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Fraudsters bought Kobe Bryant sneakers and Ferraris with taxpayer funds
For law enforcement investigating fraud cases, the hard part can be following the money to figure out where the tax dollars have gone.
What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, Fraudsters bought Kobe Bryant sneakers and Ferraris with taxpayer funds, For law enforcement investigating fraud cases, the hard part can be following the money to figure out where the tax dollars have gone.
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Primary source: Fraudsters bought Kobe Bryant sneakers and Ferraris with taxpayer funds via CBS News. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- Fraudsters bought Kobe Bryant sneakers and Ferraris with taxpayer fundsCBS News - 2026-06-01T15:53:00+00:00
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