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Uber driver charged with kidnapping after passengers livestream chase

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A Virginia Uber driver is now in police custody for chasing down a car that rear-ended him — without letting his two passengers out of the vehicle — on Monday night. Olufemi S. Olomola, 38, was charged with two counts of abduction, reckless driving and felony hit-and-run, Q13 Fox reported. Richmond Police reportedly made the arrest following the incident. John Murray and […]

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Medford Uber driver accused of locking passenger in car and raping her, police say

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MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford police arrested an Uber driver accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 21-year old woman who had booked a ride with him. Antonio Gonzalez-Salinas, 51 was arrested on Tuesday at his house in the 1900 block of Erin Way, Medford. Police said they recovered the alleged victim’s phone from his home.

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Dozens arrested in ‘courier fraud’ crackdown

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More than 40 people have been arrested in a crackdown on courier fraud across England and Wales. Police say more than 3,000 people, most of them elderly, have been duped into withdrawing large sums of cash and handing it to someone posing as a courier or police officer. In October, a couple from Dorset lost

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GFF cyber fraud & security trends to look out for in 2020 – Beware!!

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As more and more people spend most of their day-to-day lives online or in the digital space, the world is just a click away. Walls and borders that once separated us as individuals are fading or have totally disappeared. The digital world envelopes us; we communicate, trade and transact online in ways that are incredibly

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Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends Posted by InvestAdvocate on December 6, 2019

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Scope of bribery Bribery in Nigeria is slightly less prevalent than three years ago Out of all Nigerian citizens who had at least one contact with a public official in the 12 months prior to the 2019 survey, 30.2 per cent paid a bribe to, or were asked to pay a bribe by, a public

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Pakistan tycoon hands over $248m to settle UK corruption probe

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UK’s National Crime Agency says assets and cash frozen in the country will be handed over to Pakistani government. The UK agency said the assets would be passed to the government of Pakistan, which has been spearheading an anti-corruption campaign [File: Caren Firouz/Reuters] Malik Riaz Hussain, a Pakistani real estate tycoon, has agreed to hand

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Gunmen Kidnap Pregnant Woman, Two Kids, Demand N30m Ransom

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Kidnappers have demanded N30m to free a pregnant woman identified as Mrs. Okeke and two children at Juji, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Friday. It was learnt that gunmen invaded the Juji area of the state in the early hours of Friday and shot indiscriminately while residents ran for safety.

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