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Biden’s Budget Blueprint Triples Fraud-Fighting Staff
Biden’s Budget Blueprint Triples Fraud-Fighting Staff
March 08, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Preventing fraud and identity theft is reportedly a key component of President Biden’s cost-cutting plans. The administration’s budget blueprint includes targeting fraud by bolstering the...

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Report: FTX Exec Singh Set to Plead Guilty to Fraud
Report: FTX Exec Singh Set to Plead Guilty to Fraud
February 19, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Another FTX executive will reportedly plead guilty in the fraud case against the company’s founder. Nishad Singh, the cryptocurrency exchange’s former engineering director and part...

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Justice Department Steps Up Apple Antitrust Probe
Justice Department Steps Up Apple Antitrust Probe
February 15, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

A federal investigation targeting Apple is reportedly escalating amid a wave of corporate antitrust actions. While the U.S. Justice Department probe into the iPhone maker is a...

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FTC Distributes $115M to Victims of MoneyGram Payment Fraud
FTC Distributes $115M to Victims of MoneyGram Payment Fraud
February 12, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

The federal government has reimbursed nearly 40,000 victims of fraud schemes processed by MoneyGram. According to a Friday (Feb. 10) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) news...

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Feds Allege Mutant Ape Planet NFT Developer Defrauded Buyers
Feds Allege Mutant Ape Planet NFT Developer Defrauded Buyers
January 05, 2023  |  NFTs

The developer of Mutant Ape Planet non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has been charged with defrauding buyers.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York said...

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Feds Shut Down Ring Offering DDoS Attack Services
Feds Shut Down Ring Offering DDoS Attack Services
December 15, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Federal prosecutors have charged six men with waging a DDoS attack wave on websites worldwide. DDoS stands for “distributed denial-of-service,” or attacks that bombard targeted...

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Google Requests Dismissal of Justice Dept. Antitrust Suit
Google Requests Dismissal of Justice Dept. Antitrust Suit
December 13, 2022  |  Google

Google has asked a federal court to throw out an antitrust lawsuit.  The request addressed the U.S. Justice Department’s suit filed in 2020 that alleges...

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Feds Reportedly Prep Potential Fraud Case Against FTX Founder
Feds Reportedly Prep Potential Fraud Case Against FTX Founder
December 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Prosecutors are examining how FTX transferred funds for a possible fraud case against its founder. Federal prosecutors are examining how funds held by the cryptocurrency...

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Chicago Grand Jury Charges 2 in ‘Remotely Created Checks’ Scheme 
Chicago Grand Jury Charges 2 in ‘Remotely Created Checks’ Scheme 
December 08, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

A federal grand jury has charged two operators of payment processing companies with bank fraud.  The grand jury in Chicago charged the two Illinois men...

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