Friday, April 29, 2022

Valentin Broeksmit - Archegos founder Bill Hwang arrested on US fraud charges

Reputed federal informant, whistleblower found dead in L.A. after he’s reported missing NBC. “ Valentin Broeksmit was reported to have turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank.”


Archegos founder Bill Hwang arrested on US fraud charges FT. On the Archegos family office, see NC here


Archegos’s Word Was Good Enough for Wall Street’s Top Banks WSJ


The Australian Tax Office has failed to collect billions in unpaid superannuation each year, with a damning audit finding the reactive approach is costing workers whose bosses are breaking the law.
Role of ex-cop Gary Jubelin questioned in malicious prosecution case

Developer ‘paid for access’ to Sydney mayor, ICAC hears


Sydney underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad shot dead


Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad ignored police warning about $1m price on his head

Labor promises crackdown on multinational tax avoidance would bring almost $2 billion in revenue


Credit Suisse Taking Another Rap on the Knuckles 

David Cay Johnston. Wikipedia here , a prolific author of books and articles on the crimes of the rich, has this article on Credit Suisse


I helped Indigenous peoples beat Chevron in court and they put me on house arrest. It didn’t work. Stephen Donziner


 Letizia Battaglia, Who Photographed the Italian Mafia, Dies at 87


Slovenia shows what proportional representation can do

I celebrate this historic win in Slovenia: As The Guardian notes: Political newcomer liberal Robert Golob has defeated Slovenia’s three-time prime minister, populist conservative Janez
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CNN did not tweet about children in Ukraine signing up to fight in the war


What’s next for Elon Musk and Twitter?

Is the world’s richest man truly interested in acquiring and, in his mind, improving the social media giant? Or is he bored and trolling us?


How the West enabled genocide in Mariupol with its misguided Azov obsession Euromaidan Press


Mystery drone: How the Air Force fast-tracked a new weapon for Ukraine Politico

 

Fallout: Ukraine Crisis Upends Russia’s Role in the South China Sea Center for Strategic and International Studies

Stop Pretending This Is A Normal Election.BrasilWire



Spain's ombudsman to probe alleged cyber spying of Catalan figures


Freakonomics: What Do A Full Moon, The Super Bowl, And Tax Day Have In Common?



Pterosaurs May Have Had Brightly Colored Feathers, Exquisite Fossil Reveals Scientific American


The ECB Must Act Soon to Avoid a Currency CrisisBloomberg Important!


Calpers Plans to Vote to Replace Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway’s Chairman WSJ



How the CIA and Italy’s secret state manipulated the right and infiltrated the left Ada Winstanley. Operation Gladio. Filing this bit of the historical record here just to show we have form.



Radio host Stew Peters’ ‘Watch the Water’ film ridiculously claims COVID-19 is snake venom