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First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

CJ case unravels at a rapid pace

It has only been three days since the prosecution raided the CJ offices for an illegal slush fund, but the pace of the investigation into the country’s 14th-largest conglomerate is markedly faster than previous cases. The prosecution banned the chairman ... [Published Korea Joongang Daily - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Slush Fund, Seoul, Kwon Sang-soo, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Prosecution expands CJ probe

Investigation focuses on slush fund, illegal wealth transfer and tax evasionUpdated : 2013-05-23 17:59Prosecutors are expanding their investigation into food and entertainment giant CJ Group to include additional suspicions of massive income tax evasion ... [Published Korea Herald - 11 hours ago]

Entities: CJ Group, Slush Fund, Illicit, Taxes, Illegal

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

The Moore Tornado May Have Done $2 Billion Worth of Property Damage

See full coverageThe mayor of Moore provided one of the first estimates of the total cost stemming from Monday's tornado: between $1.5 and $2 billion — a sum that's about a quarter the size of Oklahoma's state budget . If that total pans out, it would ... [Published The Atlantic Wire - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado, James Inhofe, Hurricane Sandy, Slush Fund, Superstorm

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

CJ Group

CJ Group chief banned from leaving country on slush fund probe

SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The chief of CJ Group has been banned from leaving the country amid an ongoing prosecution probe into a massive slush fund allegedly amassed by the food and entertainment conglomerate, prosecutors said Thursday.The prosecution ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - 15 hours ago]

Entities: CJ Group, Slush Fund, Seoul

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

9 People Issued Travel Bans in CJ Group Slush Fund Probe

Prosecutors investigating allegations that CJ Group raised a massive slush fund overseas have placed a travel ban on CJ Group Chairman Lee Jae-hyun and two of his siblings.A travel ban was also placed on six former and incumbent executives of the conglomerate. ... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - 19 hours ago]

Entities: CJ Group, Slush Fund, Taxes, Investigation, Tax Evasion

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Slush fund probe may hurt CJ's overseas business: report

SEOUL, May 23 (Yonhap) -- The ongoing investigation into CJ Group's slush fund allegations may hamper the local food and entertainment conglomerate's overseas business projects and lower its credit ratings, a report said Thursday.On Tuesday, prosecutors ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Slush Fund, Credit Ratings, Tax Evasion, Seoul

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

5 Women Plead Not Guilty To Charges Of Embezzling From SF School District

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Five of six current and former San Francisco Unified School District employees charged with embezzling $15 million from the schools and setting it aside in a reserve fund pleaded not-guilty Tuesday at the Hall of Justice.The complicated ... [Published CBS San Francisco - May 22 2013]

Entities: Stuart Hanlon, Embezzlement, Slush Fund, District Attorney

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Prosecutors Investigate CJ Group Slush Fund Suspicions

Prosecutors are looking into suspicions that CJ Group evaded taxes and raised a huge slush fund overseas.Based on materials they obtained during a raid on CJ Group headquarters Tuesday, prosecutors are focusing their investigation on determining how large ... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 22 2013]

Entities: CJ Group, Slush Fund, Tax-Haven, British Virgin Islands

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Jackson: Politics of disaster aid complex after Sandy

Rescue crews had not finished searching the Oklahoma wreckage for tornado survivors before members of Congress started to chew over the political implications of another disaster-aid bill.Fresh on the minds of many on Tuesday was the partisan battle over ... [Published North Jersey.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Disaster, James Inhofe, Tornado, Slush Fund, Tom Coburn

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Oklahoma senators embrace disaster aid after opposing Sandy relief bill

Amid expressions of horror,grief and resolve over the devastating tornado that smashed intosuburban Oklahoma City, many U.S. lawmakers expressed relief onTuesday that they took action in January to bulk up the FEMAdisaster relief fund.But Oklahoma's two ... [Published Reuters - May 21 2013]

Entities: Oklahoma (United States), Disaster, Tom Cole, FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, James Inhofe

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Inhofe Clarifies

Sen. Inhofe says Oklahoma relief won't be like Sandy because Sandy relief was a slush fund. ... [Published Talking Points Memo - May 21 2013]

Entities: Slush Fund

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 5 reports

(3rd LD) CJ Group raided over slush fund allegations

(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in 3rd and bottom para)SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided CJ Group, a major local conglomerate, on Tuesday as part of an investigation into allegations that the food and entertainment conglomerate managed a massive ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 21 2013]

Entities: CJ Group, Slush Fund, Allegation

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...He hasn't made similar demands after the Moore tornado, saying only, "As the ranking member of the Senate committee that oversees FEMA, I can assure Oklahomans that any and all available aid will be delivered without delay."

Oklahoma senators change tune on disaster relief [Published MSN Money - 9 hours ago]

검찰 관계자는 23일 "수사의 핵심은 소득세를 위주로 한 탈세 의혹'이라면서도 '자금을 따라가다가 여러 가지 확인할 부분이 나오면 살펴볼 것'이라며 제기된 의혹들에 대한 수사 가능성을 열어두었다."

Investigation zeroes in on CJ chairman [Published Korea Times - 9 hours ago]

Inhofe said the Sandy Relief bill "was supposed to be in New Jersey," but "they were getting things … in the Virgin Islands, fixing roads there, and putting roofs on houses in Washington D C " Both Inhofe and Coburn voted to slash aid to victims of Hurricane Sandy, with Inhofe saying he considered the full proposed aid amount to be a "slush...

