Ghanaian influencer extradited to US over $8m scam targeting elderly Americans
He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the alleged profits flaunted on Instagram.
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British-born vocalist competed on The X-Factor before joining the girl groups Paradiso Girls and G.R.L. Lauren Bennett, member of the girl group G.R.L. and featured artist on LMFAO’s global smash hit Party Rock Anthem, has died at the age of 37. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Lauren,” the group wrote on their Instagram page. “Our hearts are broken, and we cannot begin to express how much she meant to us.” A cause of death was not specified. Continue readin
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Staff at Radio 4 show, which has 5 million listeners, told making content for likes of TikTok will take precedence for correspondents For decades, the task of briefing the nation on Radio 4’s agenda-setting Today programme has been one of the most urgent tasks facing the BBC’s top journalists. However, insiders at the corporation say that duty has effectively been downgraded, after an edict that will result in correspondents prioritising making content for TikTok, Instagram and other digital pla
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