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Armored Truck Spills $175K Onto Atlanta Highway
Security & Fraud // July 10, 2019

Drivers on Interstate 285 in Atlanta likely thought they had come into some quick cash when $175,000 recently fell out of an armored truck. As the cash flew out across the highway on Tuesday (July 9) evening, more than 15 cars and trucks pulled over...

AI Law Enforcement Tools Could Be Inaccurate
Artificial Intelligence // April 28, 2019

A research group revealed that it has discovered “serious shortcomings” in the predictive tools used by law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies have been using the tools to make decisions about pretrial detention, probation and sentencing, such as predicting whether someone will fail to appear...

Singapore Police Prevent Bitcoin Machine Scam
Security & Fraud // April 28, 2019

Police in Singapore helped stop a scam that was targeting users of bitcoin machines at a local mall. The police have been investigating bitcoin machines at Tampines One Mall in Singapore that featured posters claiming to be an alert from law enforcement about the crypto,...

Amazon Teams With Cops To Catch Crooks
Amazon // December 13, 2018

Police in Jersey City are partnering with Amazon on an operation aimed to catch thieves stealing holiday packages from residential homes. Law enforcement is installing doorbell cameras and planting dummy boxes with GPS tracking devices at homes around the city — and it has managed to catch...

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Police Raid Wirecard’s Offices In Two Countries

July 01, 2020
A team of investigators raided Wirecard AG’s offices in two countries as part of the probe into the 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) that went missing from the payments company’s accounts, Bloomberg News reported. According to the report, a dozen Munich prosecutors and 33 police officers searched the company’s headquarters in Aschheim, Germany and two offices […]

Armored Truck Spills $175K Onto Atlanta Highway

July 10, 2019
Drivers on Interstate 285 in Atlanta likely thought they had come into some quick cash when $175,000 recently fell out of an armored truck. As the cash flew out across...

AI Law Enforcement Tools Could Be Inaccurate

April 28, 2019
A research group revealed that it has discovered “serious shortcomings” in the predictive tools used by law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies have been using the tools to make decisions...

Singapore Police Prevent Bitcoin Machine Scam

April 28, 2019
Police in Singapore helped stop a scam that was targeting users of bitcoin machines at a local mall. The police have been investigating bitcoin machines at Tampines One Mall in...