A former Gwinnett County bank employee is facing charges for his part in a fraud scheme that cost a bank more than $2.5 million.

In October, an employee at Fifth Third Bank on Holcomb Bridge Rd. called 911 to report that another employee, 33-year-old Fedrick Jeffries, had been stealing money from the bank and opening fraudulent accounts.

Investigators learned that between May and October 2024, Jeffries had opened five checking accounts and gotten an unsecured loan of $24,500.

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https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/gwinnett-county/gwinnett-bank-teller-accused-stealing-26-million-fraud-scheme/3UOB4MVO7ZAK7LYYZUNSKKN7XY/

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:first of all this is news and second of all I have been blocked from /v/ permantently for no reason

here goes:

Mass Effect

Bioware FIRED their Dragon Age team and start to create a new Mass Effect game

https://muropaketti.com/pelit/peliuutiset/bioware-keskittyy-jatkossa-tayspaivaisesti-seuraavaan-mass-effectiin-ylimaaraiset-tyontekijat-heitettiin-studiolta-menemaan/

Gary McKay said "we dont need a studio full of people anymore"
"we will concentrate only on mass effect"

It is unknown how many person Bioware has at this point


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https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/mint-hill-man-recently-pardoned-for-jan-6-also-charged-with-child-pornography-exploitation/
A Mint Hill man who was pardoned for his conviction from the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack was also arrested last fall on child pornography charges.

According to the federal court documents, the FBI and Mint Hill Police carried out a search warrant in November 2023 for the home of David Daniel related to the Jan. 6 allegations. During the search on assault and trespassing charges, agents also recovered his iPhone and several other electronic devices.

Federal investigators were made aware that Mint Hill PD had an open case regarding an alleged sexual assault of a minor. The minor, who was under the age of 12, accused Daniel of taking pictures of her while naked between 2015 and 2019, forcing her to shower with him and performing sexual acts.

A federal search warrant authorized reviewing the electronics seized from the local investigation. The federal affidavit says the contents of a laptop were consistent with the minor’s statements during the forensic interview.

Furthermore, there was an open statutory rape investigation in Forsyth County. During a review of the iPhone seized, the records indicate sexual images of a second minor were observed.

Daniel was charged and arrested on Sept. 20, 2024, on possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of a minor related to sexual assault and trafficking of child pornography.

On Jan. 8, 2025, Daniel pleaded guilty to the Jan. 6 charge of assaulting or resisting a police officer. The conviction carried a maximum of eight years in prison; however, President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons quickly cleared the vast majority of the Capitol offenders.


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https://fortune.com/2025/01/29/top-hires-donald-trump-office-of-personnel-management-high-school-graduate-gen-z-elon-musk/

While all new presidential administrations bring a swath of fresh faces to government offices, President Donald Trump’s Office of Personnel Management will reportedly have a handful of wide-eyed Gen Zers taking top spots within the agency.

Among the new hires for the body overseeing federal hiring and firing is a 21-year-old and a 2024 high school graduate, Wired reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources within the federal government. The 21-year-old will serve as a senior advisor to Scott Kupor, Trump’s pick for the director of OPM, and the newly graduated high schooler will directly report to the agency’s chief of staff Amanda Scales, according to the outlet. Wired did not name the two individuals out of sensitivity to their ages.

The incoming Trump administration is evidently not opposed to hiring young people. Karoline Leavitt, who made her debut as White House press secretary Tuesday, is the youngest person to hold the position, at 27.

The onslaught of unconventional new hires reflects Trump’s sweeping approach to hirings, firings, and freezes that has so far shuffled at least 240 government employees. These changes are complementary to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency Services, which replaced the Obama-era U.S. Digital Services. DOGE’s goal is to overhaul federal bureaucracy through cost-cutting, and eliminating what the administration sees as unnecessary roles.

New hires with ties to Musk

In poland there will officially be no pension for the self-employed.... half a year ago they hid a document ready for publication. until investigative journalists leaked it, and then it magically reappeared 24 hours later. and social security contributions have to be paid. For nothing.

https://www.rp.pl/praca-emerytury-i-renty/art41723041-ujawniono-wnioski-z-tajnego-raportu-zus-milionom-polakow-grozi-emerytalne-ubostwo

This is kinda the same boat most of Europe is in now

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Legacy of Failure continues, unmarred

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/29/white-house-rescinds-federal-funds-freeze-memo.html

The White House on Wednesday formally rescinded a controversial memo that had ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans to give agencies time to review programs for their compliance with President Donald Trump's agenda, NBC News reported.

The freeze, which had been set to take effect late Tuesday afternoon, was paused by a federal judge until Monday to give her time to consider arguments by nonprofit groups challenging its legality.

The memo ordering the freeze had been issued by the Office of Management and Budget. It immediately sparked confusion about which programs would be affected and was suspected of causing Medicaid reimbursement portals to go offline for all 50 states on Tuesday.

Acting OMB Director Matthew Vaeth, in a new memo issued Wednesday, wrote, "OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded. If you have any questions about implementing the President's Executive Orders, please contact your agency General Counsel."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters Wednesday, "As you know, Donald Trump just rescinded his horrible OMB freeze," and called on Trump to "rescind Russell Vought's nomination" for director of OMB.

"Russell Vought is the chief cook and bottle washer," Schumer said. "We believe they'll come back and try to do this in other ways. Russell Vought sat in my office and said he was going to do it."

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Maybe one day America can celebrate having real justice instead of a sham two tier system.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/politics/bob-menendez-sentencing/index.html

Former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison following his conviction on bribery and corruption charges after taking cash, a Mercedes Benz and gold bars as bribes in exchange for helping three businessmen and the Egyptian government.

