NBI probes TV host, wife on jewelry (Manila Bulletin)
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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Thursday started its investigation into the complaints by several jewelers against television host-comedian Jose Manalo and his wife for alleged estafa and bouncing checks involving pieces of jewelry and house and lot transactions amounting to millions of pesos.
Monica Conyers tie to $40,000 in jewelry probed (Detroit News)
Federal agents are investigating allegations that Councilwoman Monica Conyers received thousands of dollars in jewelry from a pawn shop whose owner urged the council to ease off on plans to increase regulation of his business, people familiar with a City Hall corruption investigation told The Detroit News.
