Hacker News with Generative AI: Corruption

DOGE 'Audits': A Mask for Corruption, Not Efficiency (medium.com)
The so-called “audits” conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are anything but.
Cryptocurrency, Government, Corruption
94 points by rbanffy 7 days ago | 61 comments
State Capture (wikipedia.org)
State capture is a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage.
Politics, Corruption, Governance
66 points by bloomingkales 8 days ago | 41 comments
US prosecutor in New York resigns after order to drop mayoral case (ft.com)
US Politics, New York, Law, Corruption
56 points by sealeck 8 days ago | 15 comments
Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials (theguardian.com)
President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich
Politics, Law, Corruption
16 points by croes 10 days ago | 2 comments
Trump to pause enforcement of law banning bribery of foreign officials (cnbc.com)
Politics, Law, Corruption, United States
34 points by redbell 11 days ago | 12 comments
The FAA’s Hiring Scandal (tracingwoodgrains.com)
After my story on the FAA’s hiring scandal went viral, many of the people impacted and involved in bringing it to light reached out to me to share their stories in detail.
Government, Corruption, Journalism, Aviation
739 points by firebaze 17 days ago | 666 comments
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 51 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____ 62 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 66 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 76 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 77 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 78 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 78 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 93 days ago | 5 comments
Javier Milei: President of Argentina – Freedom, Economics, and Corruption [video] (youtube.com)
Politics, Argentina, Economics, Corruption
12 points by f1shy 93 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 94 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 94 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 100 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 102 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 110 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 117 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 135 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 148 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 160 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 162 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 162 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 162 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 183 days ago | 108 comments
Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (occrp.org)
Corruption, Journalism, International Organizations
13 points by Bluestein 187 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 192 days ago | 5 comments