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After an inquiry from Times reporters, Zoom said it would disable a data-mining feature that could be used to snoop on participants during meetings without their knowledge.	1
A Scrabbly Saturday by Jim Page.	0
New details about the actions of a former trader accused of making billions of dollars of unauthorized bets at the French bank Société Générale showed that he exposed the bank to a significant trading loss in July, six months earlier than the bank has acknowledged.	0
Charges have been dropped against the actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright after their arrest in Louisiana last year, The Associated Press reported. While working on the Oliver Stone movie “W.” in July, Mr. Brolin and Mr. Wright were arrested in ...	0
Andrew Miller, accountant for 50 Long Island school districts, is sentenced to four months in prison for his conspiracy in embezzlement of funds by Roslyn (NY) superintendent Frank A Tassone and others; court acknowledges that Miller did not recei...	0
The bank’s acknowledgment that faulty software had been used to screen transactions for suspicious activity came a day before executives prepared to face restive investors at an annual meeting.	0
A 29-year-old Undri resident fell for the lies of a glib-talking conman she had met on a matrimonial website in December last year and was duped of over Rs2.47 lakh on the promise of marriage.	1
The former top lawyer of McAfee was charged on Tuesday with stock options tampering that muddied the finances of the computer security software maker. A federal grand jury indicted the lawyer, Kent Roberts, nine months after McAfee fired him as its general counsel for “improper” handling of stock options issued in 2000. The indictment includes seven criminal counts of fraud, accusing Mr. Roberts of deceiving investors by filing false statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission and falsifying McAfee’s books.	0
Nearly 78 per cent depositors of the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank have been allowed to withdraw their entire deposits even though the ceiling of Rs 50,000 on withdrawal continues, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha on Monday.	0
Getting calls asking to update KYC of payment gateway applications? Police ask citizens to be wary as cases of fraudsters are duping victims on the pretext of updating KYC details during the lockdown. The offenders usually call up customers of online wallets such as PayTM and tell them that their wallet will be blocked for not updating KYC documents.	1
Congressional Budget Office predicts federal budget deficit for fiscal 2003 will reach record $401 billion, slightly less than $455 billion estimated by Bush administration last month but more than twice as much as $246 billion fiscal 2002 deficit...	0
Dozens of cabbies were charged with defrauding hundreds of passengers by illegally charging a non-city rate for a city fare.	0
A caller introduces himself or herself as a representative from an online sales platform and offers hefty discounts, prizes to and special access to products to a ‘lucky winner’ way before the big discount sales begin.	1
The Pune crime branch on Tuesday night arrested Anil Bhosale, sitting MLC from the NCP and director of the Shivajirao Bhosale Cooperative Bank Limited, along with three others for an alleged economic fraud of Rs 71.78 crore involving the bank’s funds.	0
The ride-hailing company faced charges that it covered up a breach of user data, rather than immediately notifying consumers.	1
Is it really possible a company argued at the Supreme Court that too much information for investors is as bad as too little?	0
A former AXA Advisors broker was permanently barred from the U.S. securities industry for running a $600,000 Ponzi scheme whose victims included members of his own church, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said.	0
Home Depot confirmed on Thursday that 56 million cardholders’ account information had been compromised in a five-month cyberattack, making the breach the largest known attack on a retailer.	1
After being charged with wire fraud in 2017 following the music event’s failure, Billy McFarland allegedly defrauded customers out of $100,000.	1
Small-business owners are suing, claiming that applications for stimulus loans weren’t processed in the order they were received.	0
Federal prosecutors charged Ercan Findikoglu, who fought extradition from a German jail for 18 months, with computer intrusion, bank and wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.	1
More than a year after paying a steep penalty for doing business with Iran, one of the world’s biggest banks is back in regulators’ cross hairs.	0
Internet crime costs billions of euros a year, but a lack of coordination between countries has hampered efforts to detect and prosecute offenders. The Union moved this week to change that.	1
Judge Lewis A Kaplan warns Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses that he will reject proposed $512 million settlement of class-action lawsuit against them unless they better address claims of customers who dealt with companies both in US and ove...	0
A slew of scams and misleading ads pushed the search giant to expand its verification policy.	1
A violin worth millions, stolen from the virtuoso Roman Totenberg, is sold to an anonymous buyer, and a consortium arranges to lend it to a student.	0
Jorge Hank Rhon, the fabulously wealthy former mayor of Tijuana, faced new accusations of corruption in his city’s police force, just four days before voters are to decide whether he will be the new governor of Baja California. The newspaper Refor...	0
Glen DaSilva and Derrick Davis are expected to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and computer fraud in Breeders' Cup pick six wagering scandal (M)	1
A preliminary probe by the cybercrime police has revealed that the suspects behind the latest online fraud misusing UPI app on cellphones are operating their racket from Kolkata and its adjoining areas in West Bengal.	1
