Tag: fraud
Meta takes down thousands of Facebook accounts running sextortion scams from Nigeria
Meta says it has removed about 63,000 accounts engaging in financial sextortion scams — along with Facebook groups and pages that were trying...
Boeing case puts a spotlight on plea agreements involving corporate defendants
After two jetliner crashes killed 346 people, a $2.5 billion settlement that let Boeing avoid criminal prosecution failed to resolve questions about the...
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...