Fraud articles

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  Article

  Rhode Island repeals online lying law amid First Amendment concerns

  By Louis Goddard on June 28, 2012 10:12 am + 3 comments

  The Rhode Island state legislature voted earlier this month to repeal a 23-year-old law Continue reading…

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  SEC charges LightSquared's Falcone with securities fraud

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 27, 2012 10:36 pm + 10 comments

  The SEC is going after Philip Falcone, the beleaguered hedge fund manager behind Harbinger Capital Continue reading…

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  McAfee discovers $78 million worth of sophisticated cyber attacks against banking systems

  By Tom Warren on June 26, 2012 07:07 am + 6 comments

  Security firms McAfee and Guardian Analytics have published a joint fraud report, dubbed Operation Continue reading…

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  Former AT&T employee admits to leaking iPhone and BlackBerry sales figures as part of insider trading scheme

  By Nathan Ingraham on June 18, 2012 05:56 pm + 13 comments

  As part of a US government investigation into insider trading, former AT&T employee Alnoor Ebrahim Continue reading…

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  Makers of fake 'Angry Birds' malware fined £50,000 over premium SMS scam

  By Adi Robertson on May 24, 2012 03:33 pm + 33 comments

  Fake Android apps (as well as those on other platforms) are common, but a company that specialized Continue reading…

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  Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster

  By Joseph L. Flatley on May 10, 2012 10:32 am + 1028 comments

  On a warm summer day in 2002, in Charlevoix, Michigan, Richard Joseph’s bad luck began. The Continue reading…

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  US appeals court rejects government attempt to prosecute improper computer use as 'hacking'

  By Adi Robertson on April 11, 2012 12:04 pm + 3 comments

  The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has shot down hacking charges against a man accused of Continue reading…

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  iTunes and Amazon royalty payments used to steal £500,000 by British gang

  By Jamie Keene on March 30, 2012 07:36 am + 17 comments

  Members of a British gang who generated more than £500,000 (almost $800,000) in fraudulent Continue reading…

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  Microsoft employees seize Zeus botnet servers with the help of US Marshals

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 26, 2012 08:30 am + 10 comments

  Accompanied by US marshals, Microsoft employees raided office buildings in Scranton, Pennsylvania Continue reading…

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  US sues AT&T, alleges it knowingly allowed illicit IP Relay calls and defrauded government of 'millions of dollars'

  By T.C. Sottek on March 22, 2012 04:47 pm + 34 comments

  The US Department of Justice has sued AT&T over claims that it purposefully violated registration Continue reading…