Category: Leaks
Meta Slapped with €265 Million for Privacy Violations
On November 25, 2022, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) released a decision fining Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) €265 million for a 2019 data leak involving the personal information of approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide. In the decision, the DPC argued that Meta failed to comply with the GDPR’s requirement of providing privacy “by design and default” when it failed to prevent the disclosure of users’ phone numbers, email addresses, full names, dates of birth and other personal information on…
#JKSSB alleged job scam site: 14 locations raided, arrests made
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday aided 14 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the alleged manipulation of the Accounts Assistant recruitment examination conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB). The agency booked 20 people, including members of the JKSSB. Those accused in the case are Dr Karnail Singh, , former BSF Paloura Frontier Headquarters Medical Officer, former ASI in the J&K Police Ashok Kumar, teacher Roshan Bral, MeritTrac Services Private Limited, Bengaluru,…
Broker for Israeli Arms to Myanmar Arrested in Thailand for Drug Dealing and Money Laundering
Haaretz Daily Newspaper reports: Documents reveal that a corporation implicated in corruption, served as a middleman between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Elbit (publicly traded co), Israel Shipyards (publicly traded co) and Myanmar’s brutal junta, despite international sanctions over the Rohingya genocide. Company Company Relation Location Industry Description Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) Parent Israel Aircraft Engines Elta Systems Ltd Subsidiary of Parent Israel Electronic Navigation/Tracking Systems Iai Asia Pte. Ltd. Subsidiary of Parent Singapore Wholesalers Iai North America Inc. Principal…
Sanctions on anti-war, Ukrainian individuals? Alex Ozhelskiy and Mikhail Fridman
Alexander Ozhelskiy, 22, son of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, posted a video address in which he says that he does not support the war in Ukraine and thinks the sanctions against him are unfair. Alexander states that he has participated in “pro-Ukrainian protests”. Ozhelskiy is the co-founder and general director of Esef Direct Investments LLC, as well as a co-founder and director of Alliance Management Company LLC. He is also co-founder of Esef Development LLC and Esef Properties LLC. His…
Leaked: Unintentional whistleblower Berlusconi tells “true story” of the Russia/Ukraine “massacre”
Ukraine throws damns this treaty to hell [less dramatic translation: violates the treaty] a year later, and begins attacking the borders of the two republics…Desperate, the two republics send a delegation to Moscow and finally manage to talk to Putin.
Jury finds Eli Lilly liable for defrauding Medicaid, must pay $61M in damages
Aug 5, 2022. More than eight years after a former pharmacist sued Eli Lilly, Bristol Myers Squibb and other drugmakers for allegedly skimping out on Medicaid rebates, Lilly’s day in court has finally come. Now, a jury has found the Indianapolis-based company liable for defrauding the nation’s Medicaid program and ordered it to shell out $61 million in damages. Because the damages are trebled under the False Claims Act, meanwhile, the final judgement will exceed $183 million, the law firm…
Judicial Watch: NIH Records Reveal FBI Inquiry of Wuhan Grant
Jul 17, 2022. Records Show Fauci Agency ‘Gain-of-Function’ Concerns about Wuhan Lab Going Back to 2016 (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch announced today that it received 1651 pages of records from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) revealing an FBI “inquiry” into the NIH’s controversial bat coronavirus grant tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The records also show National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) officials were concerned about “gain-of-function” research in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2016….
Aerojet Rocketdyne Whistleblower To Receive $2.61 Million in False Claims Act Settlement
July 13, 2022. DOJ Press Release. Brian Markus, a former employee at Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., will be awarded $2.61 million for his role as a qui tam whistleblower in a False Claims Act case. In the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) press release, two U.S. Attorneys highlighted the importance of whistleblowers in cybersecurity enforcement. The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act enable private citizens to file lawsuits on behalf of the government if they know of an individual…
Punished for Exposing War Crimes: U.K. Approves Assange Extradition to U.S., Faces 175 Years
June 17, 2022. In a blow to press freedom, the United Kingdom has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face espionage charges related to the publication of classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Home Secretary Priti Patel signed off on the transfer after the U.K. Supreme Court denied Assange’s appeals earlier this year, part of a years-long legal battle that rights groups have decried as an attack on journalism and free speech. Assange…
War Crimes in Ukraine?
May 27, 2022. A supposedly leaked document that has circulated widely on social networks, allegedly showing that a senior Russian general had instructed Russian soldiers to fabricate evidence of Ukrainian war crimes, appears to be a forgery. The Intercept Russian POWs shot in the leg by Ukrainian forces: Video French media documents war crimes by NATO-backed Ukrainian neo-Nazi militias: Wsws.org Ukraine, Donbass: Russian-speaking civilians have been victims of the army for years. In 2015, A.-L. Bonnel, then still a very…
Data Leak: How Criminals, Officials, and Sanctioned Politicians Poured Money into Dubai Real Estate
May 7, 2022. A new leak of Dubai property data has exposed just how many foreigners have poured their money into apartments and villas there. The data, which dates from 2020, was obtained by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that researches international crime and conflict. It was then shared with Norwegian financial outlet E24, which coordinated an investigation into the real estate. The leak provides the first detailed public overview of…
British Virgin Islands premier arrested on drug trafficking charges
The premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested by US agents on drug trafficking and money laundering charges at an airport in Miami on Thursday, sending shockwaves across the UK-administered Caribbean tax haven. The islands’ governor, John Rankin, confirmed in a statement that Drug Enforcement Administration agents had arrested Andrew Fahie, the elected premier of the BVI, and called for calm. “I realise this will be shocking news for people in the territory,” he said. Liz Truss, UK foreign…
Leak: Supreme Court ready to strike down Roe v. Wade
Leaked PDF: Roe vs Wade Decision A majority of the Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade, according to a leaked draft of the opinion published Monday by Politico. That conclusion seemed a possibility in December when the court considered a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. But the disclosure Monday by Politico of a draft opinion that it said was circulated by Justice Samuel…
6 Russian oligarchs have died in alleged suicides this year
Two Russian oligarchs were found dead last week, within 48 hours of each other. They were found alongside their families in what investigators are labelling murder-suicides. Since the start of 2022, four other Russia-connected oligarchs have mysteriously died by suicide. Here is a list of the Russian oligarchs who have met a mysterious end in 2022 — so far, as reported by several mainstream sources cited below. 1. Sergey Protosenya [Novatek – natural gas] found hanged outside Spanish villa, bodies…
The most hated cryptocurrency: Why are people flocking to Monero?
Monero, traded as ticker XMR, seems to be the only cryptocurrency able to escape the solid downtrend lately and the approaching hard fork is not the only cause. While it is a definite motivator, there are at least four additional main reasons. The first is obviously the new trend in sanctions. 1. The sanctionsFirst, the west has essentially sanctioned anyone they could get their hands on with suspected ties to Russian oligarchs, including their uncles and children. This year’s US…
Congressman Mo Brooks casually explains political corruption on camera
“Elect me, I will charge you less.” “You have to do what the special interest groups require.” Lauren Windsor of The Undercurrent caught GOP Rep Mo Brooks on video saying that says prime committee chairmanships cost a minimum of $1 million and are paid by special interest groups as “a quid pro quo” for favored legislation. NEW: GOP Rep Mo Brooks says prime committee chairmanships cost a minimum of $1 million and are paid by special interest groups as "a…