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Finance

​​Inside the $99 million luxury wine scam that fooled over 100 global investors

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July 24, 2025
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Cybersecurity

‘Ghost’ students are hijacking millions from colleges—and locking real human students out of classes

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June 12, 2025
Texas lottery boss resigns amid investigations into online buying and a $95 million jackpot won by group that bought 25 million tickets
Finance

Texas lottery boss resigns amid investigations into online buying and a $95 million jackpot won by group that bought 25 million tickets

By Jim Vertuno and The Associated Press
April 23, 2025
Asian scam operations are hauling in $40 billion every year from bogus romance schemes and investment pitches. Now they’re spreading around the world
Cybersecurity

Asian scam operations are hauling in $40 billion every year from bogus romance schemes and investment pitches. Now they’re spreading around the world

By The Associated Press and Grant Peck
April 21, 2025
PayPal CEO Alex Chriss
Tech

Honey, the popular browser extension promoted by MrBeast and over a thousand YouTube channels, accused of being a scam

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December 23, 2024
Business people shaking hands in the office.
Tech

Job scams are climbing. Experts say to watch out for these red flags

By Adriana Morga and The Associated Press
October 28, 2024
The exterior of the new headquarters of Google is seen at 550 Washington Street in Hudson Square on January 09, 2024.
Tech

Meta, Google, TikTok take down accounts tied to Russian drone labor scheme

By Emma Burrows and The Associated Press
October 17, 2024
In this photo illustration a United Way of America logo seen displayed on a smartphone.
Finance

Former United Way VP convicted of stealing $6.7M through IT scheme

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October 17, 2024
Dara Khosrowshahi
Tech

Uber and authorities are probing hoax calls made to an 81-year old man that allegedly led him to shoot a female driver

By Mark Scolforo and The Associated Press
April 20, 2024
Hacker figure in hood sitting before an open laptop.
Newsletters

Beware of pig butchering. Romance and investment crypto scams are on the rise, says Binance

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August 23, 2023
Brian Armstrong in suit speaking onstage
Newsletters

The new Coinbase blockchain is rife with scam tokens. Who should be responsible?

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August 16, 2023
Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI
Lifestyle

Las Vegas lawyer indicted in $460 million ‘slip-and-fall’ Ponzi scheme after standoff with the FBI

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March 31, 2023
Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon
The Ledger

Who is Do Kwon, the ‘lunatic’ who created a $60 billion cryptocurrency that collapsed in days?

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May 18, 2022
A handful of NFT users are making big money off of a stealth scam. Here’s how ‘wash trading’ works
Tech

A handful of NFT users are making big money off of a stealth scam. Here’s how ‘wash trading’ works

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February 4, 2022
Discord CEO hints at NFT, crypto integration
NFTs and Culture

Discord CEO hints at NFT, crypto integration

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November 10, 2021

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