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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
Privacy worries and online scams are making it harder for Census Bureau surveyors to understand U.S. business
Finance

Privacy worries and online scams are making it harder for Census Bureau surveyors to understand U.S. business

By Mark Schneider and The Associated Press
March 27, 2023
Scammers are using voice-cloning A.I. tools to sound like victims’ relatives in desperate need of financial help. It’s working
Tech

Scammers are using voice-cloning A.I. tools to sound like victims’ relatives in desperate need of financial help. It’s working

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March 5, 2023
Hacker man working on computers alone in dark room, rear view.
NFTs and Culture

Who is Monkey? The notorious crypto scammer, who drained over $24 million and inspired a legion of copycats, has disappeared

By Leo Schwartz and Ben Weiss
March 1, 2023
Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland
Finance

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is out of prison and he’s trying his luck as a marketing consultant: ‘Want to learn my method?’

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January 30, 2023
Woman who bilked Chinese investors in $26 million Coachella hotel fraud sentenced to 20 years in prison
Finance

Woman who bilked Chinese investors in $26 million Coachella hotel fraud sentenced to 20 years in prison

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November 22, 2022
Scammers are targeting desperate FTX customers by pretending to be the DOJ and promising access to funds
Tech

Scammers are targeting desperate FTX customers by pretending to be the DOJ and promising access to funds

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November 19, 2022
A pile of Amazon packages is seen on a busy sidewalk in New York.
Tech

Amazon Prime Day sale could be used to ‘mislead’ shoppers into paying higher prices, study warns

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October 11, 2022
Fraud is booming on Zelle. But the banks that own it aren’t reimbursing scammed customers
Personal Finance

Fraud is booming on Zelle. But the banks that own it aren’t reimbursing scammed customers

By Ken Sweet and The Associated Press
October 4, 2022
Cybercriminals have turned to a new crypto scam to funnel stolen funds.
The Coins

With prices cratering, many crypto holders stopped looking at their accounts. Scammers did not 

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September 30, 2022
How confronting a $20 million mistake made me a better leader
Commentary

How confronting a $20 million mistake made me a better leader

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September 29, 2022
Headshot of Nev Schulman. Phone display of Facebook logo
Tech

Catfish-buster warns of trending scam infiltrating Facebook Marketplace

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August 27, 2022
Hacker in front of a laptop with a backdrop of Bitcoins
The Coins

Crypto’s downturn has taken a toll on another sector: scammers

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August 16, 2022
Vault DAO employees pose for a group photo
The Coins

NFTs keep getting hacked. Has this startup found a way to keep them safe?

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August 3, 2022
A Minecraft digital artist points at a virtual version of his character
Tech

‘Minecraft’ draws a line in the sand against NFTs signaling not everyone in gaming is buying into the hype

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July 21, 2022

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