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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Seminal scoops: Offshore finance and service provider centres are more than tax havens 

Insider trading schemes using encrypted apps alarm FBI FT. Oh come on. Insider trading?! Why not RICO?
Judge Jim Hinkle of Gwinnett County, Georgia, who was suspended after posting some controversial remarks about Charlottesville on Facebook — i.e., comparing “snowflake” counter-protesters to ISIS because they were “destroying history” — has officially resigned from the bench. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

An Ohio judge was shot outside his courthouse in an ambush by the father of a man convicted in a rape case - only for the judge to return fire and kill the attacker.
Man who shot Ohio judge Man who shot Ohio judge was father of high school football player convicted of rape, investigators say

…the wealth held offshore by rich Russians is about three times larger than official net foreign reserves, and is comparable in magnitude to total household financial assets held in Russia.
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