Monday 31 December 2012

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Kaspersky Finds Fresh 419 E-mail Scam
SPAMfighter News
Kaspersky researchers explain that the above kind of scam e-mails, in the new case titled as "Dollar investment for the Companys President/Ceo!!! (Confidential)," normally assert as arriving from any controversial figure's relative or some Nigerian prince.
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Sunday 30 December 2012

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Man sentenced in charity concert scam
Mason City Globe Gazette
Man sentenced in charity concert scam. Print Email. 2012-12-30T17:17:00Z Man sentenced in charity concert scam North Iowa Media Group. 22 minutes ago. (0) Comments. WATERLOO (AP) — A 64-year-old Cedar Falls man convicted of fraud for staging a ...
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Woman arrested in Sandy Hook shooting scam
Examiner.com
Nouel Alba has been arrested for using the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting tragedy to scam money out of those desperate to help. According to a Dec. 30 CNN report, Alba used her Facebook account to solicit donations for a funeral fund. Donations ...
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Week in Review: Man Arrested for Scam at Victoria's Secret, Restaurant Closes ...
Patch.com
3046242. asset[new_asset_attachment_attributes][to_type]. Article. article[new_asset_attachment_attributes][user_id]. new_asset_attachment_attributes. A man working at Victoria's Secret faces larceny charges after running a scam to sell items below cost.
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16 held, released in mining scam
Times of India
16 held, released in mining scam. The writer has posted comments on this article By Vijay PinjarkarVijay Pinjarkar, TNN | Dec 31, 2012, 01.48 AM IST. Tweet. Share on Linkedin. Comments. More ...
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Police detain suspect behind Beras 1Malaysia scam
The Borneo Post
State Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Supt Firdaus Abdullah said the police were also looking into the possibility that there could be more than one person involved in the scam which hit the Beratok and Mile 21 areas. The scam ...
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Cops bust transfer-to-win phone scam
Emirates 24/7
(Supplied). The Sharjah Police have busted a major telephone scam involving a huge 17-member gang. The gang operated a scam where they got people to transfer money to their phones in the hope of winning major prizes. Once they received the phone ...
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Check scam outrages legitimate company
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Last week we wrote about a local man who had gotten a letter from an outfit called Delta Market Research of St. Louis, offering him a job as a "product evaluator." The letter included a $1,400 check that was supposed to provide shopping money. But the ...
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Durban businessmen in sex scam
Post (subscription)
This week, PI Brad Nathanson lifted the lid on the scam and, speaking exclusively to the Sunday Tribune, told of how the con has been operating for years, with scores of victims paying hush money totalling more than R1 million to make salacious ...
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Old telephone scam appears with a new twist
Bradenton Herald
It's an old scam that now has a new twist -- con artists are using Florida area codes as they try to trick people into believing family members are in danger and need money immediately. Law-enforcement agencies for years have warned the public ...
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Mother of cancer victim on a 'mission' to find suspected scammer who also ...
New York Daily News
Tiffany Doty, of Maple Valley, says the scammer only wanted to get close to her son, Thomas, because of their connection to "Deadliest Catch" star Johnathan Hillstrand, who made a video over the summer asking for donations to help the family. But Doty ...
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Newtown Scammer Also Accused Of Setting Up Fake Hurricane Sandy Funds
Gothamist
Nouel Alba, who was arrested after she allegedly lied to federal agents about soliciting donations to her personal PayPal account—donations she conned people into giving by claiming to be the aunt of Noah Pozner, a six-year-old Newtown shooting ...
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Saturday 29 December 2012

