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Tarpley Hitt is a Power Trip reporter at the Daily Beast, covering money, labor, and the ultra-rich. Send her tips about billionaires at Tarpley.Hitt@thedailybeast.com.

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This Belarusian Currency Trader Is Buying Up Tiny Vermont

‘DISNEY OF THE NORTH’

And he’s looking to build a luxury ‘Viking village’ in one particularly teensy town.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 23, 2021

Crypto Mogul’s $1B Gift of ‘Petcoins’ to Charity Backfires

DOG EAT DOG

Vitalik Buterin contributed massive sums of dog-related joke coins, which he’d received as part of a marketing stunt, to a fund for Covid relief in India and other charities.

AD BY Editorial | Published May 13, 2021

Rich Mayoral Candidates Have No Idea How Much NY Houses Cost

MORE MONEY THAN SENSE

Ex-Citigroup executive Ray McGuire and Obama-era HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan totally flubbed a question on housing affordability.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 11, 2021

Apollo Executive Is ‘BBQ Man’ Behind Sydney’s COVID Mutant

EXPOSED

The previously unidentified man, nicknamed “BBQ Man,” contracted a “double mutant” strain of COVID-19, spurring an outbreak that forced Sydney to impose new restrictions.

AD BY Editorial | Published May 10, 2021

Famed Psych to Evaluate Billionaire Charged in $2B Tax Fraud

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Three doctors will evaluate the mental agility of Robert Brockman, who’s been charged in the largest tax evasion case in U.S. history and claims he has dementia.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 10, 2021

Luxury Mall Shoppers Sent Scrambling After Apparent Shooting

CHAOS

Three people were hospitalized and shoppers reported hearing possible gunshots at a mall in Aventura on Saturday afternoon.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 08, 2021

Toddler Among Three Shot in Broad Daylight at Times Square

NYC

Gunfire erupted after a dispute between several men led to one of them pulling out a gun and firing, striking several innocent bystanders.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 08, 2021

DA Candidate Forced to Address Paralegal’s Death in His Tub

‘THE GIRL IN MY BATHTUB’

It’s just the latest twist in an eventful, bitter race for Philadelphia’s District Attorney.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 08, 2021

Massive U.S. Pipeline Operator Shut Down by Cyberattack

OIL VEY

Colonial Pipeline closed down some 5,500 miles of pipeline along the East Coast.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 08, 2021

AZ Nixes Insane Election Audit Measure After DOJ Steps In

CREEPY

After a Justice Department inquiry, Arizona GOPers backed off from a plan to knock on voters’ doors and interrogate them about their prior voting choices.

Tarpley Hitt | Published May 08, 2021

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