Tag: Crime
New England fishermen sentenced in complex herring fraud case
PORTLAND, Maine -- Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fraud scheme that centered on a critically important species...
One Tech Tip: Protecting yourself against SIM swapping
NEW YORK -- SIM-swapping is a growing form of identity theft that goes beyond hacking into an email or social media account. In...
What's worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too
WASHINGTON -- One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes....
Former Indonesian agriculture minister sentenced to 10 years for corruption
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia’s anti-graft court sentenced a former agriculture minister to 10 years in prison Thursday after finding him guilty of corruption-related...
Archegos Capital founder convicted of securities fraud
NEW YORK -- The founder of Archegos Capital Management, a hedge fund that collapsed in 2021, was convicted Wednesday of securities fraud in...