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Germany's Scholz faces grilling over tax fraud scandal
Germany's Scholz faces grilling over tax fraud scandal
by  AFP

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will answer to a committee on Friday as part of investigations into a financial scandal that cost the government billions, as the leader struggles to shed suspicions over his possible role in the huge tax fraud scam.

Trump executive pleads guilty to tax fraud, will testify at upcoming trial
Trump executive pleads guilty to tax fraud, will testify at upcoming trial
by  AFP

Allen Weisselberg, the long-time chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty on Thursday to tax fraud and agreed to testify at an upcoming criminal trial of the former US president's real estate company. But the former Trump Organization executive could face additional prison time if he fails to testify at the criminal trial of the real estate company.

Lake Mead mob murder: Gun found near site of body in barrel
Lake Mead mob murder: Gun found near site of body in barrel
by  AFP

US detectives investigating a possible decades-old mob murder said Thursday they had found a gun near the spot on an evaporating Las Vegas lake bed where a body inside a barrel was discovered. A police spokesman confirmed the weapon, which was discovered by a journalist, had been located near the spot where the barrel was found.

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