Article on rising number of arrests in Nassau County, NY, of motorists carrying fraudulent auto insurance cards; fake cards reportedly are being made and sold in Pennsylvania and North Carolina; photos (M)	1
A SoBo resident lost Rs45,000 from his credit card after he received a call from a woman claiming to be a bank employee and was told to part with card details to redeem bonus points accumulated in the account.	1
The company said Friday that its chief information and security officers would retire in the wake of the breach that affected millions in the U.S. and Britain. This is what we know and don’t know about what occurred.	1
The features that allowed companies to hop on videoconferences also made it easy for trolls to hijack meetings and harass students.	1
Treasury Sec John W Snow becomes latest policy maker to try to talk up sagging economy while stopping short of major policy action against recent decline in dollar's value; Snow calls dollar's 20 percent decline against euro over last year 'fairly...	0
Federal authorities arrested two property developers, father and son, on Thursday and charged them with participating in a multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme through a large international bank, The New York Times reported.	0
Two men tricked investors out of $96 million, diverting it to a Long Island resort. But in a twist that stands to help their victims, that investment now looks like a winner.	0
A judge conditionally approved a settlement between the hedge fund and securities regulators that allows the firm to pay a $602 million fine without admitting guilt.	0
The Supreme Court appeared ready to reject the government’s expansive definition of the term “money laundering” on Monday.	0
UCLA says hackers gained access to restricted database with private information on 800,000 current and former faculty, staff and students; finds no evidence of misuse of data but says FBI is investigating (M)	1
He has been accused of securities fraud and ordered to repay money. But millions are tied up in a trust in the Cook Islands.	0
More than 70,000 people may be at risk for identity fraud after debt brokers posted personal information about them online.	1
Higher One, a big issuer of campus debit cards, agreed to settle with the federal regulators and change the way it charges fees for non-sufficient funds.	0
German authorities say fraudsters probably made money from gaining access to national registry of carbon credits.	0
Charles J Hynes, Brooklyn district attorney, announces 22-count indictment against David Garber, accused of conning thousands of dollars from Brooklyn store owners by posing as police officer collecting donations for missing and exploited children...	0
The Supreme Court dealt a setback on Tuesday to Enron investors who had sued investment banks to recover money lost when the Texas energy giant collapsed amid a huge accounting fraud.	0
The Los Angeles Police Department has announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the return of paintings stolen in one of the largest art heists in city history, The Los Angeles Times reported.	0
As banks step up their security measures, health providers and retailers have become a more prevalent target for hackers. A breach in Utah is a case in point.	1
The release of stolen data from a dating website marketed at would-be adulterers promises to roil the marital lives of its members.	0
The troubled German bank alerted federal authorities to a transaction in which it sold a stake in a California office complex to a company linked to the son of a former Kremlin official.	0
The RSA Security unit of EMC said that a data breach might compromise computer security products used by corporations and governments.	1
The online retailer said hackers had infiltrated a database containing customers’ unencrypted personal information as well encrypted passwords.	1
Federal court orders closing of Web sites of Britain's TLD Network, Quantum Management and TBS Industries that used e-mail messages to sell estimated $1 million worth of nonexistent Web addresses; court's actions come at request of Federal Trade C...	1
The Federal Reserve has spent heavily to buy bonds to reduce long-term rates, but rates are actually higher than when it started.	0
Day after Citibank's network of 2,000 automated teller machines failed because of software problem, some consumers still had trouble using its ATM's; photo (S)	1
The movie memorabilia world has been rocked by claims that a Georgia-based collector has corrupted the market for classic horror film posters by selling or trading forgeries.	0
In this crisis, money is priceless, yet banks and money market funds will pay you close to zero in interest for years. That’s if everything turns out well.	0
Scammers constantly change their tactics to try to fool you into clicking into their clutches, so be aware of hidden links in spam.	1
The lawyer for Jia Hou, 25, told the judge he might file a motion to separate her case from that of another defendant, Xing Wu Pan, a top fund-raiser for John C. Liu, the New York City comptroller.	0
In the latest Nigerian e-mail scam, the crooks are taking a page from Facebook and leveraging the power of social connections.	1
Speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Eric H. Holder Jr. confirmed that the Justice Department was investigating the credit card data theft that affected millions of Target customers.	1
Bronx Police Officer Russell Argila is arraigned on charges related to stealing debit card from suspect while arresting him and using it to withdraw about $1,800 from cash machines while suspect was in custody in Oct 2003; suspect, who was release...	1
New York Supreme Court Justice Bernard Malone Jr rules that NY Catalog Sales, catalog company based near Fort Drum Army base in Watertown, is lender in disguise--making illegal short-term loans to military and civilian customers at annual interest...	0
A layover at a Phoenix airport gave the F.B.I. enough time to arrest Gregg R. Mulholland and charge him with overseeing the manipulation of penny stocks.	0
