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The real reason we can't have nice things - war profiteers selling the US govt worthless crap for billions of dollars.

How about we dog-e style that instead of healthcare and science?

Link: https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/04/army-made-tank-it-doesnt-need-and-cant-use-now-its-figuring-out-what-do-it/404877/?ICID=ref_fark

#USPol #Capitalism #Army #Military #Fraud #Waste

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A troop transport that can't carry troops, a reconnaissance vehicle that's too conspicuous to do reconnaissance... And a quasi-tank that has less armor than a snow-blower

The Army made a tank it doesn't need and can't use. Now it's figuring out what to do with it.

The M10 Booker busted its requirements from the beginning. It's a case study in how Army procurement wants to change.

"So the MPF rolled on, frozen in 2016—and saddled with requirements from far older eras. It was required to use the Single Channel Ground & Airborne Radio System...first fielded in 1990. The Pentagon has tried to replace SINCGARS, famously spending 15 years & $15 billion only to cancel the Joint Tactical Radio System program....

The requirements also locked the Army into buying 504 vehicles, b/c a 10-percent increase in program cost would trigger a new review of the requirements.

In 2022, Miller said, the requirements were updated—mystifyingly—to say that it doesn’t need to have optionally-manned or autonomous capability, despite the entire Defense Department’s march toward uncrewed technology.

“So now you have a vehicle that...has the best technology limitations of 2013—which are really technology limitations of 2000, because you're trying to be backwards-compatible,” he said. “You've added boundary conditions that say you can't expand. You can't expand the capabilities because you can't add autonomy. You can't actually add digital technologies.”

WT absolute F.

Under Carmen Heredia’s leadership, Arizona's #Medicaid agency withheld payment to more than 300 businesses as it investigated #fraud allegations.

The state’s swift response left #patients homeless, ProPublica and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting found.

#Arizona #Health #HealthCare #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-carmen-heredia-resigns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

🎲 Crypto Casino Founder Richard Kim Arrested After Gambling Away Investor Funds

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/04/17/crypto-casino-founder-richard-kim-arrested-after-gambling-away-investor-funds

#crypto #finance #crime #fraud #cryptocurrency

White House "dismissals could come as soon as late next week, sources have told Politico, with one insider saying “a lot” of employees will be let go over perceived loyalty concerns, with the president preferring to announce their removal in one sweeping gesture" www.aol.com/trump-planni... #fraud

Trump is planning ‘purge’ of W...

https://youtu.be/6kPHnl-RsVI

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #centralization #dystopia #corporate #surveillance #SurveillanceState #SurveillanceCapitalism #OpenSource #decentralization #chaos #anarchy #fraud #scam #scams #inequality #graphics #data #DataViz

He was looking for cheap car insurance in N.L. He thinks he found a 'ghost broker' instead
Ghost brokers can create falsified insurance documents that look like legitimate policies, and sell them to unwitting victims.
#insurance #fraud #NL #News #Canada #NfldLabrador
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-insurance-ghost-brokers-1.7523995?cmp=rss

Jailed paddleboard company owner sacked from Police after insurance fraud investigation

Nerys Lloyd from Aberavon was a serving firearms officer with South Wales Police at the time her Paddleboard company’s excursion to the River Cleddau near the Haverfordwest Town weir took a tragic turn, after four people died in the water after heavy flooding caused and severe weather warnings were ignored by Lloyd.

Lloyd was jailed for 10 years and 6 months for gross negligence manslaughter following the deaths.

After the sentencing, South Wales Police revealed that Lloyd, who had already been suspended as a police officer at the time of the incident, was subsequently dismissed at an accelerated disciplinary hearing – but for an entirely different matter.

The force revealed that Lloyd had made a fraudulent claim against the South Wales Police Federation motor insurance scheme for a repair to her car.

Lloyd had claimed £577.55 for the cost of repairing her vehicle, where the actual repair cost was “in the region of £16 to £20” .

After admitting a ” massive error of judgement” and repaying the money claimed, Lloyd was interviewed under caution on 11 October 2021, two weeks before the tragedy on the river and given a formal caution for the criminal offence of fraud by false representation.

Six months after the river tragedy, at an accelerated disciplinary hearing, Chief Constable Jeremy Vaughan found that Lloyd had breached professional behaviour standards for honesty and integrity, bringing discredit on the police service, undermining the confidence of the public, and Lloyd should be dismissed without notice.

#Aberavon #fraud #NerysLloyd #SouthWalesPolice #StandUpPaddleboarding

The Register: Maryland man pleads guilty to outsourcing US govt work to North Korean dev in China . “A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to fraud after landing a job with a contractor working on US government software, and then outsourcing the work to a self-described North Korean developer in China. Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong is a Vietnamese-born naturalized US citizen. He recently pleaded guilty […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/the-register-maryland-man-pleads-guilty-to-outsourcing-us-govt-work-to-north-korean-dev-in-china/

So much for the whole saving money B.S.

Fired #DOJ attorney says on TikTok that #Trump #pardons cost $1 billion
 #LizOyer says Americans lost out on #restitution because Trump sidestepped the usual #clemency process to pardon allies.

#law #waste #fraud
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/01/liz-oyer-trump-pardons-restitution-1-billion/

This campaign raised $57K to repatriate a 'loving mother' killed in Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy. It was fake
GoFundMe removed a campaign claiming to be raising funds for a victim of the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy Wednesday, saying it is refunding the more than $57,000 donated. A B.C. woman who reported her suspicions that the fundraiser was fake says...
#fundraising #fraud #tragedy #LapuLapu #News #Investigates
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/fake-lapu-lapu-victim-gofundme-1.7524346?cmp=rss

Fundraiser for family of teen killed in crash ends with fraud charges against Winnipeg man
A 20-year-old man is facing fraud charges after police allege he set up a false online fundraiser under the guise of helping a family with funeral costs following the death of their son in a crash.
#fundraiser #fraud #accident #Winnipeg #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fundraising-fraud-charge-winnipeg-1.7523555?cmp=rss

Man charged with fraud for bogus crowdfunding campaign, Winnipeg cops say
The campaign was ostensibly aimed at helping the family of a teen who was killed in a car accident in 2022, but police say the funds were diverted into a personal bank account.
#fraud #crime #fundraising #accident #Winnipeg #crimeinwinnipeg
https://globalnews.ca/news/11159102/fraudulent-crowdfunding-winnipeg-police/

Britain’s shrinking fraud watchdog.

Political forces — from Trump’s deprioritisation of bribery to Britain’s dash for growth — mean the UK's Serious Fraud Office is in a fight for relevance.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250501-britains-shrinking-fraud-watchdog?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#UK #SFO #SeriousFraudOffice #Politics #Business #Fraud #Bribery #Corruption

Britain’s shrinking fraud watchdog https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-serious-fraud-office-corruption-mining-congo/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Healthprofessionals/workforce #Financialcrime/fraud #FinancialServicesUK #Dumping/Duties #Cooperation #Enforcement #Environment #Corruption #Department #Companies #Americas #Industry #Missions #Payments #Playbook #Policing #Security #Services #Finance #Budget #Courts #Growth #Mining #Rights #Skills #Banks #Fraud

GoFundMe for victim of Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival removed due to fraud
GoFundMe has been verifying fundraisers to make sure the donated funds will benefit grieving family members and aid in recovery efforts.
#fraud #fundraising #festival #Vancouver #Crime #LapuLapufestival
https://globalnews.ca/news/11157504/gofundme-victim-vancouver-lapu-lapu-festival-removed-fraud/

#fraud

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