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Showing posts with label abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abuse. Show all posts

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Weird, Just Weird > Narcissist clairvoyant fraud abused women and is now abusing the courts

 

"Clairvoyant" suspected of exploitation

accuses victims of rape

The 63-year-old Marion K., who is suspected of exploitation of two women for years, has accused one of the suspects of rape and "year-long abuse" in the court in Lelystad on Friday. K. did this during a discussion with the court about the progress of her trial. The court was forced to postpone the hearing for the second time on Friday because K. fired her lawyer on Thursday afternoon.

Almere, NL

K.'s case was scheduled to be heard in detail on Friday. However, it did not proceed in March because K. and her lawyer challenged the court (in vain).

The unexpected accusation from K. towards the victims led to outrage and a lot of emotions in the court. The victim's lawyer said that she and her client are contemplating pressing charges against K. for slander. While K. was being escorted to the cells, she continued to shout that it was "really true."

According to the Public Prosecution Service's charges, K. pretended to be a clairvoyant and brought the victims under her spell. One of the women was allegedly used as a house slave between the beginning of 2005 and the end of 2020 in Almere, Weesp, Amsterdam, and Kampen; she was also reportedly severely assaulted and repeatedly locked up. As a clairvoyant, K. is said to have claimed that she could help the victim "clean up negative energies" and resolve traumas.

Another woman was allegedly under K.'s spell for five years and was also exploited during that time. She was allegedly stabbed by K. in 1996. The victims were pressured, and their bank cards, telephones, and keys were reportedly stolen. They were also isolated from their family and friends.

K. doesn't sound very much like a victim of rape.

The court is very displeased about the new delay in the case, mainly because of how difficult this is for both victims. One of the victim's lawyers said they were not surprised by this development. "We saw this coming. My client says it is yet another sign that the suspect wants to control the situation."

The prosecutor is also not surprised. "She keeps everyone in her grasp. It fits the facts of the case; it fits the results of the behavioral research. She wants maximum control in every situation."

Treatment of the case has been moved to February 14 next year. An interim session will occur on December 20 because K. is in pre-trial detention.




Friday, May 7, 2021

Corruption is Everywhere > Skipping Work for 15 Years; Fake Pfizer Vaccines; Qatar Finance Minister

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Italian hospital worker accused of skipping job for 15 YEARS STRAIGHT while raking in $650,000 in wages, setting national record
22 Apr, 2021 11:49

FILE PHOTO. The Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital . ©Mollo / Fotogramma via Global Look Press

An Italian man who was supposed to work as a fire response officer at a public hospital has allegedly not been doing his job for a whopping 15 years in a row, while still receiving a salary.

The Italian public sector is infamous for this type of scam, and it appears this particular case sets a new national record for length. It was reported by the press this week, based on an investigation by local law enforcement.

The alleged fraudster, named Salvatore Scumace, was an employee of the Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital in Catanzaro, the capital of the Calabria region in southern Italy. He was part of the COEI, the hospital’s fire emergency operations center. However, he had not showed up for work since 2005, and was only sacked in October 2020 after his lengthy absence was finally looked into, the media said.

Over the 15 years, Scumace, who is now 67, has allegedly defrauded the hospital out of some 538,000 euros ($648,000) that he unduly received in salary. He is also accused of threatening his COEI superior in 2005 to stop her from making a formal complaint about him skipping work. The manager has since retired, and Scumace’s absence remained unnoticed by her replacement, the police said.

A total of seven people, including Scumace, are being probed in a case of alleged forgery, abuse of power, and extortion. It was unearthed in July 2020 as part of a wider investigation by the Catanzaro police’s financial crimes unit into absentee worker fraud in the city.

Extraordinary! It's so common they keep records for the longest cases!




As if Big Pharma wasn't already bad enough, now we have fake vaccines!

Fake Pfizer vaccines seized in Mexico & Poland contained
distilled water, skin care products – media
22 Apr, 2021 07:39

©  REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo

Pfizer has reportedly identified for the first time counterfeit doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, with some selling for as much as $1,000. Thankfully no one appears to have been harmed by the scam jabs.

The pharmaceutical giant confirmed through testing that doses of their vaccine seized in Mexico and Poland were fake, the Wall Street Journal reported. 

In Mexico, vials found in beer coolers were initially flagged as suspect due to their fabricated lot numbers and expiration dates. Around 80 people paid as much as $1,000 for the shots, which reportedly contained distilled water. Six people were arrested in February in connection with the black market shots. Fortunately, the fake jabs haven’t been linked to any medical episodes.

