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  1. Because - why not? Thank you, Big Tech, for giving cybercriminals free dream tools.

    This is based on this report: Identity Fraud Has Industrialized: The AU10TIX Global Identity Fraud Report Q1 2026 au10tix.com/landing/the-q1-202

    Betanews: AI-generated identity fraud overtakes physical forgery betanews.com/article/ai-genera @betanews @iandbarker #infosec #fraud #cybercrime

  2. Stripe's #fraud #detection prowess is like a leaky sieve, kindly welcoming "friendly fraudsters" with open arms. Apparently, their sophisticated system can't tell a genuine customer from a repeat offender, making it hilariously easy for anyone to double-dip on your products. 🤦‍♂️💸
    gingerlime.com/2026/stripe-see #Stripe #FriendlyFraud #Ecommerce #FraudPrevention #CustomerExperience #PaymentSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

  3. 12‑year sentence for insurance billionaire Greg Lindberg after a $2 billion fraud scheme. He used policy reserves for jets, mansions and a 214‑ft yacht. A sobering lesson for the industry: enforce rigorous compliance and audit controls.

    🚩 #Fraud #Insurance #Legal #Investigation

  4. There are #legal limitations to the use of #NDAs in #government. Under a #federal #law that protects #whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant’s ability to expose #waste, #fraud & #abuse. [ruh-roh]

    #Trump #idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

  5. There are #legal limitations to the use of #NDAs in #government. Under a #federal #law that protects #whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant’s ability to expose #waste, #fraud & #abuse. [ruh-roh]

    #Trump #idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

  6. There are #legal limitations to the use of #NDAs in #government. Under a #federal #law that protects #whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant’s ability to expose #waste, #fraud & #abuse. [ruh-roh]

    #Trump #idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

  7. There are #legal limitations to the use of #NDAs in #government. Under a #federal #law that protects #whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant’s ability to expose #waste, #fraud & #abuse. [ruh-roh]

    #Trump #idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

  8. There are #legal limitations to the use of #NDAs in #government. Under a #federal #law that protects #whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant’s ability to expose #waste, #fraud & #abuse. [ruh-roh]

    #Trump #idiocracy #criminality #law #FreeSpeech

  9. Hoo boy. What a clusterfuck. #ElonMusk is nothing more than a grifter, and people are still believing his bullshit… and paying him ungodly sums for the privilege?! The #SpaceX IPO is just the latest of these shenanigans. #crapitalism #xitter #cybertruck #fraud

    YouTube Video youtube.com/watch?v=IHD8BDFYyGI

  10. Five members of the House of Representatives have asked the Department of Justice inspector general to investigate why a federal probe into a prison drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico was abandoned after the 2024 elections.
    propublica.org/article/puerto-

    #News #DOJ #Law #PuertoRico #Congress #Trump #Election #Fraud

  11. Phishing Trends: February 2026 – April 2026

    We observed decreases in overall phishing attacks reported, unique domain names reported for phishing, and phishing attacks hosted at free or cheap web site services. But not all good news. Other stories:

    Weed Prevention Fails in .GARDEN

    Small TLDs Under Siege

    Spaceship Takes Off… But Not in a Good Way

    Cloudflare Is King of a Reshuffled Top 20 Mountain

    Ball of Confusion?

    lnkd.in/e8bigV_P

    #phishing #fraud #cybercrime #fakesites #cybersecurity

  12. Spanish police dismantle fraud network on suspicion of laundering millions in cryptocurrencies

    Spanish police have dismantled an international cybercrime network accused of running large-scale scams, selling stolen customer data and…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #cryptocurrencies #dismantle #fraud #laundering #millions #network #police #spanish #suspicion
    europesays.com/spain/29777/

  13. Prudential Life Insurance has said that its core profit declined 12.6% to ¥40.2 billion in the fiscal year ended in March from a year earlier due to the fallout of fraud involving former and current employees. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #insurance #prudentiallifeinsurance #fraud

  14. " ...when Procter and Gamble zeroed out its $200m/year surveillance advertising program, they saw a zero percent drop in sales because (to a first approximation) all $200m of that annual spend was disappearing down the fraud-hole."
    pluralistic.net/2026/05/25/lyi
    #Advertising #fraud

  15. The Tokyo District Court has imposed suspended prison sentences on two former executives of Japanese artificial intelligence developer Alt after finding them guilty of window dressing. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/ #japan #crimelegal #alt #japanesecourts #tokyo #ai #fraud #corporategovernance

  16. In the past 16 months of the #Trump admin, the commission has shrunk its work force, purged career officials, sharply curtailed crypto enforcement & helped out prediction markets at virtually every turn, The Times found.

    #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  17. In the past 16 months of the #Trump admin, the commission has shrunk its work force, purged career officials, sharply curtailed crypto enforcement & helped out prediction markets at virtually every turn, The Times found.

