Former Qualcomm VP charged over $150 million acquisition fraud
He and others allegedly tricked Qualcomm into buying tech it already had.
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Senate committee chair grills Apple, Google over protection against crypto app scams
Brown wants to know if app stores are doing enough to fight fraud.
FTC says victims of crypto scams have lost more than $1 billion since 2021
Nearly 25 percent of scams reported last year used crypto as a payment method.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
UK authorities seize NFTSs over $1.9 million in suspected tax fraud
It's the first time British law enforcement has seized digital tokens.
Woman sentenced to prison for stealing 3,000 iPods intended for students
To make matters worse, the employee also filed fraudulent tax returns to try to cover up her ill-gotten gains.
Former Boeing chief technical pilot involved in 737 Max testing charged with fraud
He allegedly withheld information that could've prevented the 737 Max crashes a few years ago.
Amazon has banned over 600 Chinese brands as part of review fraud crackdown
Tech accessory makers were some of the hardest-hit.
Man who unlocked 1.9 million AT&T phones sentenced to 12 years in prison
The scheme cost the company $201.5 million, according to the Department of Justice.
Feds allege actor's $690 million Ponzi scheme lied about selling movies to Netflix
Zach Horwitz apparently told investors he was selling Latin American film rights to HBO and Netflix
Hacker sells access to hundreds of corporate executives' email accounts
The breaches could lead to extortion or fraud.
Facebook is running a national ad campaign to encourage voting
It'll point people toward its Voting Information Centers on Facebook and Instagram.
PayPal has a fraud problem
A string of 'invoice' scams shows how easy it is for hackers to siphon money out of people's accounts.
Two Nigerians face US charges over online fraud worth 'hundreds of millions'
They allegedly used email to rip off American companies.
EPA orders Amazon and eBay to remove products posing as coronavirus remedies
The EPA says the companies have a duty of care to customers.
Fraud ring uses stolen data to scam unemployment insurance programs
It underscores weaknesses in online security.
Nintendo blocks legacy logins after 160,000 accounts were compromised (update)
Hackers used insecure legacy accounts to access PayPal funds.
COVID-19 scammers may have stolen millions from the German government
Fraudsters took advantage of a western region's lack of identity verification.
FCC, FTC give providers 48 hours to block COVID-19 scam robocalls
Gateway companies could face 'serious consequences' if they don't.
Russia busts card fraud ring that included an infamous hacker
Alexey Stroganov helped breach major retailers in the West.
Extortionists threaten sites with bad traffic to make Google ban ads
They're demanding $5,000 in bitcoin to make the problem go away.