In a separate case, Pfizer said it had confirmed that fake doses had been put up for sale in Poland. The counterfeit vaccine purportedly contained hyaluronic acid, which is typically found in anti-wrinkle creams. One person was charged with fraud after an unspecified amount of the fake vials were found in his apartment. Authorities intervened before any of the counterfeit jabs were sold. 

In a statement sent to the media, Pfizer said it recognized that the “ease and convenience of e-commerce and anonymity” on the internet has allowed for an “increase in the prevalence of fraud.” The pharmaceutical firm stressed that it does not sell the vaccine online, adding that it was working with law enforcement agencies and healthcare providers to crack down on the sale of fake doses.

Lev Kubiak, Pfizer's head of global security, said that the limited supply of the vaccine has created a “perfect opportunity” for criminals.

Although the two cases represent the first time that Pfizer has confirmed that its product has been falsified, numerous reports have sprung up in recent months about the sale of fake Covid-19 vaccines. In January, an unlicensed clinic in Ecuador offered patients what it falsely claimed to be a $15-per-dose vaccine against the coronavirus. The place was raided and shut down by authorities. The brand of the fake drug was not identified.

Interpol, the global police coordination agency, has warned countries that criminals could threaten public health by using websites to market fake vaccines and other ‘cures’ for Covid-19.

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Qatar finance minister arrested over misuse of public money
and abuse of power
6 May, 2021 14:36

View of the skyline of the West Bay area in Doha is taken on January 4, 2011 in Doha, Qatar.
© Christof Koepsel / Getty Images; (inset) Ali Shareef Al Emadi © gco.gov.qa

Qatar’s Attorney General Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri ordered the arrest of the country’s Finance Minister Ali Sharif Al-Emadi on Thursday over allegations of misuse of public money and abuse of power.

State media organization Qatar News Agency (QNA) confirmed that the finance official had been detained and laid out that he was facing charges of embezzlement, abuse of power and crimes linked to the public sector.

“The Attorney General ordered the arrest of the Minister of Finance Ali Sharif Al-Emadi to investigate what was mentioned in the reports of crimes related to practicing public office,” the statement to QNA read.

While the attorney general’s office confirmed an investigation is underway, no information was released stating where Al-Emadi is being held or when he is expected to appear in court. 

Al-Emadi previously worked as the chief executive of the Qatar Central Bank before he was appointed to the role of Qatar’s minister of finance in June 2013 after Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani took over as Emir of Qatar.

While corruption has plagued some countries in the Middle East, Qatar has been ranked as one of the least corrupt nations in the region. In the 2020 corruption perceptions index, Transparency International gave Qatar a score of 63 out of 100, ranking it as the 30th least corrupt country out of an overall list of 180.

I think you are in for a raise this year!



Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Troubling Issues as Radio Host Fired for Not Towing PC Line on Transgenderism

Canada has turned hard-left in the past few years creating disturbing issues we've never seen before

Winnipeg Radio host Dave Wheeler fired following controversial comments about transgender people
Sarah Petz · CBC News 

Dave Wheeler has been fired as host of 92 CITI FM’s Wheeler in the Morning, in light of controversy over comments he made about transgender people. (@Wheelerj28/Twitter)

Rogers Media says it has fired 92.1 CITI FM radio host Dave Wheeler following controversial comments about transgender people that he made on his Winnipeg program Wheeler in the Morning this week. 

Rogers Media spokesperson Andrea Goldstein confirmed the firing in an emailed statement Wednesday morning. "There have been multiple disciplinary incidents, and in spite of numerous conversations, he has continued to offend our audiences," Goldstein wrote. "As a result, we have ended our relationship with him and he is no longer with the company, effective immediately."

The decision was made yesterday. Wheeler has not responded to multiple requests for comment. 

Wheeler made the comments during a conversation on the program about Scarlett Johansson withdrawing from the upcoming film Rub and Tug. The American actor was facing backlash after she was cast to play a trans man.

In the conversation, Wheeler made a remark comparing transgender people to actors who "pretend to be different things." He reiterated the sentiment in a Facebook Messenger conversation with a woman who reached out to him regarding the commentary. The woman shared images of their conversation online.

The images show these words from Wheeler: "If someone is born human. And they pretend to be a dog. It is not right to agree with them for the sake of their feelings."

Unfortunately, we don't have the context in which these remarks were made. Did he make an emphatic statement? Did he use the statement in the form of a question? If he did, is it not a valid question? If it is a valid question and he got fired for asking it, then someone has truly gone off the deep end and it is not necessarily Wheeler.