    #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  18. In the past 16 months of the #Trump admin, the commission has shrunk its work force, purged career officials, sharply curtailed crypto enforcement & helped out prediction markets at virtually every turn, The Times found.

    #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  19. In the past 16 months of the #Trump admin, the commission has shrunk its work force, purged career officials, sharply curtailed crypto enforcement & helped out prediction markets at virtually every turn, The Times found.

    #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  20. In the past 16 months of the #Trump admin, the commission has shrunk its work force, purged career officials, sharply curtailed crypto enforcement & helped out prediction markets at virtually every turn, The Times found.

    #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  21. None of those officials were told what they had done wrong. But current & former agency staffers said in interviews that the commission’s work force took away a clear message: Don’t cause trouble for those industries.

    The suspensions were just one of many ways in which the #CFTC, the primary #regulator of a specialized sector of the #FinancialMarkets, has been mowed down by the #powerful #business interests it is supposed to oversee, a NYT investigation found.

    #Trump #law #fraud #kleptocracy

  22. None of those officials were told what they had done wrong. But current & former agency staffers said in interviews that the commission’s work force took away a clear message: Don’t cause trouble for those industries.

    The suspensions were just one of many ways in which the #CFTC, the primary #regulator of a specialized sector of the #FinancialMarkets, has been mowed down by the #powerful #business interests it is supposed to oversee, a NYT investigation found.

    #Trump #law #fraud #kleptocracy

  23. None of those officials were told what they had done wrong. But current & former agency staffers said in interviews that the commission’s work force took away a clear message: Don’t cause trouble for those industries.

    The suspensions were just one of many ways in which the #CFTC, the primary #regulator of a specialized sector of the #FinancialMarkets, has been mowed down by the #powerful #business interests it is supposed to oversee, a NYT investigation found.

    #Trump #law #fraud #kleptocracy

  24. None of those officials were told what they had done wrong. But current & former agency staffers said in interviews that the commission’s work force took away a clear message: Don’t cause trouble for those industries.

    The suspensions were just one of many ways in which the #CFTC, the primary #regulator of a specialized sector of the #FinancialMarkets, has been mowed down by the #powerful #business interests it is supposed to oversee, a NYT investigation found.

    #Trump #law #fraud #kleptocracy

  25. None of those officials were told what they had done wrong. But current & former agency staffers said in interviews that the commission’s work force took away a clear message: Don’t cause trouble for those industries.

    The suspensions were just one of many ways in which the #CFTC, the primary #regulator of a specialized sector of the #FinancialMarkets, has been mowed down by the #powerful #business interests it is supposed to oversee, a NYT investigation found.

    #Trump #law #fraud #kleptocracy

  26. By Christmas, the agency had put 2 top officials who had raised questions about the companies on leave, barred them from the office & placed them under internal investigation. 3 other senior officials who had enforced laws involving #cryptocurrencies — another industry linked to the #Trumps — suffered the same fate.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  27. By Christmas, the agency had put 2 top officials who had raised questions about the companies on leave, barred them from the office & placed them under internal investigation. 3 other senior officials who had enforced laws involving #cryptocurrencies — another industry linked to the #Trumps — suffered the same fate.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  28. By Christmas, the agency had put 2 top officials who had raised questions about the companies on leave, barred them from the office & placed them under internal investigation. 3 other senior officials who had enforced laws involving #cryptocurrencies — another industry linked to the #Trumps — suffered the same fate.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  29. By Christmas, the agency had put 2 top officials who had raised questions about the companies on leave, barred them from the office & placed them under internal investigation. 3 other senior officials who had enforced laws involving #cryptocurrencies — another industry linked to the #Trumps — suffered the same fate.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  30. By Christmas, the agency had put 2 top officials who had raised questions about the companies on leave, barred them from the office & placed them under internal investigation. 3 other senior officials who had enforced laws involving #cryptocurrencies — another industry linked to the #Trumps — suffered the same fate.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  31. Despite these concerns, Caroline D. Pham, then acting chairman of the commission, and her senior counsel intervened to help the firms get what they wanted, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  32. Despite these concerns, Caroline D. Pham, then acting chairman of the commission, and her senior counsel intervened to help the firms get what they wanted, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  33. Despite these concerns, Caroline D. Pham, then acting chairman of the commission, and her senior counsel intervened to help the firms get what they wanted, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  34. Despite these concerns, Caroline D. Pham, then acting chairman of the commission, and her senior counsel intervened to help the firms get what they wanted, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy

  35. Despite these concerns, Caroline D. Pham, then acting chairman of the commission, and her senior counsel intervened to help the firms get what they wanted, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions.

    #Trump #CFTC #law #business #oversight #regulation #fraud #MoneyLaundering #PredictionMarkets #crypto #kleptocracy