The Daily Misanthrope

May 22, 2026  •  Misanthrope Index: 8.1 — Approaching Walken

Folly of the Day

India's Central Bureau of Investigation Arrested a Delhi Development Authority Vigilance Officer for Demanding a Bribe. His Job Was to Investigate Corruption and Issue Official Findings on It.

He was the Vigilance Officer — the official whose explicit job is to investigate corruption and issue formal findings on it — and the CBI arrested him mid-negotiation over the price of a favorable finding, which completes the irony without requiring any additional commentary.

Source: Lokmat Times

The Wire

Canadian Authorities Replaced a Meth Shipment With Inert Substances and Tracked It to Melbourne. Eight Men Drove to Collect a $1.7 Billion Drug Haul and Were Arrested. Combined Sentence: 95 Years.

The shipment had been replaced with inert material before it left Canada; eight men drove to Melbourne to collect what they believed was a $1.7 billion drug consignment and were arrested at the pickup point, which is a distribution outcome the syndicate had not modeled.

Source: Australian Federal Police

The Wire

Two Florida Defense Contractors Arrested for Paying $1.25 Million in Bribes to a U.S. Army Employee — They Concealed the Payments Inside Fraudulently Inflated Contract Costs, Which Federal Auditors Review

Leonard Pick and Brian Kent concealed $1.25 million in bribe payments inside inflated federal contract costs — a hiding place located inside the documents that federal auditors examine specifically to find inflated contract costs.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

The Wire

Twenty-Five Defendants Convicted in a $215 Million International Scam Targeting More Than 1,000 Victims Through Business Email Compromise and Romance Fraud

Twenty-five people were convicted for coordinating a $215 million fraud targeting over a thousand victims, which is the kind of operation that scales until the number of victims and co-conspirators exceeds the number that can be managed without one of them talking to a prosecutor.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

The Wire

Two U.S. Executives Pleaded Guilty to Knowingly Providing Telecommunications Infrastructure to Indian Call Centers Running Tech Support Scams on American Victims

Adam Young and Harrison Gevirtz built the phone routes, collected the fees, and pleaded guilty to knowing exactly what the routes were for — a business model that required them to be correct about the profitability and incorrect about the invisibility.

Source: GBHackers

LazyTown

Bank Robber Left Google Location History Enabled. Geofence Warrant Placed Him at the Scene. Twelve Years.

The feature that placed him at the scene of his own robbery required thirty seconds to disable, which he did not spend, and twelve years to account for, which he is.

Source: WTVR Richmond

Campus Watch

University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Voted Unanimously to Fire System President Jay Rothman After He Refused to Resign

Source: The Hill

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