Wells Fargo Will Pay $1 Billion To Settle Defrauding Shareholder Case
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Crime and Justice News
- May 16, 2023
- 1 min
Social Media Influencer Accused Of Bilking Americans In Romance Plot
A woman who federal prosecutors say rose to fame as a social media influencer has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges she bilked...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 11, 2023
- 2 min
Court Voids Two Convictions in 'Varsity Blues' Admissions Case
A federal appeals court reversed convictions for two parents who were found guilty of fraud in the Varsity Blues college-admissions...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 27, 2023
- 2 min
Leaders In Mexico Border Wall-Building Fraud Get Prison Time
A federal judge handed down a 51-month prison sentence Wednesday to Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage, the co-founder of a fraud called We...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 18, 2023
- 2 min
U.S. Soldier Arrested For Applying to Fake Kill-For-Hire Site
Fake website RentAHitman.com has snagged another would-be killer-for-hire after a U.S. soldier applied to be an assassin and accepted his...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 27, 2023
- 2 min
How 'Instascammers' Exploit Social Media System's Weaknesses
Scammers are proliferating on Instagram by shutting down prominent influencers' money-making profiles and then demanding payment to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 16, 2023
- 2 min
Bannon Confidant Accused in $1B Fraud
Federal authorities arrested a prominent Chinese businessman and seized $634 million of his assets, accusing him of fraud and money...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 2, 2023
- 2 min
Biden Seeks $600M To Prosecute More COVID-Relief-Fraud Cases
President Biden is calling on Congress to approve a $1.6 billion legislative package aimed at cracking down on fraud stemming from the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 20, 2023
- 2 min
Crypto Crackdown Accelerates as Feds Heed Warnings
A growing urgency in Washington to address the threats posed by cryptocurrencies has accelerated the pace of an aggressive government...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 15, 2023
- 2 min
Russian Millionaire Hacker Convicted in $90 Million Fraud
A jury in Boston federal court has convicted the owner of a Moscow-based information technology company with ties to the Kremlin in a $90...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 1, 2023
- 2 min
COVID-Era Fraud Boosted By 221K Suspect Social Security Numbers
The U.S. government may have awarded $5.4 billion in coronavirus aid to small businesses with potentially ineligible Social Security...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 20, 2023
- 2 min
NYC Man Gets Prison For Swindling Elderly In Sweepstakes Scam
A New York City man will spend three years in prison for his role in a bogus sweepstakes fraud that tricked elderly victims into paying...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
California Teen Arrested For Fake Parking Ticket Scam
Police in Santa Cruz, Ca., arrested a 19-year-old they say made fake parking tickets and put them on parked cars near the beach. The fake...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 13, 2022
- 1 min
Bankman-Fried Arrested, Charged With Cryptocurrency Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, with...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
States Take On Fake Online Reviews and Endorsements
State attorneys general and a key federal agency are working to prevent false or manipulated reviews that can lead to purchases of of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 19, 2022
- 2 min
CA Attempts To Recover Billions of Dollars in Pandemic Fraud
California is slowly clawing back some of the estimated $20 billion in unemployment money stolen by domestic and international criminals...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
Brett Favre Implicated in MS Welfare Funding Scandal
In 2017, the Mississippi nonprofit Operation Shoestring received a federal grant worth more than $200,000. When the organization sought...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
How Did 'Fat Leonard' Escape Home Confinement, Head To Venezuela?
Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor who admitted bribing dozens of Navy officers as part of a $35 million fraud...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
New COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud Estimate Totals $45.6 Billion
A federal watchdog found that fraudsters may have stolen $45.6 billion from the nation’s unemployment insurance program during the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Project Veritas Faces $120,000 Damages After Hidden Camera Sting
A federal jury awarded $120,000 in damages to Democratic consulting firms targeted by Project Veritas, a conservative group specializing...
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