Here are the steps you need to take to avoid medical identity theft and what to do if you suspect you’re a victim:.	1
First American Bank in Chicago got publicity but little satisfaction after it identified a source of debit card theft and tried to stop it.	1
The breach may have revealed the names and identification numbers of up to 50,000 drivers, but so far there are no reports that stolen information has been misused.	1
Why the credit card system cries out for reform.	0
The police hoped that taking down online black markets would chase away criminals. But the amount of Bitcoin spent on illegal purposes has reached a new high.	1
A sophisticated form of “click fraud” wherein bogus ad-revenue-generating Web-link “clicks” are disguised to appear as legitimate online enquiries.	1
The Delhi Police announced that the correct UPI ID for the PM CARES donation is ‘pmcares@sbi’ and not any other IDs. Also, there is only one UPI ID. Delhi Police also informed that “legal action has been initiated” against those who created a fake UPI ID to dupe citizens.	1
In an OTP fraud, a pre-university college principal lost Rs 4 lakh after falling prey to the trick of linking Aadhaar number to his bank account.	1
The actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, above, have pleaded not guilty to felony charges of fraud in a California court, The Associated Press reported. The couple were arrested in September in Marfa, Tex., on a felony warrant for burglary, defrau...	0
LastPass, the online password manager, announced Monday that its network was breached and that hackers made off with user email addresses, password reminders and encrypted master passwords. It was the second time the service had been breached in f...	1
Homeowners and cities say they’re getting pennies on the dollar. Some insurers have gone out of business. Lawsuits and claims of fraud — on both sides — are flying.	0
Police say a lawyer who started an organization advocating voter reform used it to hide profits from another venture, a strip club that offered more than dancing.	0
Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are investigating a cyberattack that potentially exposed personal data on 143 million Americans.	1
The complaint alleges that the agent “engaged in a scheme to dupe’' the author into assigning the copyright to his company.	0
Home Depot confirmed on Monday that hackers had attacked its cash register system. Information on more than 60 million credit cards may have been stolen.	1
As researchers sift through data from a security breach at Adobe, they are discovering that people have may have inadvertently shown hackers passwords for bank accounts, email, Facebook and home garage door codes on the Adobe website.	1
The banking official quit and three subordinates were fired after an electronic theft from Bangladesh’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.	1
Kathryn Hunter stars as the fabulously rich Greek who understands the corrupting value of money only after she loses it.	0
Hackers posing as employees of Ford Motor Credit Co have in recent months harvested trove of 13,000 credit reports--virtual one-stop shop for fraud and identity theft--with data on consumers in affluent neighborhoods across country; company says i...	1
While high-profile data breaches are common, there is no evidence of a surge in identity theft or financial fraud as a result.	1
The United States Attorney’s Office in Newark filed charges against two men who accessed 114,000 e-mail addresses of iPad owners through AT&T’s Web site.	1
Editorial finds it sad just how predictable it was that reconstruction of Iraq would be marred by fraud; predicts case against former occupation official Robert Stein Jr will be only the first and says there must be accountability higher up for ba...	0
Phone scams involving reloadable prepaid debit card products will be the subject of a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.	1
Tang Wei, celebrated yet also briefly blacklisted for her role in Ang Lee’s steamy 2007 film “Lust, Caution,” has been the victim of a telephone scam artist who persuaded her to wire about $34,500 from one of her accounts, according to Chinese new...	1
The Cyprus crisis shows that, for all the faults with the financial crisis rescues in the United States, the European Union still finds ways to show us how poorly a bailout could be handled.	0
America’s reliance on dubious credit goes all the way back to the country’s founding.	0
A huge I.R.S. impersonation operation has highlighted the threat of phone and internet fraud. Experts have advice on how to protect yourself.	1
The sex advertising website also pleaded guilty to human trafficking. The chief executive, Carl Ferrer, will serve no more than five years in prison.	0
A former member of Jack Abramoff’s lobbying team, Todd Boulanger, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in federal court.	0
The L.A. Times ran this cautionary tale about an alleged real-estate scam run by a woman selling homes that were not hers to sell. She was arrested for falsifying documents.	0
New York State Atty Gen Eliot L Spitzer says Howard Carmack of Buffalo on May 13 was arrested and charged in state court with forgery and fraud in connection with millions of unsolicited e-mail messages, commonly known as spam; Carmack pleads not ...	1
Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.	1
The Swiss bank, which has large investment banking operations in New York, will also pay about $2.6 billion in penalties and hire an independent monitor for up to two years.	0
The tweet also has an image that explains how the new fraud works.	1
Anti-money-laundering specialists proposed filing “suspicious activity reports” about transactions connected to President Trump and Jared Kushner. Bank managers said no.	0
Citibank is the second major bank to replace cards since the data breach was disclosed last month.	1
The F.B.I. says real estate transactions are a growing target of wire fraud. Here are some ways to fight back.	1

