NEW: Who’s Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter?
A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine.
So, the real Robert did some reporting of his own.
https://www.propublica.org/article/impersonating-propublica-reporter
#news #journalism #privacy
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