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cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/germany/p/576937/der8auer-i-got-scammed-eur40-000-aliexpress-special

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Roman aka Der8auer, owner/founder of Thermal Grizzly products, got scammed out of €40,000 by placing raw material orders in China and has made this video to alert people to be more aware that these kinds of situations can happen.

Then you might think, ok, what about legal action right?

You try to get your money back somehow in China, but the chances of success for this in China is super low.

Like for a German company doing something in China like this; it's almost impossible that you will succeed and it will cost you a lot more time and money.

The move threatens one of the best-known humanitarian operations in the devastated enclave. Though Israel has sought to downplay the group’s importance, Doctors Without Borders says it runs or supports more than 20 percent of the remaining hospital beds, operates clinics for people with traumatic injuries and chronic illnesses, treats malnourished children and other patients, and distributed 700 million liters of water last year.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58015666

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/44742454

Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) faked the death of Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK), and claimed the bounty placed on his head by Russia's intelligence service, HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov revealed on Jan. 1.

"Welcome back to life," Budanov said on a Telegram video, while congratulating Kapustin and the intelligence team involved in the operation.

The announcement follows reports published on Dec. 27 stating that Kapustin, also known by his nom de guerre "White Rex," had been killed during a combat mission in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. In its Jan. 1 statement, HUR said those reports were part of a complex special operation that misled Russian intelligence services.

Russian intelligence services had ordered his assassination and allocated a bounty of $500,000 for the successful completion of the assassination.

"Our side also obtained the funds allocated by Russian intelligence services to carry out this crime," Budanov was told by the commander of the Timur special unit in the video.

"As of now, the RDK commander is on Ukrainian territory and is preparing to continue carrying out assigned tasks,."

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