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USAID program contractor defrauds taxpayers of $100,000 in latest agency scandal
A former contractor with a program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development admitted to defrauding taxpayers of nearly…
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Tech
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta refuses to crack down on rampant scams from bogus ads to avoid losing revenue: report
Meta reportedly allowed thousands of bogus ads to run on its platforms while refusing to crack down on alleged cases…
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Crypto mogul Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in prison over Celsius fraud
Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former chief executive of bankruptcy cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was sentenced on Thursday to 12 years…
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Tech
Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to have court rehear appeal of conviction
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes suffered a significant legal setback Thursday after an appeals court rejected her bid to rehear…
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Tech
Charlie Javice, Frank founder convicted of defrauding JPMorgan out of $175M
Charlie Javice, the founder of student-finance startup Frank, was convicted on Friday of defrauding JPMorgan Chase & Co. in connection…
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Dem-backing fintech exec arrested for defrauding investors out of $145M
The Democrat-backing multimillionaire founder of a “climate-friendly banking” startup — whose celebrity investors included Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom and Drake…
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Appeals court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ conviction
Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes lost her bid to overturn her fraud conviction on Monday – less than two weeks…
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Stories
Con man who took over $2M NYC house with phony deed busted for same boneheaded scam — and judge isn’t happy
A con artist stole a $2 million home in Brooklyn by filing a phony deed – the same scam he…
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Life Style
Texts reveal woman’s nightmare with bank account scammer
A Brisbane woman was bombarded with 25 calls in just over half an hour as a scammer who had already…
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Tech
Disgraced crypto exec Do Kwon pleads not guilty to US fraud charges
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, pleaded not guilty…
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