After an inquiry from Times reporters, Zoom said it would disable a data-mining feature that could be used to snoop on participants during meetings without their knowledge.

1

A Scrabbly Saturday by Jim Page.

0

New details about the actions of a former trader accused of making billions of dollars of unauthorized bets at the French bank Société Générale showed that he exposed the bank to a significant trading loss in July, six months earlier than the bank has acknowledged.

0

Charges have been dropped against the actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright after their arrest in Louisiana last year, The Associated Press reported. While working on the Oliver Stone movie “W.” in July, Mr. Brolin and Mr. Wright were arrested in ...

0

Andrew Miller, accountant for 50 Long Island school districts, is sentenced to four months in prison for his conspiracy in embezzlement of funds by Roslyn (NY) superintendent Frank A Tassone and others; court acknowledges that Miller did not recei...

0

The bank’s acknowledgment that faulty software had been used to screen transactions for suspicious activity came a day before executives prepared to face restive investors at an annual meeting.

0

A 29-year-old Undri resident fell for the lies of a glib-talking conman she had met on a matrimonial website in December last year and was duped of over Rs2.47 lakh on the promise of marriage.

1

The former top lawyer of McAfee was charged on Tuesday with stock options tampering that muddied the finances of the computer security software maker. A federal grand jury indicted the lawyer, Kent Roberts, nine months after McAfee fired him as its general counsel for “improper” handling of stock options issued in 2000. The indictment includes seven criminal counts of fraud, accusing Mr. Roberts of deceiving investors by filing false statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission and falsifying McAfee’s books.

0

Nearly 78 per cent depositors of the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank have been allowed to withdraw their entire deposits even though the ceiling of Rs 50,000 on withdrawal continues, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha on Monday.

0

Getting calls asking to update KYC of payment gateway applications? Police ask citizens to be wary as cases of fraudsters are duping victims on the pretext of updating KYC details during the lockdown. The offenders usually call up customers of online wallets such as PayTM and tell them that their wallet will be blocked for not updating KYC documents.

1

Congressional Budget Office predicts federal budget deficit for fiscal 2003 will reach record $401 billion, slightly less than $455 billion estimated by Bush administration last month but more than twice as much as $246 billion fiscal 2002 deficit...

