Word: scams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Noriega scheme may have been even larger than Cheng's. The INS believes former top officers of the Panama Defense Forces sold Panamanian immigration documents to refugees from both China and Cuba in a scam that netted them more than $300 million since 1985. These U.S.-bound refugees paid as much as $10,000 for a tourist visa, plus an additional $10,000 to $15,000 for a Panamanian passport. Among the implicated schemers is Noriega's cousin Ciro Noriega Quintero, the former Panamanian consul general to Hong Kong. "Manuel Noriega was the king of alien smuggling," says Robert Penland...
...consequences of budgetary stinginess are being felt nationwide. The FBI had sought money for 425 additional agents to investigate bank scams but received only 201. In Dallas, where a team of investigators is drowning in 7 million documents, the U.S. Attorney received just 37 of the 64 new FBI agents he had requested. Some scam-packed cities like San Diego, which asked for five agents and five prosecutors, received none...
Despite the well-plotted scam, the Ministry of Finance plans to issue another series of 20-gram gold coins with a face value of 100,000 yen this fall to commemorate the enthronement of Japan's new Emperor, Akihito. Officials are studying ways to modify the coin's design or packaging to prevent new forgeries...
Matthew has reportedly told police he expected to receive $10,000 for helping his brother in a vague insurance scam. After a dry run the night before the murder, Matthew showed up at the designated rendezvous point. He took Carol Stuart's Gucci bag from Charles. It contained her wallet, makeup and engagement ring as well as the gun. Matthew then went to the home of his best friend, John McMahon, who traveled with him to a railroad bridge in Revere. After removing Carol's engagement ring from the purse, Matthew flung the bag into the river. Then McMahon...