receives $175K settlement (apnews.com)
A New York City police officer has reached a $175,000 settlement with the city in a lawsuit that illuminated the use of the “courtesy cards” that officers dole out to friends and relatives to get out of traffic stops and other minor infractions, according to an agreement filed in Manhattan federal court Monday.

Law Enforcement, Corruption, Settlements

155 points by impish9208 70 days ago | 158 comments

84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's corruption stalls progress (techdirt.com)

Online Privacy, Politics, Legislation, Corruption

90 points by speckx 91 days ago | 108 comments

Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (occrp.org)

Corruption, Journalism, International Organizations

13 points by Bluestein 95 days ago | 2 comments

WHO to scrap weak PFAS drinking water guidelines after alleged corruption (theguardian.com)

Politics, Environment, Public Health, Corruption

26 points by Jimmc414 100 days ago | 5 comments

Senators strike bipartisan deal for ban on stock trading by members of Congress (cnbc.com)