🇺🇸 - Five current and former IRS employees have been charged in a scheme to fraudulently collect COVID-19 aid.
According to court documents, the defendants tried to obtain a total of USD 1 million by submitting false applications.
According to the Department of Justice, the defendants used the money for cars, luxury goods and personal travel. Brian Saulsberry of Memphis obtained USD 171 400 and is accused of buying a Mercedes and cushioning a personal investment account.
Tina Humes, also of Memphis, received USD 123 612 according to the DOJ, and is accused of using it to buy jewelry and go on a trip to Las Vegas.
This is part of a larger effort to crack down on COVID-19 fraud schemes that has led to 150 prosecutions and the seizure of USD 75 million dollars.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 IRAN-U.S. AGREEMENT: WHAT TRUMP JUST ANNOUNCEED
Trump has just posted on Truth Social outlining the key points of what appears to be a framework
agreement with Tehran:
What Iran would agree to:
→ Zero nuclear weapons
→ The Strait of Hormuz open without tolls, in both directions
→ Complete demining of the strait (the US has already neutralized several mines using its minesweepers)
The nuclear issue:
→ The enriched uranium buried deep underground following the B-2 strikes 11 months ago will be extracted and destroyed—jointly by Washington, Beijing, Tehran, and the IAEA
→ No financial transfers for the time being
Background:
→ Trump announces he is heading immediately to the Situation Room for a “final decision”
→ The U.S. naval blockade is reported lifted ships — blocked in the Strait can return
⚠️ It remains to be seen what “destroying” the enriched uranium buried under collapsed mountains actually means, and what the ...
USDA Destroying 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes all California canneries for good
Del Monte (139 years old) filed bankruptcy as rising energy prices and steel tariffs exacerbated an already bad balance sheet. They closed their Modesto and Hughson canning plants and canceled long-term contracts worth hundreds of millions.
Farmers now have no buyer for clingstone peaches meant for canning.
The USDA is "helping" farmers, providing $9m to destroy the orchards, calling it 'support for transitioning.'
This is what systemic failure looks like in a centralized food supply: one big player collapses, and the entire chain breaks.
Grow your own food! De-centralize! #GoGrow