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News8 new results for scam
 
Mom Seeks Police Help in Suspected Cancer...
ABC News
A mother says she will ask police to find the woman who she believes scammed her dying son. Thomas Doty, 20, of Washington state, died on Dec. 19 after a three-year battle with bone cancer -- but not before a woman apparently scammed him and his ...
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Woman charged in Newtown funds scam also sought Sandy relief money
Fox News
NEW YORK – A woman charged with trying to swindle donors by posing as a relative of a child killed in the Connecticut school massacre had also been soliciting money for Hurricane Sandy relief. Nouel Alba was arrested Thursday and accused of concocting ...
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Cash transfer: Whiff of scam in soon-to-be-rolled out UPA game-changer scheme
Times of India
NEW DELHI: UPA-II's flagship direct cash transfer scheme has run into rough weather following warnings of a potential scam in the making, and evoking concerns of serious delays. Government functionaries have raised the red flag about how cash would be ...
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Orlando Sentinel
Every media outlet in the country cound issue "alerts" about a whole list of scams every single day and you would still have a pack of numnuts falling for them. All comments are filtered for vulgar language, for web addresses and for e-mail addresses.
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PG&E warns of scam targeting elderly customers
abc7news.com
They say he's been calling elderly citizens, threatening to disconnect their service within an hour if they do not call back with a gift card number in the amount of an alleged past due bill. PG&E says this is a scam, stressing that they will never ask ...
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€12mn goes astray in Greek tourism scam
RT
Greece has launched a probe into the national tourist organization to account for 12 million euro lost due to "irregularities." It is the latest in a series of corruption scandals to hit debt-stricken Greece during the financial downturn. The probe ...
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Man accused of hole-in-one scam
CBS sports.com (blog)
Just when you think you've seen it all in golf, somebody goes and does this. Here's how Kevin Walter Kolenda of Norwalk, Conn., cheated various local golfers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Step one: create fake insurance company, in this case ...
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Maine attorney general warns of phone scam
WCSH-TV
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine Attorney General William Schneider says there's a new telephone scam claiming consumers are being threatened with legal action. Schneider says the calls are threatening, telling the consumer to dial another number to ...
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Bronx woman, accused of scam to solicit Newtown massacre donations, also ...
New York Daily News
The Bronx woman the feds accused of running a ghoulish online scam to profit off the Newtown school massacre also set up at least four charities to solicit donations after Hurricane Sandy. Nouel Alba, 37, was also accused online of impersonating a ...
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Greece uncovers tourism scam, looks for unaccounted millions
Reuters
Greece uncovers tourism scam, looks for unaccounted millions. Tweet · Share this · Email · Print. Related Topics. World ». ATHENS | Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:20am EST. ATHENS (Reuters) - Three Greeks were arrested on suspicion of trying to defraud the ...
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'Disabled' LIRR faker to repay 266G
New York Post
Former brake repairman Frank Plaia, 55, also agreed to pay back more than $266,000 he collected as part of a massive, $1 billion disability scam on the federal Railroad Retirement Board. After his arrest this year, prosecutors said Plaia, of Hicksville ...
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Banana scan scam alleged
Journal Times
Banana scan scam alleged. Print Email. 2012-12-28T23:51:00Z 2012-12-28T23:54:33Z Banana scan scam allegedJournal Times staff JournalTimes.com. 1 hour ago • Journal Times staff · (0) Comments. RACINE — A Mount Pleasant man was charged Friday ...
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Jackson, Nicks scam Uncle Sam, legally
NBCSports.com
Lost in the suggestion that the notoriously cap-rich Buccaneers chewed up a few million in current-year cap space (which could have been carried to 2013 anyway) by shifting millions in base salary due and payable to receiver Vincent Jackson and guard ...
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Feds: 4 more LIRR retirees plead guilty in disability scam
Newsday (subscription)
As prosecutors prepare for trial in an alleged conspiracy by Long Island Rail Road retirees to file false disability claims, four more of the accused have pleaded guilty. Thomas Delalla, 54, of West Islip, and Frank Plaia, 55, of Hicksville, pleaded ...
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Briefs: Westchester clerk warns of deed scam; Putnam sheriff to increase New ...
The Journal News | LoHud.com
County clerk warns of deed-offer scam. Westchester County Clerk Timothy C. Idoni warns people that companies are sending letters to New York homeowners trying to scam them into purchasing unnecessary copies of their deeds. Ignore the offers, he said.
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In brief: Town police warn of scam about kidnapped relatives
Poughkeepsie Journal
KINGSTON — Town of Poughkeepsie police are warning residents of a fraudulent telephone call demanding money for the return of a kidnapped family member. Police said the caller informs the intended target that a family member or friend has been ...
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Friday 28 December 2012

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News3 new results for scammer
 
