BOSTON (AP) — A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment firm with U2′s Bono agreed to plead guilty in connection to the college admissions bribery scheme.William McGlashan will plead guilty to a single count of wire fraud and honest services wire fraud stemming from allegations that he paid $50,000 to have someone correct…
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The grieving family of a young motorcyclist who was killed in a horror crash in Townsville have been targeted by scammers.Jennifer Board, 22, had just finished a group ride when she collided with a Holden Statesman sedan that was allegedly chasing a stolen car on Ross River Road, Thuringowa Central on Friday night.Her family have…
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Life in an Irish prison has become very difficult for Romanian man Albert Gimy Linul. It is hard enough for anyone to serve a prison sentence in a foreign country. It is now even tougher in this time of Covid. But what’s most difficult of all for the 29-year-old inmate is that he has been told he is in danger. Albert Gimy Linul received a threat in prison last Monday and is taking it so seriously that he…
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Crypto currency investments are high risk, SA financial authority warns, as it prepares to regulate the sector.Image: 123RF/sashkin7The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) is assessing how to regulate crypto asset investments, warning SA consumers of both high risks and scamsters in this space. The authority said it is receiving a large number of complaints from local…
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Sacramento, Calif. Unemployment agencies across the United States were bombarded with so many claims during the pandemic that many struggled to distinguish the correct from the criminal.Now, simple tax forms – barely enough to fill a half-sheet of paper – are revealing the extent of the identity theft that made state-run unemployment offices lucrative targets…
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Officials and experts are warning against sharing COVID-19 vaccination cards on social media, saying it may lead to identity theft. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said Wednesday that doing so gives scammers the opportunity to steal identities or hack financial accounts, because of the information it contains. “It’s exciting to see so many people eager…
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There’s a sucker born every minute, but it’s not going to be you this time around because you’re not going to let some scammer try to steal access to your Venmo account. You’re better than that, convincing as said phishing attempts might be.Here’s how this phishing scam works. The attacker somehow gets ahold of your…
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Human beings depend on trusting relationships, and suffer deeply when trust is broken Almost anyone with an email account has heard from a Nigerian prince offering them millions to help them transfer some money. And we’ve all heard stories of people—often friends or loved ones—falling for a phone scammer pretending to be a government agent…
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Lahore banking court grants interim bail to PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and his son.FIA Lahore had registered fraud and money laundering cases against father-son duo earlier this week.Jahangir Tareen says the cases against them have nothing to do with the increase in sugar prices in Pakistan.LAHORE: A banking court granted interim bail to PTI leader…
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