0

Dozens of cabbies were charged with defrauding hundreds of passengers by illegally charging a non-city rate for a city fare.

0

A caller introduces himself or herself as a representative from an online sales platform and offers hefty discounts, prizes to and special access to products to a ‘lucky winner’ way before the big discount sales begin.

1

The Pune crime branch on Tuesday night arrested Anil Bhosale, sitting MLC from the NCP and director of the Shivajirao Bhosale Cooperative Bank Limited, along with three others for an alleged economic fraud of Rs 71.78 crore involving the bank’s funds.

0

The ride-hailing company faced charges that it covered up a breach of user data, rather than immediately notifying consumers.

1

Is it really possible a company argued at the Supreme Court that too much information for investors is as bad as too little?

0

A former AXA Advisors broker was permanently barred from the U.S. securities industry for running a $600,000 Ponzi scheme whose victims included members of his own church, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said.

0

Home Depot confirmed on Thursday that 56 million cardholders’ account information had been compromised in a five-month cyberattack, making the breach the largest known attack on a retailer.

1

After being charged with wire fraud in 2017 following the music event’s failure, Billy McFarland allegedly defrauded customers out of $100,000.

1

Small-business owners are suing, claiming that applications for stimulus loans weren’t processed in the order they were received.

0

Federal prosecutors charged Ercan Findikoglu, who fought extradition from a German jail for 18 months, with computer intrusion, bank and wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.

1

More than a year after paying a steep penalty for doing business with Iran, one of the world’s biggest banks is back in regulators’ cross hairs.

0

Internet crime costs billions of euros a year, but a lack of coordination between countries has hampered efforts to detect and prosecute offenders. The Union moved this week to change that.

1

Judge Lewis A Kaplan warns Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses that he will reject proposed $512 million settlement of class-action lawsuit against them unless they better address claims of customers who dealt with companies both in US and ove...

0

A slew of scams and misleading ads pushed the search giant to expand its verification policy.

1

A violin worth millions, stolen from the virtuoso Roman Totenberg, is sold to an anonymous buyer, and a consortium arranges to lend it to a student.

0

Jorge Hank Rhon, the fabulously wealthy former mayor of Tijuana, faced new accusations of corruption in his city’s police force, just four days before voters are to decide whether he will be the new governor of Baja California. The newspaper Refor...

0

Glen DaSilva and Derrick Davis are expected to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and computer fraud in Breeders' Cup pick six wagering scandal (M)

1

A preliminary probe by the cybercrime police has revealed that the suspects behind the latest online fraud misusing UPI app on cellphones are operating their racket from Kolkata and its adjoining areas in West Bengal.

1

Article on rising number of arrests in Nassau County, NY, of motorists carrying fraudulent auto insurance cards; fake cards reportedly are being made and sold in Pennsylvania and North Carolina; photos (M)

1

A SoBo resident lost Rs45,000 from his credit card after he received a call from a woman claiming to be a bank employee and was told to part with card details to redeem bonus points accumulated in the account.

1

The company said Friday that its chief information and security officers would retire in the wake of the breach that affected millions in the U.S. and Britain. This is what we know and don’t know about what occurred.

1

The features that allowed companies to hop on videoconferences also made it easy for trolls to hijack meetings and harass students.

1

Treasury Sec John W Snow becomes latest policy maker to try to talk up sagging economy while stopping short of major policy action against recent decline in dollar's value; Snow calls dollar's 20 percent decline against euro over last year 'fairly...

0

Federal authorities arrested two property developers, father and son, on Thursday and charged them with participating in a multimillion-dollar tax evasion scheme through a large international bank, The New York Times reported.

0

Two men tricked investors out of $96 million, diverting it to a Long Island resort. But in a twist that stands to help their victims, that investment now looks like a winner.

0

A judge conditionally approved a settlement between the hedge fund and securities regulators that allows the firm to pay a $602 million fine without admitting guilt.

0

The Supreme Court appeared ready to reject the government’s expansive definition of the term “money laundering” on Monday.

