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The man who got the FBI's fake messaging app off the ground says pulling off one of the biggest police stings in history wasn't the only goal
Andrew Young, who formerly oversaw Operation Trojan Shield, told Insider a primary goal was to send…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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A notorious conservative 'sting' operation tried to embarrass The Washington Post with a fake Roy Moore story - and it backfired spectacularly
During a two-week period, the woman, who said her name was Jaime Phillips, reportedly contacted two…
David Choi
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10 Indian-Americans arrested for visa fraud in US during a sting operation
According to reports, majority of students who received necessary visa and permits for US during th…
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2 Vanderbilt football players were reportedly shot attempting a sting operation to retrieve a stolen cell phone
The incident reportedly started when sophomore receiver Donaven Tennyson listed his phone for sale …
Tyler Lauletta
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The 33-year-old who tried to trick the Washington Post with a fake sexual harassment story has a long history of sting operations backfiring
O'Keefe is a self-described "muckraker" whose mission is to "investigate and expose corruption, dis…
Brennan Weiss
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A DC-area transit police officer has been arrested after a stunning ISIS sting operation
In late 2014, the informant led Young to believe he had traveled overseas and joined the Islamic St…
Jeremy Berke,Reuters
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Here are the major executives who were caught in Florida's massage parlor prostitution sting
Ten spas have closed since the operation that stretched from Palm Beach to Orlando, according to th…
David Choi
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Tom Brady's agent unloads on the Deflategate report, accuses the NFL of staging a 'sting operation'
"The Wells report buries this issue in a footnote on page 46 without any further elaboration. The l…
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Undercover GOP operatives trained by former spies infiltrated liberal groups to try and compromise them from the inside, report says
The operation, spearheaded by a hardline Trump ally and a former British spy, highlights the GOP's …
Sonam Sheth,Grace Panetta
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An Amazon executive snapped back at John Oliver after his stinging attack on the firm's 'brutal' working conditions
"Because, think about it, we used to have to drive to stores to buy things. Now those things are br…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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PhonePe raises $700 million at a $5.5 billion valuation, will operate as a separate entity
PhonePe has raised $700 million in a fresh round of fundraising, at a post-money valuation of $5.5 …
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Philadelphia Shuts Down SideCar, A Ridesharing Startup, In Sting Operation
California's Public Utility Commission fined SideCar, Uber, and ZimRide, the maker of Lyft, another…
Owen Thomas
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Wall Street is surprisingly upbeat about Facebook after 5 recent catastrophes - but there could be a sting in the tail
They added: "We're not doubting they can't be fixed, but the fact that problems keep emerging reinf…
Shona Ghosh
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Operatives planned on hiring woman to go undercover to lure H.R. McMaster and FBI agents into saying bad things about Trump, new report says
The conservative group planned to bait H.R. McMaster into saying something damaging about Trump tha…
Grace Panetta
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The FBI Set Up A Fake Sex Slave Auction In A Wealthy Suburb As Part Of A Bizarre Sting Operation
In an email to Kandl, the agents claimed they were auctioning off "females of Asian, Hispanic, and …
Allan Smith
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Wife of Supreme Court justice gives notorious conservative sting-op mastermind an award for 'defending liberty'
The sting operation failed when the Post discovered that a woman who posed as a victim of Roy Moore…
Brennan Weiss
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Here's how Mexican cartels actually operate in the United States
"These are intricate networks of distribution that include Americans on this side of the border tha…
Christopher Woody
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Cops In Miami Are Running A Sting To Catch Lyft Drivers
The county had been fining Lyft drivers up to $2,000 each for failing to get a chauffeur registrati…
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Undercover videos lead to Democratic operative's firing, force another to distance himself from DNC
"The discredited source of these videos, James O'Keefe, is a convicted criminal with a history of d…
Allan Smith
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Experts: Actions of Democratic operatives in latest undercover James O'Keefe video likely not violation of law
O'Keefe claimed that those conversations showed that the Clinton campaign had violated the Federal …