Looting

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Rod Watson: Looting – from Genesee Street to Wall Street – is as ... (Buffalo News)

Whether through deception or destruction, the goal of looters is the same: Ignore the law and social convention to prey on the vulnerable for one's own ...

Or the [Amherst businessman](https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/amherst-businessman-ordered-to-repay-1-2-million-to-scam-victims/article_e48e3070-434b-5328-a0f2-e678b8120a5b.html) who spent two years in prison and was ordered in 2019 to repay $1.275 million he looted from victims of his bond fraud scheme. Smash-and-grab is simply the street version of Ponzi schemes and insider trading, which also lack any larger political purpose – unless you consider “greed is good” to be a new governing ideology. They’re aided and abetted by Republicans in and out of government who fight tooth and nail to stifle the IRS from going after them. It's the code of the streets – both Genesee Street and Wall Street. “The founding fathers use looting as a supplement to protest,” political science adjunct professor and former Justice Department official William F. [the Clarence financial adviser](https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/clarence-investment-adviser-gets-52-months-for-cheating-clients-out-of-1-4m/article_e686cb4f-dfcc-59dd-84a4-0283b44bd4cc.html) sentenced to 52 months in prison in 2019 for looting $1.4 million from his clients’ accounts.

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Four held for assaulting and looting a Srinagar resident: Police (Rising Kashmir)

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that it has arrested four accused for assaulting and looting a person in Buchpora area of Srinagar district.

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Four held for assaulting and looting a Srinagar resident: Police (Rising Kashmir)

Javaid wani of Buchpora & Ishfaq Shah, Oman Riyaz Wagay, Shahid Rafiq Wagay (these three from Zakoora). FIR No 06/2023 registered in Ahmednagar PS, accused ...

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