Newtown scammer may have scammed before
WTNH
The New York woman accused of pretending to be the aunt of one of the Newtown victims to get money may have tried to scam people before. Just after 37-year-old Nouel Alba posted bond and hid from the cameras outside court, News 8 gave her every ...
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IT BEGINS ALREADY: CRUEL SCAMMER ZEROES IN ON NEWTOWN ...
Philadelphia Daily News
IT BEGINS ALREADY: CRUEL SCAMMER ZEROES IN ON NEWTOWN MASSACRE. ASSOCIATED PRESS Male pattern boldnessWilly Ruiz, of Mauritza´s Beauty Shop, in Anchorage. ASSOCIATED PRESS Male pattern boldnessWilly Ruiz, of Mauritza's ...
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Shomrim help thwart Golders Green credit card scammer
Jewish Chronicle
The community has been warned to be on guard against gangs that target Jewish pensioners and families in a major credit-card scam. Volunteers from the Shomrim community security group thwarted an attempted fraud in Golders Green last week.
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NY woman arrested over Newtown massacre scam
USA TODAY
When contacted by FBI Special Agents investigating fundraising and charity scams related to the Newtown tragedy, ALBA falsely stated that she did not post information related to Newtown on her Facebook account, solicit donations or recently access her ...
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Sandy Hook funeral-fund scam outrages, feds charge Nouel Alba
New York Daily News
Alba was charged Wednesday with lying to the feds after they caught wind of the vile scam, which included using her Facebook account to solicit donations and spinning a tale about meeting with President Obama, court papers show. "I'm disgusted by it ...
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New York Daily News
NY woman accused of scam in name of Conn. victim
Wall Street Journal
A New York City woman has been arrested by federal authorities who say she tried to scam donors by posing as a relative of one of the children killed at a Connecticut elementary school. Thirty-seven-year-old Nouel Alba was arrested Thursday and charged ...
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Nouel Alba Arrested By FBI: Bronx Woman Accused Of Newtown Shooting Scam ...
Huffington Post
A New York City woman tried to scam donors by posing as the aunt of a child killed in the Connecticut elementary school massacre, federal authorities said Thursday. Nouel Alba, 37, was arrested Thursday and accused of using her Facebook account, ...
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Feds: Bronx woman accused in Newtown fundraising scam
Newsday
When contacted by FBI agents investigating fundraising and charity scams related to the Newtown tragedy, Alba falsely told them she did not post information related to Newtown on Facebook, solicit donations or access her PayPal account, according to a ...
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Newsday
Bronx Woman Accused Posing As Victim's Aunt In Newtown Charity Scam
CBS Local
(CBSNewYork) — In the two weeks since the Newtown massacre shocked the world, scam artists have moved in to prey on the human tragedy. Federal authorities said one such scam was perpetrated by a New York City woman, who was arrested Thursday ...
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Woman arrested for lying about Newtown shooting scam
Today.com (blog)
Nouel Alba, 37, of the Bronx, N.Y., was arrested Thursday on a federal criminal complaint charging her with lying to FBI agents in connection with their investigation into a fraudulent fund-raising scheme related to the Newtown school shooting tragedy.
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NY woman accused in alleged Newtown charity scam
WTVR
(CNN) — Federal authorities arrested a 37-year-old Bronx woman on Thursday after she allegedly concocted a ruse in the wake of the Connecticut mass shooting and posed as a relative of one of the slain children. Nouel Alba is accused of using her ...
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FBI arrests woman for alleged Newtown fundraising scam
Salon
"Investigators continue to monitor the Internet to uncover other fundraising scams arising from this tragedy, and the individuals operating them face federal or state prosecution to the fullest extent permitted by law." Continue Reading Close. Jillian ...
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Thursday 27 December 2012

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News4 new results for scammer
 
