MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that France's refusal to accredit some Russian journalists to cover the Paris Olympics on security grounds was a sign of paranoia.
Opinion: The rise of the AI gadget could free us from our smartphones. We just need to find the right deviceThe two are among 16 charged in connection with the scheme in which scammers tricked their victims into believing their grandchildren had been arrested following a car accident and needed money, the US Attorney’s Office said. — Unsplash
Rafael Ambiorix Rodriguez Guzman, also known as “Max Morgan”, 59, and Felix Samuel Reynoso Ventura, also known as “Fili” and “Filly The Kid”, 37, appeared in federal court in Newark on Monday, authorities said. Both were ordered held in jail by a judge, the US Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said. Rodriguez Guzman and Reynoso Ventura are each charged with mail and wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Neither man has an attorney listed in court records.Eleven men from the Dominican Republic ranging in age from 24 to 59 were charged in a 19-count indictment in April. The charges include mail and wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering.
Alleged victims from New Jersey reside in Lindenwold, Paterson, Toms River, East Brunswick, Williamstown, Teaneck, Warren in Somerset County, and Hamilton in Mercer County, according to court papers. Other victims are from New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.A first group of callers knows as “openers” posed as the victims’ grandchildren and used technology to make it appear they were placing phone calls from the United States.
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