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DWS CEO Asoka Wöhrmann will leave the firm next week, citing the 'burden' placed on him and his family by allegations of greenwashing at the German asset manager. The chief executive of Deutsche Bank’s asset manager DWS Asoka Wöhrmann has resigned from the firm hours after police raided the companies’ offices over greenwashing allegations. The raids, which took place yesterday, saw a combined 50 officials from German regulator BaFin, the federal criminal police office and the public prosecutor’s office searching the Frankfurt offices of Deutsche Bank and DWS. Earlier today, Wöhrmann (pictured) announced that he would resign from the firm,...

Now this… The Awan brothers’ server with much of the key evidence to the case has gone missing. The Epoch Times reported: In a behind-closed-door briefing to the House leadership in September 2016, the inspector general said their activity was suspicious in part because the IT workers had taken steps to conceal their identities. “Excessive logons are an indication that the server is being used for nefarious purposes and elevated the risk that individuals could be reading and/or removing information,” reads a presentation by the inspector general that was not released to the public. The inspector general also warned of...

In June 2016, a class action lawsuit was filed against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for violating the DNC Charter by rigging the Democratic presidential primaries for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders. Even former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid admitted in July 2016, ““I knew—everybody knew—that this was not a fair deal.” He added adding that Debbie Wasserman Schultz should have resigned much sooner than she did. The lawsuit was filed to push the DNC to admit their wrongdoing and provide Bernie Sanders supporters, who supported him financially with millions of dollars in...

Judge Napolitano: He was arrested for some financial crime. That’s the tip of the iceberg. The real crime against him was that he had contact, he had access to emails of every member of Congress and he sold what he found in there. What did he sell and to whom did he sell it. That’s what the FBI wants to know. This may be a very, very serious national security investigation. Three members of the House Homeland and Intelligence Committee and five members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Dozens of House democrats and potentially all members of Congress....

In July, a Democratic National Committee staffer named Seth Rich was gunned down in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of northwest D.C. The police said his murder may have been the result of a robbery. Now, however, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is saying there is more to the story In an interview with a Dutch media outlet known as Nieuwsuur on Tuesday, Assange admitted that Rich, a staffer in the voter data department of the DNC, was Wikileak’s source within the organization. In recent weeks, Wikileaks has released a torrent of information from inside the DNC — from emails to memos to...

Shoe buyers beware! Hackers have stolen credit card and other personal information from those who shop at DSW. A spokesperson with the company says they got word last week the information had been stolen from more than 100 stores. The spokesperson with DSW says the hackers stole credit card and personal shopping information on Friday from its customers. They say computer hacking activity took place during the last 90 days. Retail Ventures, the parent company for the chain, immediately reported the information to federal authorities The Secret Service is also investigating the incident. Chaz Withers says, "Protecting our customers, who...