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Boling pleaded guilty in servicemember identity scheme
No. 236
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Boling pleaded guilty in servicemember identity scheme

An Army medical records administrator photographed personal information. The October 20, 2026 plea names two conspiracy counts and a maximum of 20 years on each, and it states no dollar loss. The July 23, 2019 indictment charges millions of dollars of actual and attempted losses.

March report left out 20 million usable GSA square feet
No. 235
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March report left out 20 million usable GSA square feet

The March 2026 utilization rates exclude GSA-controlled vacant space with no occupancy agreement. Leaving those feet out shrinks the denominator and lifts the rate. Table 2 puts the omitted space at 20,243,856 usable square feet as of July 2026.

Reported fraud losses by older adults hit $3 billion
No. 234
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Reported fraud losses by older adults hit $3 billion

The $3 billion is what got reported. The FTC's own report prints a modeled range of $13.3 billion to $119.5 billion and says high-loss underreporting is not well understood. Six percent of older adults' loss reports carried 70 percent of the dollars. The House passed H.R. 9500 on September 15 and the bill is not law.

FCI Berlin's $17 million repair request was unfunded at the inspection
No. 233
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FCI Berlin's $17 million repair request was unfunded at the inspection

The heat-pipe money was requested from the region and the Central Office, and page 40 says the request was unfunded when inspectors were in the building.

Judge shuts down sextortion help company after it took millions
No. 232
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Judge shuts down sextortion help company after it took millions

People already being blackmailed paid again for a tracking campaign. The court's order says the firm's own sample missed the 90% sales line, and that the work often was a block a person could do without paying.

GAO Report Says DHS Refused Automatic Activation For ICE Body Cameras
No. 231
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GAO Report Says DHS Refused Automatic Activation For ICE Body Cameras

CBP already auto-starts the same kind of camera. ICE left the button on the officer, with no results measure for trust and zero written reprimands through September 2025.

Village Capital Fined For Ignoring 6 Percent Servicemember Mortgage Rate Cap
No. 230
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Village Capital Fined For Ignoring 6 Percent Servicemember Mortgage Rate Cap

The mechanism is a form letter that reports a rate the note does not show, then a payoff formula that adds the larger of $500 or three times the overcharge.

Senator Slotkin Warns Young People To Avoid Jobs In This Administration
No. 229
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Senator Slotkin Warns Young People To Avoid Jobs In This Administration

The mechanism is not one filed case. It is a stated plan to make the next applicant walk away before any charge exists.

Courts ordered ghost preparers to repay IRS over 20 million dollars
No. 228
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Courts ordered ghost preparers to repay IRS over 20 million dollars

Courts ordered over $20 million back to the IRS in 19 selected cases, almost $16,000 back to taxpayers in three, and the IRS cannot say how many ghost preparers it has identified.

GAO covert test: one service record sent unredacted, 49 improper releases reported
No. 227
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GAO covert test: one service record sent unredacted, 49 improper releases reported

The services wrote the redaction rules, then reported 49 improper releases and failed a covert test.

Steven Crowder Claims Trademark Lawsuit Against CNN But No Filing Exists
No. 226
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Steven Crowder Claims Trademark Lawsuit Against CNN But No Filing Exists

Registration 5,960,565 is a live class 41 service mark owned by LWC IP Assets LLC. CNN's noon hour called a segment Change My Mind. On stage, Erin Burnett said Change My Mind.

FTC sues a broker over ticket limits
No. 225
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FTC sues a broker over ticket limits

The complaint alleges thousands of accounts, other people's names, and virtual cards let one broker buy past issuer limits, then resell. Section 45c bans the circumvention and the sale.