He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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The Albany Civilian Police Review Board has seen several members leave or resign in the last few months. The resignations occur as the board has come into conflict with the Albany Common Council and Mayor over the implementation of a voter-mandated re-organization of the board. It has proven difficult and complicated to move the review board into the city bureaucracy while maintaining its investigative independence. Moses Nagel spoke with long-time CPRB member Paul Collins-Hackett, also known as Batman, about the state of affairs.
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