0

UCLA says hackers gained access to restricted database with private information on 800,000 current and former faculty, staff and students; finds no evidence of misuse of data but says FBI is investigating (M)

1

He has been accused of securities fraud and ordered to repay money. But millions are tied up in a trust in the Cook Islands.

0

More than 70,000 people may be at risk for identity fraud after debt brokers posted personal information about them online.

1

Higher One, a big issuer of campus debit cards, agreed to settle with the federal regulators and change the way it charges fees for non-sufficient funds.

0

German authorities say fraudsters probably made money from gaining access to national registry of carbon credits.

0

Charles J Hynes, Brooklyn district attorney, announces 22-count indictment against David Garber, accused of conning thousands of dollars from Brooklyn store owners by posing as police officer collecting donations for missing and exploited children...

0

The Supreme Court dealt a setback on Tuesday to Enron investors who had sued investment banks to recover money lost when the Texas energy giant collapsed amid a huge accounting fraud.

0

The Los Angeles Police Department has announced a $200,000 reward for information leading to the return of paintings stolen in one of the largest art heists in city history, The Los Angeles Times reported.

0

As banks step up their security measures, health providers and retailers have become a more prevalent target for hackers. A breach in Utah is a case in point.

1

The release of stolen data from a dating website marketed at would-be adulterers promises to roil the marital lives of its members.

0

The troubled German bank alerted federal authorities to a transaction in which it sold a stake in a California office complex to a company linked to the son of a former Kremlin official.

0

The RSA Security unit of EMC said that a data breach might compromise computer security products used by corporations and governments.

1

The online retailer said hackers had infiltrated a database containing customers’ unencrypted personal information as well encrypted passwords.

1

Federal court orders closing of Web sites of Britain's TLD Network, Quantum Management and TBS Industries that used e-mail messages to sell estimated $1 million worth of nonexistent Web addresses; court's actions come at request of Federal Trade C...

1

The Federal Reserve has spent heavily to buy bonds to reduce long-term rates, but rates are actually higher than when it started.

0

Day after Citibank's network of 2,000 automated teller machines failed because of software problem, some consumers still had trouble using its ATM's; photo (S)

1

The movie memorabilia world has been rocked by claims that a Georgia-based collector has corrupted the market for classic horror film posters by selling or trading forgeries.

0

In this crisis, money is priceless, yet banks and money market funds will pay you close to zero in interest for years. That’s if everything turns out well.

0

Scammers constantly change their tactics to try to fool you into clicking into their clutches, so be aware of hidden links in spam.

1

The lawyer for Jia Hou, 25, told the judge he might file a motion to separate her case from that of another defendant, Xing Wu Pan, a top fund-raiser for John C. Liu, the New York City comptroller.

0

In the latest Nigerian e-mail scam, the crooks are taking a page from Facebook and leveraging the power of social connections.

1

Speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Eric H. Holder Jr. confirmed that the Justice Department was investigating the credit card data theft that affected millions of Target customers.

1

Bronx Police Officer Russell Argila is arraigned on charges related to stealing debit card from suspect while arresting him and using it to withdraw about $1,800 from cash machines while suspect was in custody in Oct 2003; suspect, who was release...

1

New York Supreme Court Justice Bernard Malone Jr rules that NY Catalog Sales, catalog company based near Fort Drum Army base in Watertown, is lender in disguise--making illegal short-term loans to military and civilian customers at annual interest...

0

A layover at a Phoenix airport gave the F.B.I. enough time to arrest Gregg R. Mulholland and charge him with overseeing the manipulation of penny stocks.

0

Here are the steps you need to take to avoid medical identity theft and what to do if you suspect you’re a victim:.

1

First American Bank in Chicago got publicity but little satisfaction after it identified a source of debit card theft and tried to stop it.

1

The breach may have revealed the names and identification numbers of up to 50,000 drivers, but so far there are no reports that stolen information has been misused.

1

Why the credit card system cries out for reform.

0

The police hoped that taking down online black markets would chase away criminals. But the amount of Bitcoin spent on illegal purposes has reached a new high.

1

A sophisticated form of “click fraud” wherein bogus ad-revenue-generating Web-link “clicks” are disguised to appear as legitimate online enquiries.

