Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $79,800
98%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 98%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: taekjho

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Indonesia seize luxury yacht Equanimity sought in 1MDB probe: Police (US DOJ)

    02/28/2018 6:53:29 AM PST · by csvset · 21 replies
    Straits Times ^ | 28 February 2018 | Reuter
    Indonesia seize luxury yacht Equanimity sought in 1MDB probe: Police JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Indonesia on Wednesday (Feb 28) seized a luxury yacht on the island of Bali sought by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) as part of a multi-billion dollar corruption investigation linked to Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). “We have been inspecting the crew since yesterday and now we are taking action since we have received approval from the court to seize the boat,” Agung Setya, director of economic and special crimes at the Indonesia’s criminal investigation bureau, told Metro TV. Television footage in Indonesia...
  • Rapper Pras plugs his album while proclaiming innocence in election fraud case

    05/17/2019 3:08:10 AM PDT · by blueplum · 8 replies
    Reuters ^ | 17 May 2019 | Sarah Lynch
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel appeared in court on Thursday and told reporters he is innocent of criminal charges that he conspired to funnel foreign funds into Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential re-election, while also plugging his upcoming album.... ...Last week, the Justice Department unsealed charges against Michel and Low Taek Jho, a wealthy Malaysian businessman with a tabloid partying reputation known as “Jho Low,” alleging they conspired to steer foreign campaign contributions into Obama’s 2012 campaign. It is a crime for foreign nationals to make political contributions in U.S. federal, state or local elections. Federal prosecutors...