The sentencing marks a dramatic fall for the lawmaker born to Cuban emigres who got his start in politics in Union City, New Jersey, and became one of the most powerful senators as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Menendez was convicted last year of 16 felony counts for the long-running corruption scheme, making him the first US senator charged and convicted of acting as an agent of a foreign government.

“The public cannot be led to the belief that you can get away with bribery, fraud and betrayal,” said District Judge Sidney Stein.

“I don’t know what led you to this – greed was certainly part of it,” Stein added. “But that can’t be it, I don’t think that explains everything. Hubris was part of it, I don’t know. You’ll have to try to figure that out yourself over time.”

Menendez teared up as he spoke in court. “You have before you a chastened man,” he told the judge.

“Other than family, I have lost everything I ever cared about,” he added. “For someone who spent his entire life in public service, every day I’m awake is a punishment.”

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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mount-rushmore-bill-anna-paulina-luna-2022609
A bill to add a carving of President Donald Trump to Mount Rushmore has been introduced by a MAGA politician.

Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna announced the bill Tuesday calling for Trump to be added to the South Dakota monument with the message: "Let's get carving."

Newsweek has contacted the White House and Luna for comment via email outside of regular working hours.

The proposal is the latest attempt to commemorate the Republican following his return to the White House, signaling that Trump's staunch supporters continue to show strong support for the president in his second term.

Luna, who represents Florida's 13th Congressional District, introduced a bill calling for a carving of Trump to be included on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial alongside former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

The bill is unlikely to receive the bipartisan support needed to pass Congress.

North Carolina Representative Addison McDowell introduced a bill last week to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump.


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Google reclassifies U.S. as ‘sensitive country’ alongside China, Russia after Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comments

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/28/google-reclassifies-us-as-sensitive-country-like-china-russia-.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/us/politics/white-house-pauses-federal-grants.html

>The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies on Monday, potentially paralyzing a vast swath of programs and jeopardizing spending that Congress has mandated by law.

>In the two-page memo, Matthew J. Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, directed federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance,” and any other programs that included “D.E.I., woke gender ideology and the Green New Deal.”

>Mr. Vaeth signaled that the pause, which goes into effect on Tuesday, would continue until at least mid-February, and said that it was needed to ensure federal programs aligned with President Trump’s policy priorities.

>“The use of federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green New Deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” Mr. Vaeth said.

>It is not immediately clear what programs would fall under those categories. The Green New Deal, for example, was a policy proposal that never became law.

>The extent of the pause, although potentially sweeping, was also unclear. The memo carved out an exception for “assistance received directly by individuals,” and Medicare and Social Security benefits, but did not provide examples — like if a tax benefit for environmentally friendly purchases counted for the exception.

>The memo also cited “more than $3 trillion” in federal financial assistance that would be affected by the directive, but it also provided overall spending figures that significantly inflated the federal budget. Government analysts estimated the budget for fiscal year 2024 at $6.7 trillion. Mr. Vaeth’s memo asserts the government spent “nearly $10 trillion” in that

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/americas/mexicans-mock-trump-gulf-of-mexico-intl-latam/index.html

At her daily press briefing on Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum largely shrugged off Google’s move, noting that Trump’s order only applies to the US continental shelf, suggesting that her country would not abide by it.
“The Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico,” she said.
Sheinbaum responded with ridicule at the time. At a press conference, she presented a 1607 map that labeled parts of North America as “Mexican America,” and dryly proposed that the gulf should be renamed as such.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSdxvbTwuko

Isn't she lovely
Life and love are the same

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Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-cancel-student-visas-all-hamas-sympathizers-white-house-2025-01-29/

>You can't post with that subject.

Mods can you just tell me instead of banning me? I can't read your minds. What's wrong with the subject? It's the direct headline from the article.

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https://www.the-sun.com/news/13406691/woman-faces-jail-bombarding-boyfriends-ex-videos-of-farting/
do yuros really?

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Trump is considering reducing the expenses of housing repeat offenders in the US by sending repeat offenders to prisons in other countries where the cost of housing them would be a fraction of what it is in the US
It's a pretty great idea.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/27/donald-trump-floats-sending-u-repeat-offenders-ano/
Trump tells Republicans he wants American criminals sent to overseas facilities

President Trump said Monday that he wants to send repeat criminal offenders to a “foreign land” so that they would be out of the U.S. and looked after for a small fee.

“I don’t want these violent repeat offenders in our country any more than I want illegal aliens from other countries that misbehave,” Mr. Trump said at the annual conference for House Republicans in Miami.

“I want them out of our country,” the president said

“I also will be seeking permission to do so, we’re going to get approval, hopefully, to get them the hell out of our country along with others, let them be brought to a foreign land and maintained by others for a very small fee,” Mr. Trump said.

The small fee would be instead of keeping them in U.S. jails “for massive amounts of money.”


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https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5109912-google-maps-to-rename-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america/
Google said on Monday that it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps once it is updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System.

Google Maps will also change the name of Denali in Alaska to “Mount McKinley.”

“We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” the company said in an X post.

But users in other countries will see both names displayed on the map in line with a long standing practice, the company said.

President Donald Trump ordered the name changes the day of his inauguration last week, making good on his campaign promise. The federal government has since formally implemented the directive to rename both.

The Gulf of Mexico change is new, but naming the nation’s highest peak has been a matter of debate for years.

The Obama administration decided to formally name it Denali in 2015, the name that local Natives once used.


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