1

The Delhi Police announced that the correct UPI ID for the PM CARES donation is ‘pmcares@sbi’ and not any other IDs. Also, there is only one UPI ID. Delhi Police also informed that “legal action has been initiated” against those who created a fake UPI ID to dupe citizens.

1

In an OTP fraud, a pre-university college principal lost Rs 4 lakh after falling prey to the trick of linking Aadhaar number to his bank account.

1

The actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, above, have pleaded not guilty to felony charges of fraud in a California court, The Associated Press reported. The couple were arrested in September in Marfa, Tex., on a felony warrant for burglary, defrau...

0

LastPass, the online password manager, announced Monday that its network was breached and that hackers made off with user email addresses, password reminders and encrypted master passwords. It was the second time the service had been breached in f...

1

Homeowners and cities say they’re getting pennies on the dollar. Some insurers have gone out of business. Lawsuits and claims of fraud — on both sides — are flying.

0

Police say a lawyer who started an organization advocating voter reform used it to hide profits from another venture, a strip club that offered more than dancing.

0

Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are investigating a cyberattack that potentially exposed personal data on 143 million Americans.

1

The complaint alleges that the agent “engaged in a scheme to dupe’' the author into assigning the copyright to his company.

0

Home Depot confirmed on Monday that hackers had attacked its cash register system. Information on more than 60 million credit cards may have been stolen.

1

As researchers sift through data from a security breach at Adobe, they are discovering that people have may have inadvertently shown hackers passwords for bank accounts, email, Facebook and home garage door codes on the Adobe website.

1

The banking official quit and three subordinates were fired after an electronic theft from Bangladesh’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

1

Kathryn Hunter stars as the fabulously rich Greek who understands the corrupting value of money only after she loses it.

0

Hackers posing as employees of Ford Motor Credit Co have in recent months harvested trove of 13,000 credit reports--virtual one-stop shop for fraud and identity theft--with data on consumers in affluent neighborhoods across country; company says i...

1

While high-profile data breaches are common, there is no evidence of a surge in identity theft or financial fraud as a result.

1

The United States Attorney’s Office in Newark filed charges against two men who accessed 114,000 e-mail addresses of iPad owners through AT&T’s Web site.

1

Editorial finds it sad just how predictable it was that reconstruction of Iraq would be marred by fraud; predicts case against former occupation official Robert Stein Jr will be only the first and says there must be accountability higher up for ba...

0

Phone scams involving reloadable prepaid debit card products will be the subject of a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday.

1

Tang Wei, celebrated yet also briefly blacklisted for her role in Ang Lee’s steamy 2007 film “Lust, Caution,” has been the victim of a telephone scam artist who persuaded her to wire about $34,500 from one of her accounts, according to Chinese new...

1

The Cyprus crisis shows that, for all the faults with the financial crisis rescues in the United States, the European Union still finds ways to show us how poorly a bailout could be handled.

0

America’s reliance on dubious credit goes all the way back to the country’s founding.

0

A huge I.R.S. impersonation operation has highlighted the threat of phone and internet fraud. Experts have advice on how to protect yourself.

1

The sex advertising website also pleaded guilty to human trafficking. The chief executive, Carl Ferrer, will serve no more than five years in prison.

0

A former member of Jack Abramoff’s lobbying team, Todd Boulanger, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in federal court.

0

The L.A. Times ran this cautionary tale about an alleged real-estate scam run by a woman selling homes that were not hers to sell. She was arrested for falsifying documents.

0

New York State Atty Gen Eliot L Spitzer says Howard Carmack of Buffalo on May 13 was arrested and charged in state court with forgery and fraud in connection with millions of unsolicited e-mail messages, commonly known as spam; Carmack pleads not ...

1

Tracking entire populations to combat the pandemic now could open the doors to more invasive forms of government snooping later.

1

The Swiss bank, which has large investment banking operations in New York, will also pay about $2.6 billion in penalties and hire an independent monitor for up to two years.

0

The tweet also has an image that explains how the new fraud works.

1

Anti-money-laundering specialists proposed filing “suspicious activity reports” about transactions connected to President Trump and Jared Kushner. Bank managers said no.

0

Citibank is the second major bank to replace cards since the data breach was disclosed last month.

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The F.B.I. says real estate transactions are a growing target of wire fraud. Here are some ways to fight back.

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