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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.

Crypto Mogul’s $1B Gift of ‘Petcoins’ to Charity Backfires
DOG EAT DOGVitalik 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.

Rich Mayoral Candidates Have No Idea How Much NY Houses Cost
MORE MONEY THAN SENSEEx-Citigroup executive Ray McGuire and Obama-era HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan totally flubbed a question on housing affordability.

Apollo Executive Is ‘BBQ Man’ Behind Sydney’s COVID Mutant
EXPOSEDThe previously unidentified man, nicknamed “BBQ Man,” contracted a “double mutant” strain of COVID-19, spurring an outbreak that forced Sydney to impose new restrictions.

Famed Psych to Evaluate Billionaire Charged in $2B Tax Fraud
UNDER THE MICROSCOPEThree 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.

Luxury Mall Shoppers Sent Scrambling After Apparent Shooting
CHAOSThree people were hospitalized and shoppers reported hearing possible gunshots at a mall in Aventura on Saturday afternoon.

Toddler Among Three Shot in Broad Daylight at Times Square
NYCGunfire erupted after a dispute between several men led to one of them pulling out a gun and firing, striking several innocent bystanders.

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.

Massive U.S. Pipeline Operator Shut Down by Cyberattack
OIL VEYColonial Pipeline closed down some 5,500 miles of pipeline along the East Coast.

AZ Nixes Insane Election Audit Measure After DOJ Steps In
CREEPYAfter a Justice Department inquiry, Arizona GOPers backed off from a plan to knock on voters’ doors and interrogate them about their prior voting choices.
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