Hacker News with Generative AI: Corruption

Prosecutors in Taiwan Indict 2024 Presidential Candidate Ko Wen Je (nytimes.com)
He had run unsuccessfully for president of Taiwan as a maverick candidate, promising to clean up the island’s political system. Now, he has been officially accused of corruption.

Politics, Taiwan, Elections, Corruption

4 points by keepamovin 16 days ago | 1 comments

The strange link between obesity and corruption (bigthink.com)
Corruption makes you fat — that’s the hypothesis behind a creative study that compared body mass index (BMI) with conventional measures of corruption in post-Soviet countries.

Obesity, Corruption, Science, Social Studies, Health

15 points by ____H____ 27 days ago | 3 comments

Joe Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden endorsed a ban on congressional stock trading in an interview that’s being released this week, belatedly weighing in on an issue that has been debated on Capitol Hill for years.

Politics, US Politics, Stock Trading, Corruption

20 points by DocFeind 31 days ago | 0 comments

Airline informant received thousands from passenger cash seizures (atlantanewsfirst.com)
With a single sentence, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended a nationwide program that had seized untold millions in cash from airline passengers without arrests.

Air Travel, Law Enforcement, Justice System, Corruption

206 points by soraminazuki 41 days ago | 78 comments

Telecom industry 'think tank' tries to smear community owned broadband (techdirt.com)
We’ve noted for decades how the U.S. broadband sector is a mess thanks to corruption and unchecked monopoly power working tirelessly to undermine U.S. telecom competition.

Telecom, Broadband, Competition, Monopoly, Corruption

44 points by hn_acker 43 days ago | 5 comments

The lobbist who hijacked ~3% of revenue from US doctors (propublica.org)
It was a multibillion-dollar strike, so stealthy and precise that the only visible sign was a notice that suddenly vanished from a government website.

Health, Politics, Corruption, Lobbying, Finance

58 points by IG_Semmelweiss 43 days ago | 8 comments

McKinsey unit will pay $123M to settle claims it bribed South African officials (cnbc.com)

Business, Corruption, South Africa, Lawsuits

179 points by donsupreme 43 days ago | 123 comments

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 59 days ago | 5 comments

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

Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption

12 points by f1shy 59 days 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

18 points by aarghh 59 days ago | 2 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

6 points by kid64 60 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 66 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 67 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 75 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 82 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 101 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 113 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 125 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 127 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 128 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 128 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 149 days ago | 108 comments

Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (occrp.org)

Corruption, Journalism, International Organizations

13 points by Bluestein 152 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 158 days ago | 5 comments

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