Tag: fraud
Ex-TV host Carlos Watson convicted in trial over collapse of startup Ozy Media
NEW YORK -- Former TV personality Carlos Watson was convicted Tuesday in a federal financial conspiracy case about Ozy Media, an ambitious startup...
U.S hits Mexican accountants and firms with sanctions for timeshare scams that support drug cartel
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a group of Mexican...
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....