Selam Gebrekidan

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Selam Gebrekidan |Joy Dong

– Every few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles. By the time the shells pop and crackle, somebody’s life savings are probably gone. Maybe the victim fell for an online romance scam or bought into a fake cryptocurrency exchange. Whatever the scheme, the money has vanished, sucked into a complex money laundering network that moves billions of dollars at a dizzying speed.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Grace Moon |Selam Gebrekidan

The pilots' conversation with air traffic controllers, revealed in a partial transcript, could offer clues to what caused the disaster in South Korea, which killed 179 people. The pilots of Jeju Air Flight 2216 signaled three different plans for landing the stricken plane in the minutes before it crashed and killed 179 people in December, according to a partial transcript of their communication with air traffic controllers obtained by The New York Times.

1 month ago | afr.com | Lap Phan |Selam Gebrekidan |Joy Dong |Chang W. Lee

Selam Gebrekidan, Joy Dong, Chang W. Lee and Weiyi CaiMar 25, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Every few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles. By the time the shells pop and crackle, somebody’s life savings are probably gone.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Selam Gebrekidan |Joy Dong

NowThe Scammer’s Manual: How to Launder Money and Get Away With ItEvery few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles. By the time the shells pop and crackle, somebody’s life savings are probably gone. Maybe the victim fell for an online romance scam or bought into a fake cryptocurrency exchange.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Selam Gebrekidan |Joy Dong |Chang W. Lee |Weiyi Cai

Every few weeks, fireworks light up the night sky in Cambodia, set off by scammers to salute their biggest swindles. By the time the shells pop and crackle, somebody's life savings are probably gone. Maybe the victim fell for an online romance scam or bought into a fake cryptocurrency exchange. Whatever the scheme, the money has vanished, sucked into a complex money-laundering network that moves billions of dollars at a dizzying speed.