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Plumpaquatsch writes: Investigators teamed up with colleagues from the Balkans and Lebanon in raids set up by months of intense surveillance. Authorities say the operation thwarted over 10 million euro in damages and led to 21 arrests.
Dubbed ‘Operat… Continue reading German Police Bust Europe’s ‘Largest’ Scam Call Center
One of Europe’s most wanted cyber criminals has been jailed for attempting to blackmail 33,000 people whose confidential therapy notes he stole. From a report: Julius Kivimaki obtained them after breaking into the databases of Finland’s largest psychot… Continue reading Cyber Criminal Jailed For Blackmailing Therapy Patients
Longtime Slashdot reader ArchieBunker shares a report from The Mirror: The city court in Syktyvkar, the largest city in Russia’s northwestern Komi region, announced it had arrested [former world chess champion Garry Kasparov] in absentia alongside form… Continue reading Russia Issues Arrest Warrant For Ex-Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
The co-founder of Silicon Valley-based software testing startup HeadSpin was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and a $1 million fine, reports SFGate — for defrauding investors.
Lachwani pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and a cou… Continue reading Lying to Investors? Co-Founder of Startup ‘HeadSpin’ Gets 18-Month Prison Sentence for Fraud
Someone got caught trying to smuggle 322 pounds of gold (that’s about a quarter of a cubic foot) out of Hong Kong. It was disguised as machine parts:
On March 27, customs officials x-rayed two air compressors and discovered that they contained go… Continue reading Smuggling Gold by Disguising it as Machine Parts
Even if a criminal wears gloves, their cast-off DNA may still be present in a room’s air after they leave. A new study suggests that if such telltale material gets sucked up by an air conditioner, it could let forensic investigators know if a suspect h… Continue reading Air conditioners may help catch criminals, by snagging their DNA
Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years [non-paywalled link] in prison for a massive fraud that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. From a … Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced To 25 Years in Prison
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Nigeria doesn’t exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to respecting the speech rights of its own citizens, nor the rights of platforms that its citizens use. But I will admit that even with t… Continue reading Nigerian Woman Faces Jail Time For Facebook Review of Tomato Sauce
A SWAT team in St. Louis County mistakenly raided the home of Brittany Shamily and her family, based on the inaccurate tracking of stolen AirPods by the “FindMy” app. The family is suing for damages stemming from embarrassment, unreasonable use of forc… Continue reading SWAT Team Raids Innocent Family Over Stolen AirPods, Inaccurate ‘FindMy’ App Tracking
Sam Bankman-Fried should spend between 40 and 50 years in prison after being convicted for stealing $8 billion from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, prosecutors said on Friday. From a report: “His life in recent years has been… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Deserves 40-50 Years in Prison For FTX Fraud, Prosecutors Say