Seriously, if you look down in the shower at your male genitalia and decide you are a woman, how can you possibly expect someone else to respect that decision. Such a person needs help. They have a condition called 'Gender Dysphoria', it's a mental illness that is treatable.

The woman who made the Facebook Messenger remarks public has done far more damage than Wheeler, if indeed, there was damage done. She was the only one with access to his remark, but by making it public she commits the very indiscretion she accuses Wheeler of.

The comments follow another incident in 2016, when Wheeler was suspended following his involvement in a pair of YouTube videos that critics called racist and sexist.

Advertisers pull out 

The decision comes in light of a handful of businesses announcing they would be pulling their ads from 92.1 CITI FM in light of Wheeler's comments. They include the Gates on Roblin, which wrote on its Facebook page that it was "absolutely disgusted" by the comments. 

Santa Lucia Pizza and Kal Tire also said on social media that they would not be advertising with the station as a result. KAL Tire's vice-president of marketing Greg Waring said the company felt compelled to not advertise with CITI after hearing the comments about the trans community, and did not want to be associated with them "in any form whatsoever." 

"We serve a diverse group of customers and we hire diverse team members and we're proud of that in every respect. So we just think our values need to represent that respect for diversity at all levels," Waring said.

'Profound impact' of comments 

Many transgender people face oppression everyday, so such comments, especially from a well known media personality, can be extremely alienating and detrimental to their mental health, he said. 

"I'm not talking about they're going to have a bad day or they're going to be pissed off. I'm talking death, I'm talking suicide. That is what those type of comments lead to," he said. 

Do we actually have documentation linking such comments to suicide? I understand people don't like to be criticized, or have their very validity questioned. And yet, if they suicide because of remarks like Wheeler's, it is because they themselves are questioning their own validity. They will come to that point at some time in their lives regardless of what someone else says. Harassment and abuse certainly contributes to a high suicide rate among trans people, but even without such negative treatment, there would still be a high suicide rate. 

"And people need to understand, when you make those type of comments, that is where it's no longer an opinion. When you are making those type of comments where you can affect someone's life to the point where they're just likely to end it, you have now entered into the territory of oppressive speech."

I question whether such a discussion as Wheeler had qualifies as harassment. If the statement he made can drive someone to suicide, they must be extremely vulnerable to suicide. Is it harassment that makes them so vulnerable, or is it the mental illness associated with gender dysphoria?

I suggest that the LGBTQ lobby is as much responsible for the astonishingly high suicide rate among trans people as those who question them. Their near hysterical campaign to shut down anyone who questions them, and their pressure on governments and media to accept gender dysphoric people as 'normal', has probably prevented many trans people from seeking the psychological help they so desperately need. 

When 'truth' becomes oppressive, then we are in serious trouble as a society.

Concern over backlash

He says he thinks Rogers made the right move, but is now worried people in the LGBTQ community may face backlash, particularly against those who spoke out. 

Cynthia Fortlage, a trans woman living in Winnipeg who appeared on CITI FM Tuesday, said she had mixed feelings about Wheeler being fired. 

She said she wanted to educate the former radio host about issues facing trans women rather than punish him. 

"I would rather make an ally than an enemy," she said, adding that she was also worried about potential backlash against people in the trans community. 

"And that's even more dangerous than one could even imagine if you're not living it day to day." 

There is no justification for abusive behaviour toward gay or transgender people under any circumstance. God has given us all freedom to choose what path we want to take in this lifetime and those who choose one path have no right to condemn or abuse those who choose another, unless that choice directly brings harm to other people. I'm talking about pedophiles, rapists, criminals of all sorts. Most gays and trans people bring harm only to themselves. 

It is the duty of Christians to inform them of the risk to their ultimate destiny that their lifestyle implies. It is a Christian's duty to 'love' gays and trans people and to pray for them. It is a Christian's duty to be kind to everyone which is very difficult when the truth (arguably the most important duty of a Christian) seems unkind. God gives no-one the right to bully, beat or abuse those who are not walking with Him. Those who do such things will themselves stand in judgment.



Friday, September 22, 2017

Syrian Refugee Jailed for 10 Years in Estonia After Setting Wife on Fire

The New Normal - Estonian Style

View of Estonia's capital Tallinn © Peter Seyfferth / Global Look Press

A court in Estonia has sentenced a Syrian refugee to 10 years’ imprisonment for setting fire to his wife in front of their young daughter, as well as subjecting her to months of abuse.

On Friday, Judge Merle Parts pronounced her sentence on 20-year-old Kovan Mohammad at the Harju County Court. Mohammed, who arrived in Estonia with his family from Greece last year, had been charged with assault causing severe bodily harm, as well as physically abusing his 22-year-old wife throughout their relationship.