Sandy Hook scammer posing as Newtown victim's aunt arrested
GlobalPost
A woman who posed as the aunt of one of the 20 children killed in the attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and used a Facebook account to solicit money for a "funeral fund" has been arrested and charged with lying to federal agents.
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Accused Golf Insurance Scammer Free On Bond
Patch.com
Commute · Jobs · Volunteer · Grocery Specials. Breaking: Accused Golf Insurance Scammer Free On Bond ». Welcome back, Patch Blogger! Make Patch better! Take our survey: OK | Sorry, maybe next time (survey will open in a new window). 41.100453 ...
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Alleged scammer's family not under probe yet, says Kuching police chief
The Star Online
KUCHING: Police are not investigating the family of an alleged scammer, who is said to have conned his "investors" out of hundreds of thousands of ringgit — yet. Kuching police chief ACP Roslan Bek Ahmad said the family claimed that they knew nothing ...
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Accused scammer says home was burglarized while he was in jail
The Hour
Accused scammer says home was burglarized while he was in jail. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:41 am. Accused scammer says home was ...
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Social engineering scam: Your password's worthless
CBS News
(MoneyWatch) By now -- in the final days of 2012 -- if you ever have a financial account compromised because of your password, it's almost certainly your own fault. Here's some tough love for you: Banks and stores typically have such good online ...
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Inside a fake BCS title game ticket scam
ESPN (blog)
Paul Crowley believed something was sketchy about the potential transaction he would make with a scalper for two tickets to the Discover BCS National Championship. So he contacted our Darren Rovell on Twitter, and step-by-step the curtain was drawn ...
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Detectives warn of lottery scam, still searching for two women
Sun-Sentinel
Detectives with the Broward Sheriff's Office want to warn the public about a lottery scam that has netted at least one victim. Two women were able to steal $12,300 from a woman in mid-November, said Keyla Concepcion, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's ...
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Jet ski scam: Swiss tourist beaten by 4 men
Bangkok Post
In the scam, people who rent jet skis are forced to pay inflated sums for repairs when they return the craft. The jet skis already have superficial damage before they are rented out, but the customers tend not to notice as the damage is usually on the ...
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The Obama Green Energy Scam You May Have Missed
Town Hall
WASHINGTON - Have you seen the latest development in President Obama's waste-ridden, clean energy program that's now under federal investigation at the U.S. Treasury Department? Three of the country's biggest residential solar panel installers ...
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Sheriff: Lottery Scam Cost Elderly Person $90000
Patch.com
The scam takes effect when a person responds, and he or she is asked to send money through Western Union or a cashier's check to a foreign address to pay for added taxes and handling charges, as examples, according to the release. Sometimes, the ...
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Phishing Scam Uses California Victims of Corporate Fraud Compensation Fund ...
JD Supra (press release)
Earlier this month, the California Secretary of State warned of yet another phishing scam. Criminals typically phish by associating themselves with legitimate businesses. Their goal is to obtain personal information that can be used to steal your identity.
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Sheriff Warns of Lottery Scam
NBC Chicago
That's Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's message in a warning about a scam that recently cost an 80-year-old suburban resident $90,000. Another 74-year-old person lost $82,000, he said. Scammers contact victims by phone, fax, email or letter, often with ...
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Bangor police issue warning about apartment scam
Morning Sentinel
BANGOR — Bangor police have issued a warning about an apparent scam targeting people looking for apartments advertised on Craigslist. Police say a woman last week replied to an ad and received a call back from a number that later appeared to be from ...
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Va. couple charged in million-dollar cash scam
The Virginian-Pilot
A Powhatan couple faces federal charges of structuring more than $4.6 million in cash transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements. Loveleen Khare, 55, and Jayant Khare, 50, are scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Richmond today. A ...
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Wednesday 26 December 2012

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News9 new results for scam
 
Scam iOS Maker Of The Day: Installous
TechCrunch
A kind reader woke us up this morning with a missive that made my blood boil: another scam iOS maker was, in an insult to the great Mojang itself, selling a scam version of Minecraft. The company, Installous, is selling something called Minecraft ...
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Lincoln sheriff's deputy nabs scam suspect
Charlotte Observer
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday an Asheboro man has been arrested on allegations that he scammed a family by pretending he would put gravel in their driveway. Tommy Mack Small Jr., 32., is charged with felony obtaining property by ...
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Arizona pair indicted in $25000 casino scam
azcentral
Arizona pair indicted in $25,000 casino scam. SHARE URL EMAIL. Tweet. FONT: A A A. Photo URL: To: From: Add a brief message (optional): By JJ Hensley The Republic | azcentral.com Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:51 PM. Casino reward cards have become as ...
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Granite mining scam: Madurai police summon MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi
IBNLive
Madurai: Madurai police on Wednesday issued summons to Union Steel Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi once again in connection with the multi-crore granite mining scam. Durai Dayanidhi had on December 14 surrendered at a Madurai court four ...
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Baby scam in Bengaluru: Steal, Sell
Deccan Chronicle
Bengaluru: In a worrying trend a second child has been abucted from a city hospital this year, pointing to a possible racket involving child lifters. The latest to be kidnapped is a baby boy from the Vani Vilas hospital. Although its been a week since ...
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Lotto scam victims - stupid or dishonest?
Jamaica Gleaner
The often repeated tales of the lotto scam which grace the news each day evoke mixed emotions. While I totally condemn the perpetrators for their blatant acts of dishonesty, I truly sympathise with the victims. I am, however, moved to ask the question ...
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Man arrested in driveway work scam, deputies say
WBTV
An Asheboro man was arrested after he attempted to scam a Lincoln County family by falsely claiming he would put gravel on their driveway, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. On Friday, December 21, the man, later identified as Tommy Mack ...
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Wraith Scam
Sierra Express Media
Fiasco ensued at Rogbankay village, a few kilometers drive from Freetown, when family members of Pa Santigie Sankoh, prevailed on 34 years old Gibrilla Sankoh, eldest son of the chief to succeed his father as chief custodian of the Poro Society. (Photo ...
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FBR nails Rs2.6 billion scam by one family
The News International
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has unearthed a mega scam in which one accused and his family owned 83 firms which got fake refunds of over Rs2.6 billion from the national exchequer, official documents available with The News ...
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