Top news of the week: 15.11.2023.
Leveraging the essence of luxury for effective marketing strategies
Luxury has always been associated with high-end brands and products, with marketers utilizing this association to promote their offerings effectively. Luxury is not just about price tags ...
‘The uncomfortable truth is the federal criminal justice system is simply not equipped’: Feds seize $1.4 billion but it’s the tip of the pandemic fraud iceberg
Consider Florida businessman Patrick Parker Walsh. He stole nearly $8 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds and used some to buy a private island.
COVID-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island in Florida
Patrick Parker Walsh is one of thousands of thieves who perpetrated the greatest grift in U.S. history — potentially plundering more than $280 billion in federal COVID-19 aid
The Great Grift: Covid-19 fraudster used stolen relief aid to purchase a private island in Florida
An AP review of hundreds of pandemic fraud cases shows thieves and scam artists spent lavishly on houses, diamond jewelry and expensive cars.
The Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, a Pokemon card - even a private island
A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf ...
The diamond industry is coping with a 20% price drop and worries Gen Z isn’t all that interested in its stones
What looked like a cool down quickly turned into a plunge, with gains by lab-grown diamonds making matters worse.
Businessman allegedly stole nearly $8 million in COVID relief aid to buy a private island in Florida, oil fields in Texas
Florida businessman Patrick Parker Walsh is now serving five and half years in federal prison.
COVID-19 fraudster stole $8m in relief funds and used part to buy Florida’s private Sweetheart Island
Fraudsters potentially plundered more than $280 billion in federal COVID-19 aid; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent.