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SVB Crisis Spurs Greater Call for Bank Regulations, New Investigations

SVB Crisis Spurs Greater Call for Bank Regulations, New Investigations
SVB Crisis Spurs Greater Call for Bank Regulations, New Investigations
March 15, 2023  |  Banking

New laws, and new investigations, often follow bank crises.  And after the collapse of two banks and one self-liquidation in just five days, calls are growing both for a...

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Biden’s Budget Blueprint Triples Fraud-Fighting Staff
Biden’s Budget Blueprint Triples Fraud-Fighting Staff
March 08, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Preventing fraud and identity theft is reportedly a key component of President Biden’s cost-cutting plans. The administration’s budget blueprint includes targeting fraud by bolstering the...

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Report: FTX Exec Singh Set to Plead Guilty to Fraud
Report: FTX Exec Singh Set to Plead Guilty to Fraud
February 19, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Another FTX executive will reportedly plead guilty in the fraud case against the company’s founder. Nishad Singh, the cryptocurrency exchange’s former engineering director and part...

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Justice Department Steps Up Apple Antitrust Probe
Justice Department Steps Up Apple Antitrust Probe
February 15, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

A federal investigation targeting Apple is reportedly escalating amid a wave of corporate antitrust actions. While the U.S. Justice Department probe into the iPhone maker is a...

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FTC Distributes $115M to Victims of MoneyGram Payment Fraud
FTC Distributes $115M to Victims of MoneyGram Payment Fraud
February 12, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

The federal government has reimbursed nearly 40,000 victims of fraud schemes processed by MoneyGram. According to a Friday (Feb. 10) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) news...

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Feds Allege Mutant Ape Planet NFT Developer Defrauded Buyers
Feds Allege Mutant Ape Planet NFT Developer Defrauded Buyers
January 05, 2023  |  NFTs

The developer of Mutant Ape Planet non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has been charged with defrauding buyers.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York said...

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Feds Shut Down Ring Offering DDoS Attack Services
Feds Shut Down Ring Offering DDoS Attack Services
December 15, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Federal prosecutors have charged six men with waging a DDoS attack wave on websites worldwide. DDoS stands for “distributed denial-of-service,” or attacks that bombard targeted...

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Google Requests Dismissal of Justice Dept. Antitrust Suit
Google Requests Dismissal of Justice Dept. Antitrust Suit
December 13, 2022  |  News

Google has asked a federal court to throw out an antitrust lawsuit.  The request addressed the U.S. Justice Department’s suit filed in 2020 that alleges...

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