Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,420. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. The city is 21 miles south of the historic commonwealth capital city of Richmond. It is located at the fall line of the Appomattox River. In 1645, the Virginia House of Burgesses ordered Fort Henry built, which attracted... Show more both traders and settlers to the area. The Town of Petersburg, chartered by the Virginia legislature in 1784, incorporated three early settlements, and in 1850 the legislature elevated it to city status.Petersburg grew as a transportation hub and also developed industry. It was the final destination on the Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation System, which opened in 1816, to a city mostly rebuilt after a devastating 1815 fire. When its Appomattox...
In recent years, we’ve seen a significant rise in tax fraud schemes, with cybercriminals using increasingly sophisticated methods. Among the major tax scams in 2024 are multi-factor authentication, tax refund, ATO social media misrepresentation, and tax lodgement scams. In this article, we look at these...
A stark warning from Booking.com highlights a dramatic 900% increase in travel scams over the past 18 months, with artificial intelligence (AI) playing a key role. In 2023, Australians lost a total of $2.7 billion to scams, with 20% reporting they had fallen victim to holiday scams. Nearly one in five...
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