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Iceland Has Jailed 29 Bankers. Why Can't the UK and US Do the Same?

Just before Christmas, the former CEO of Iceland's Glitnir bank and two other senior bankers were sentenced to jail terms of up to five years for market manipulation and breach of fiduciary duties.
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Retiree, 71, Loses Almost $200,000 In Online Romance Scam

Online beau promised a gold ring with her name spelled out in diamonds.
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Black Market Wine Industry Means You Could Be Drinking Poison

Con men Hardy Rodenstock and Rudy Karniawan duped prominent wine enthusiasts out of millions of dollars.
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That Fine Wine You've Been Drinking Could Be A Knockoff

For aspiring criminals, wine remains a very lucrative field.
By Christine Haughney, FoodRepublic

I Was Catfished: This Is What I Decided to Do About It

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West Virginia Considers Big Step To Crack Down On Corruption

A state inspector general's office could disrupt the longstanding culture of corruption.
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The Academic Impostor Behind The Pit Bull Hysteria

Merritt Clifton is prominent not simply because he has been making noise for decades, but because he uniquely claims to be a rigorous statistician: a scholarly expert. People who hate pit bulls lean on this man's putative expertise. And he's a charlatan.
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