ponzi schemes A Texas radio host given 3 life sentences for scamming his Christian listeners out of millions Carla Sinclair
trumpism Betsy DeVos quietly spends millions to promote the unpopular policies she hopes to enact as a federal official Cory Doctorow
corruption Facebook's alleged growth is largely coming from countries where Facebook says it has a fake account problem Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Ex-Fox & Friends host, accused of a Ponzi scheme that turned Indianapolis real-estate investors into slumlords, moves to Portugal Cory Doctorow
scams Thanks to the 2008 foreclosure crisis, a Kuwaiti ponzi schemer was able to single-handedly blight cities across America Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism Uber is a "bezzle," doomed to disappoint the suckers who buy into its IPO Cory Doctorow
uk Anatomy of how crooks use financial secrecy in the UK and New Zealand to rip off international investors with impunity Cory Doctorow
trumpism Independent auditor: Trump has made it impossible for students defrauded by predatory diploma mills to get their loans cancelled Cory Doctorow
politics Billionaire charter-school advocate and political donor calls Betsy DeVos "unprepared and unqualified" Cory Doctorow
class war "Nothing in life is truly free" -Billionaire heiress Betsy Devos, explaining to Bernie Sanders why your kids won't get free college tuition Cory Doctorow
uk Uber's VAT-avoidance means it owes millions to EU states and will face huge cuts to future EU profits Cory Doctorow
crime FBI: Online theft, fraud, exploitation caused losses of $2.7B globally in 2018, up from $1.4B in 2017 Xeni Jardin
Business What it's like to be a woman reporter on a cryptocurrency cruise where nearly all the other women are sex-workers Cory Doctorow
