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Dodsworth said money was one of the ways Wignall controlled her.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

For years, Jin built a thriving Protestant congregation in the heart of Beijing, known as Zion Church, that operated outside the government’s system of tightly controlled official churches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

OpenAI later turned its for-profit business into a public-benefit corporation, known as a B Corp, controlled by its nonprofit arm.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

The pair were ultimately accused of transferring $350 million out of Venezuela either to the US or through the US to foreign accounts they owned or controlled.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

A translator explained he was part owner of the hotel as well as a local oligarch who controlled Siberian gas and oil fields.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French