Nov. 16th, 2006

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BALTIMORE, Md. - The WBAL TV 11 News I-Team has exposed an odometer rollback scam that is so elaborate it involves hundreds of cars, an inside job and an alleged link to the Russian Mafia.

There are hundreds of victims in an investigation that stretches from Baltimore to Pennsylvania and beyond. A worker for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is at the center of the probe.

Federal investigators said James Russell Bradbury, 35 (очевидно: по национальности русский), who is a former title clerk at PENDOT, cleaned up 560 titles belonging to vehicles with rolled back odometers.
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BALTIMORE, Md. - The WBAL TV 11 News I-Team has exposed an odometer rollback scam that is so elaborate it involves hundreds of cars, an inside job and an alleged link to the Russian Mafia.

There are hundreds of victims in an investigation that stretches from Baltimore to Pennsylvania and beyond. A worker for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is at the center of the probe.

Federal investigators said James Russell Bradbury, 35 (очевидно: по национальности русский), who is a former title clerk at PENDOT, cleaned up 560 titles belonging to vehicles with rolled back odometers.
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U.S. funds intended to promote democracy in Cuba have been used to buy crab meat, cashmere sweaters, computer games and chocolates, according to a U.S. congressional audit published on Wednesday.

Это редкий случай, когда деньги в результате оказались потрачены на что-то не совсем бессмысленное.

President George W. Bush has proposed increasing spending on Cuba-related programs, including propaganda transmissions by Radio and TV Marti, by $80 million over the next two years.
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U.S. funds intended to promote democracy in Cuba have been used to buy crab meat, cashmere sweaters, computer games and chocolates, according to a U.S. congressional audit published on Wednesday.

Это редкий случай, когда деньги в результате оказались потрачены на что-то не совсем бессмысленное.

President George W. Bush has proposed increasing spending on Cuba-related programs, including propaganda transmissions by Radio and TV Marti, by $80 million over the next two years.