The Moore Tornado May Have Done $2 Billion Worth of Property Damage [Published The Atlantic Wire - 23 hours ago]

...Alexandra Robbins, reporting for The Washingtonian, writes thatthe shortages are "leading to complications usually seen only in the developing world, if ever." D C -area health staff are tying a lack of calcium to an increase in the number of neonatal intensive-care-unit babies with decreased growth, fractured...

The Politics of Disaster Aid [Published Yahoo! News - May 22 2013]

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CJ case unravels at a rapid pace [Published Korea Joongang Daily - 6 hours ago]
Tornado disaster should touch our hearts and ou... [Published Beaumont Enterprise - 8 hours ago]
Oklahoma senators change tune on disaster relief [Published MSN Money - 9 hours ago]
Investigation zeroes in on CJ chairman [Published Korea Times - 9 hours ago]
Prosecution expands CJ probe [Published Korea Herald - 11 hours ago]
CJ Group confirmed to have made millions in ill... [Published Hani.co.kr - 14 hours ago]
California Parks Whistleblower Says He Was Ignored [Published CBS Sacramento - 15 hours ago]
CJ Group chief banned from leaving country on s... [Published Yonhap News Agency - 15 hours ago]
Travel Ban Placed On CJ Group Chairman [Published Tbs eFM - 17 hours ago]
What’s wrong with journalism (and why you shoul... [Published Crikey Media - 18 hours ago]
9 People Issued Travel Bans in CJ Group Slush F... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - 19 hours ago]
Letters to the Editor: Supervisor Judy Arnold n... [Published Novato Advance - 19 hours ago]
Slush fund probe may hurt CJ's overseas busines... [Published Yonhap News Agency - 20 hours ago]
A Deadlier Disaster for the Third World: Unempl... [Published Mises.org - 20 hours ago]
The Moore Tornado May Have Done $2 Billion Wort... [Published The Atlantic Wire - 23 hours ago]
The Politics of Disaster Aid [Published Yahoo! News - May 22 2013]
Sarah Palin ‘Lives In Fear’ Of IRS, We Wonder Why? [Published Wonkette - May 22 2013]
Prosecutors raid the tax office to probe CJ [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 22 2013]
5 Women Plead Not Guilty To Charges Of Embezzli... [Published CBS San Francisco - May 22 2013]
For Republicans, Tornado Twists Feelings About ... [Published Time - May 22 2013]
6 plead not guilty in SF school embezzlement case [Published Fresno Bee - May 22 2013]
CJ slush fund probe zeroes in on chairman [Published Korea Herald - May 22 2013]
Prosecution Probe Expands As Suspicions Surrou... [Published Tbs eFM - May 22 2013]
For Republicans, Oklahoma Tornado Revives Quest... [Published Time - May 22 2013]
For Republicans, Oklahoma Tornado Revives Quest... [Published Swampland - May 22 2013]
CJ probe expands [Published Korea Times - May 22 2013]
Inhofe supports tornado aid, says it’s “totally... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - May 22 2013]
Prosecutors Investigate CJ Group Slush Fund Sus... [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 22 2013]
Investigation into overseas tax evasion [Published Hani.co.kr - May 22 2013]
Seoul shares up 0.64 pct on stimulus hope [Published Korea Herald - May 22 2013]

Blogs

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Sarah Palin ‘Lives In Fear’ Of IRS, We Wonder Why? [Published Wonkette - May 22 2013] Former halfterm Moose Queen Sarah Palin has some Thoughts , and she has left her dumb ol’ Myface page for the Big League Pixels of Ghost Andrew Breitbart’s Internet Home for Wayward Wig Addicts to bring em at ya! Her thoughts are on the IRS, and ...
For Republicans, Oklahoma Tornado Revives Quest... [Published Swampland - May 22 2013] Many politicians complain about wasteful spending until they’re on the receiving end. Not Tom Coburn. Throughout his career, the Republican Senator from Oklahoma has consistently argued that disaster-relief funds must be offset by matching spending cuts, ...
Inhofe supports tornado aid, says it’s “totally... [Published Grist - the Latest from Grist - May 22 2013] Shutterstock / val lawless Sen. Inhofe rides in on a white horse, shows his constituents he cares. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) opposed using federal money to help the victims of Superstorm Sandy rebuild their homes, roads, and tattered lives. That’s ...
CNN's GUT CHECK for May 21, 2013 [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 21 2013] CNN's GUT CHECK \|for May 21, 2013\|5 p.m.- n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle LATEST FROM OKLAHOMA: Stephen Eddy, city manager for Moore, told CNN's Jake Tapper that “everyone has been found” who was ...
Climate Scientist Trenberth Explains Climate Ch... [Published The BRAD BLOG - May 21 2013] Yesterday's horrific, tragic and enormous tornado in Moore, OK has been described as "the biggest, most destructive tornado in the history of the world." In its wake, many are questioning the relationship between such monster storms and climate ...

Audio/Video

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Corruption scandal turns up heat on Rajoy [Published Reuters Video: Business - Jan 31 2013]
Inhofe: Sandy Relief or Slush Fund? [Published Senator Jim Inhofe - YouTube Channel - Dec 19 2012]

Press Releases

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New IRS Documents Reveal Consumer Watchdog Foun... [Published PR Newswire - Sep 20 2012]