Bich Nguyen7h ago

"The New York State attorney general’s office has begun investigating how Columbia University let a predatory doctor continue to see patients despite decades of warnings."

https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-new-york-ag-investigation-robert-hadden-assault

#healthcare #MedEd #MedSchools #columbia #physicians #misconduct #SexualAssault #SexualAbuse #courts

New York Attorney General Is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings

In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades. Survivors say they hope school officials will now be held accountable.

ProPublica
NewsletterTF1d ago

Administrative Turbulence: The Recurring Suspension of IPS Officer K. Ramachandra Rao

IPS officer K. Ramachandra Rao in Karnataka is suspended again in June 2026 due to misconduct allegations. This follows a pattern of suspension and reinstatement.

#KarnatakaPolice, #IPS, #RamachandraRao, #Misconduct, #Bengaluru

https://newsletter.tf/karnataka-ips-officer-k-ramachandra-rao-suspended-again/

NewsletterTF1d ago

IPS officer K. Ramachandra Rao has been suspended again in Karnataka. This is the second time in a little over a year, following new misconduct claims.

#KarnatakaPolice, #IPS, #RamachandraRao, #Misconduct, #Bengaluru
https://newsletter.tf/karnataka-ips-officer-k-ramachandra-rao-suspended-again/

Karnataka IPS Officer K. Ramachandra Rao Suspended Again

IPS officer K. Ramachandra Rao in Karnataka is suspended again in June 2026 due to misconduct allegations. This follows a pattern of suspension and reinstatement.

NewsletterTF
Calishat5d ago

#politics #misconduct #pardons

'[Jon] Ponder, who was convicted three times for bank robbery, won a federal pardon from President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2020 and a partial pardon from Gov. Steve Sisolak...'

https://nevadacurrent.com/briefs/dept-of-corrections-investigating-hope-for-prisoners-founder-for-alleged-misconduct/

Hope for Prisoners founder investigated for alleged misconduct  • Nevada Current

Hope for Prisoners CEO Jon Ponder is under investigation for alleged misconduct, the non-profit organization confirmed Thursday.  On Monday, NDOC told the Current that Ponder no longer works with the department, where HFP provided reentry assistance to inmates. Ponder, who was convicted three times for bank robbery, won a federal pardon from President Donald Trump […]

Nevada Current
ResearchBuzz: Firehose6d ago

Politico: Senate bans senators from prediction market trading. “The Senate Thursday unanimously voted to ban senators and their staff from trading on prediction markets, a practice that has come under growing scrutiny on Capitol Hill in recent months. The resolution, spearheaded by Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), prohibits senators and staff from using prediction markets. It goes into effect […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/politico-senate-bans-senators-from-prediction-market-trading/
Politico: Senate bans senators from prediction market trading

Politico: Senate bans senators from prediction market trading. “The Senate Thursday unanimously voted to ban senators and their staff from trading on prediction markets, a practice that has c…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Mathrubhumi EnglishMay 1
JPMorgan Chase clears executive Lorna Hajdini of misconduct allegations following an internal investigation. Read the full update on the lawsuit details here. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/money/jpmorgan-chase-denies-misconduct-allegations-lorna-hajdini-aefe4zr9?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #JPMorgan #LornaHajdini #misconduct #allegations #Racism
CBC OttawaApr 29
Ottawa police officer accused of unauthorized database searches into women, colleagues
An Ottawa police constable is facing discipline after being accused of making 77 unauthorized database searches, including queries into women he admitted to being attracted to.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-police-officer-accused-of-unauthorized-database-searches-into-women-colleagues-9.7181538?cmp=rss
Show threadpetersuberApr 29

Update. Related:

"Opening Pandora's box: Paper mills in conference proceedings."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22458

From the abstract: "This study aims to identify papers in conference proceedings whose titles have been offered for sale on social media platforms. We collected more than 4,000 unique publication offers from more than 200 social media channels and used semi-automated methods along with human assessment to match offers with papers published in IEEE conference proceedings. We identified 1,720 papers in 286 IEEE conference proceedings, accounting for up to 23.51% of an individual conference. These problematic papers are co-authored by more than 6,500 researchers from over 3,500 affiliations in 55 countries."

#Misconduct #PaperMills #ScholComm

Opening Pandora's box: Paper mills in conference proceedings

Paper mills are a growing threat to the integrity of science, yet their penetration in conference proceedings remains underexplored despite conferences being more important than journals in some scientific subfields. This study aims to identify papers in conference proceedings whose titles have been offered for sale on social media platforms. We collected more than 4,000 unique publication offers from more than 200 social media channels and used semi-automated methods along with human assessment to match offers with papers published in IEEE conference proceedings. We identified 1,720 papers in 286 IEEE conference proceedings, accounting for up to 23.51% of an individual conference. These problematic papers are co-authored by more than 6,500 researchers from over 3,500 affiliations in 55 countries. The identified papers demonstrate collaboration anomalies, high diversity of affiliations per paper, citation manipulation, a predominance of six-author papers, and content-based irregularities. Our findings show that paper mills are a large, organized, and often public market that commercializes scientific misconduct, not limited to papers, but infiltrating multiple parts of the research ecosystem.

arXiv.org
Show threadpetersuberApr 29

Update. You can now see the preprint itself, on #arXiv.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24576

From the abstract: "We assemble BuyTheBy, a large, annotated dataset of timestamped, text-based paper mill advertisements from seven businesses operating out of seven different countries. The dataset consists of 18,710 individual advertisements, of which 15,839 have prices listed. Among these there are 20,598 positions listed as for sale on 5,567 unique products in 14 different product categories with 51,812 timestamped price data points."

#Misconduct #PaperMills #ScholComm

BuyTheBy: A dataset of 18,710 text-based paper mill advertisements with 51,812 timestamped prices

The study of paper mills and similar businesses operating in the market for academic and education fraud services is frustrated by the lack of market price data on their various offerings. Here, we assemble BuyTheBy, a large, annotated dataset of timestamped, text-based paper mill advertisements from seven businesses operating out of seven different countries. The dataset consists of 18,710 individual advertisements, of which 15,839 have prices listed. Among these there are 20,598 positions listed as for sale on 5,567 unique products in 14 different product categories with 51,812 timestamped price data points. We perform elementary analysis of this dataset to demonstrate its utility for quantitative understanding of markets for academic fraud services and suggest future use cases.

arXiv.org
Joseph Lim Apr 29
#Doctor guilty of #misconduct 13 years🤔 after complaint was filed
" #Singapore Medical Council (SMC) rcvd patient’s complaint Nov2013.. Jun2015, te Complaints Committee issued letter of advice to Dr Teo, say'g it decided on no formal inquiry or referral to disciplinary tribunal. Te patient appealed to Health Minister Jul2015.. In Oct2021, MOH directed SMC to appt disciplinary tribunal. SMC issued notice of inquiry on Nov2024 to serve DrTeo formal charges"
👉Not a good look
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/doctor-guilty-of-misconduct-given-50-discount-on-suspension-13-years-after-complaint-was-filed
Doctor guilty of misconduct given 50% ‘discount’ on suspension, 13 years after complaint was filed

The disciplinary tribunal gave a shorter suspension as the delay in proceedings had taken a toll on the doctor. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times