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    Sin Rostro: A Short Story

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    A tall lone figure was at an unknown location in New York. The mysterious individual was dressed in a thick coat that was as black as the night sky. Sitting at his grand desk, he started to plan his revenge. This evil villain’s name was Sin Rostro.Also in New York lived an honourable hero. He was named NINDROID 27. He had humongous muscles and was the local hero of the people in the ‘Big Apple’. Fighting villains was his life. NINDROID 27 could lift 50 cars with ease and could fly speedily in…

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    Devyani Khobragade Case

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    Nathalie DERMESROBIAN II. The Vulnerability of the Indo US Relations: The Devyani Khobragade Case A. Events: Devyani Khobragade, the Indian Deputy Consul General in New York, was charged, on the 11th of December 2013, with visa fraud, sentenced at a maximum of 10 years in prison, as well as making willingly false statements , sentenced at a maximum of five years of imprisonment . A warrant was issued and Khobragade was arrested on the December 12th of 2013, after dropping off her children at…

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    I just read this Associated Press news report and had to contact both of you to inquire if you know anything about it. I want to emphasize that in all sincerity, your tans look really great so some of the following comments do not accurately represent you. Can you however, otherwise vouch for the authenticity of the following report? I simply cannot believe that this is true. The report follows: New Jersey Sentinel Daily Times It has been a closely guarded secret known only to the male cast…

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    Theft, lying, stealing, being a criminal, and destroying lives of people are a few ethical issues that come to the surface in this white collar crime. Bernie Madoff is the epitome of unethical business practices and how the fallout is not worth the crime. Madoff has admitted that he knew he would eventually get caught and in a recent interview from jail has suggested that he could have had a successful career. The ethical issues and what made a human being do this is insurmountable. Madoff…

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    “In 1997, after Cosmo became a licensed stockbroker, he was arrested and later pleaded guilty to mail fraud related to a stock investment scheme. He was sentenced in 1999 to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $177,000 plus interest and to undergo therapy for gambling. His broker's license was revoked in 2000 and he made restitution payments of $11,000, records show” (Amon, Dymski, Icantalupo, Maier, 2007).…

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    Fraud Triangle The Fraud Triangle Theory created by Donald Cressey explains the three elements needed for fraud to be committed. These elements include opportunity, pressure or perceived pressure and rationalization. In the very publicized FIFA court case that included charges such as fraud, racketeering and bribery these elements were clearly present. According to The U.S Department of Justice (2015) , there was a total of nine FIFA Officials and five Corporate Marketing Executives who…

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    He Thinks He Can There once was a little train engine that could. There also once was a man named Edward Pierce that could do more, by robbing the train. He did it because he simply believed he was able to achieve his goal. Edward Pierce was an opportunist and deemed himself capable of pulling off the “largest crime of the century” because he had all the necessary assets including money, intelligence, and connections in the underground world. Edward Pierce’s method of acquiring money is…

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    Donald Trump is a inspiring well known businessman from Queens, New York. Donald started off with a small loan of a million dollars. He used competency, self motivation, and perseverance to become the man known for saying that he is going to make America great again. Donald is a outgoing person with a vivid personality. He is a family man, he is the father of five children. He has shown resiliency by coming back from several large bankruptcies, and business failures. Donald has come far from…

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    In the passage," Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 years of theories", the police and FBI agents discovered that a special piece of artwork was stolen, Rembrandt's Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee. The stolen work of art was worth $500 million dollars, making it known as the largest art theft in American History. Later on, it tells us about our main protagonist, a reporter for the Boston Herald. He tells us about some paint chips he received in1997 from people who were in charge of to…

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    First off, let me just say that I take all responsibility for what I did. In fact, I’m actually quite proud of it, I mean actually who can steal $17 billion dollars in the space of less than a year, let alone half of a year. I suppose that you want to know why I did it, and to that I have no better answer than that I wanted to see if I could do it. Marvin will try to tell you that I was bullied, and exploited, but honestly I thought that it was quite fun mooching off of those rich jerks who…

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