On March 7, wanting to teach his wife a “lesson,” Mohammed used gasoline to set her alight in front of their young daughter at their apartment in the Lasnamäe district of Tallinn, local media reports. After calling an ambulance herself, the wife had to spend five months in hospital and go through six operations, as well as spending two months in a coma. Nearly 70 percent of her body was covered in burns.

Mohammed pleaded guilty to putting his wife through physical abuse, including hitting her with a wooden slat, but claimed the incident on March 7 was an accident. However, the court heard he took the time to go out and buy gasoline and also watched videos of burnings over the internet, as well as searching for the best ways to punish a woman. He was found guilty of both charges, but his lawyer Alar Neiland says he intends to appeal.

Mohammed’s wife, who was released from hospital in August, has now moved into a new apartment with their child.

10 years is not nearly long enough. He should have been convicted for traumatizing the child, for not calling an ambulance, and for setting a fire in an apartment building endangering the lives of everyone in that building. Those acts deserve 10 years on their own.

This is Muslim insanity!


Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Illiterate Peruvian Peasant Stands Up to US Mining Giant


With her straw hat and peasant dress, Maxima does not look like the type to take on a global mining giant, but as she gazes out from her small house in the Peruvian highlands she is adamant: this is her land.

Maxima Acuna de Chaupe lives with her husband, four children and son- and daughter-in-law on a small farm that sits on the land where Yanacocha, a subsidiary of US mining giant Newmont, wants to expand South America's largest open-pit gold mine.

The firm is facing widespread opposition to the $4.8-billion gold- and copper-mining project from the local community and the regional government of Cajamarca in northern Peru, which says the mine expansion will put the water supply at risk.

Maxima, 48, has become the face of that resistance.

For four years the illiterate peasant farmer has been fighting the mining company in a court battle that took a dramatic turn last week when she tried to build an addition on her house and Yanacocha tore it down.

"I can show that we have owned this land since 1994. All my papers are in order," Maxima told AFP.

"What counts here are documents. Let them show their documents! If they're the owners, let them present the bill of sale, the document with my signature that says I sold this land," said Maxima, an indigenous woman with a chiseled face who wears bright traditional clothing and the wide-brimmed straw hat that is customary in the region.

Maxima's farm is a 25-hectare (60-acre) plot at an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) in the hamlet of Tragadeogrande.


Yanacocha claims it bought the land in 1996 from the local department of Sorochuco.

It pressed charges against her for invasion of property, but Maxima was acquitted.

Her lawyer, Mirtha Vasquez of environmental defense group Grufides, says the matter should have ended there.

But when the family tried to expand its small house, Yanacocha workers demolished the cement addition, with the help of the police, according to Maxima.

"They want to make me leave by force. They see that I'm poor, that I don't know how to read and they think I can't stand up for my rights. But I have my documents. I've got no reason to be humiliated or afraid," she said by telephone.

With her lawyer's help, Maxima has now brought charges of her own against Yanacocha for invasion of property.

- 'My family has suffered' -

Since 2011, the mining company has had to suspend prospecting in the region over concerns about the environmental impact of its plans to drain the area's high-altitude lagoons and replace them with artificial reservoirs.

Those plans have only strengthened Maxima's resolve.

"My land borders Yanacocha. It has springs... which we drink from. If I sell it, what water am I going to drink? What will we live off of?" she said.

She accuses the mining firm of blocking the access roads to her land and preventing her family from going out for food.

But she is not intimidated.

"My family has suffered for defending this land, but I just want to leave my children a place where they can live," she said.


Her fight has brought new attention to the conflicts between Peru's indigenous communities and mining companies that extract the country's natural resources, its main source of wealth.

According to the government mediator for such cases, 140 environmental conflicts were registered last month alone.

This week a 25-year-old villager died in clashes between police and protesters fighting oil company operations in the Amazon.

The protest in the central village of Pichanaki came on the second day of a strike targeting oil operations that local people fear will contaminate rivers and soil.

After the clashes, which also left 20 people wounded, the government ordered the oil company, Argentine firm Pluspetrol, to withdraw from the area.

But such disputes present a dilemma for the government, which is keen to revive mining investment after it fell more than 10 percent last year -- a drop that mining firms blame on environmental regulations that delay their projects.

Good grief, we wouldn't want environmental regulations. I guarantee their environmental regulations are much less severe than those in developed countries. Would this be another example of a multi-national company raping a third world country of its natural resources and leaving them worse off than before? No wonder the US is so despised in Latin America.