Fraud

Capita wins £50M fraud reporting contract with City of London cops

No, the irony isn't lost on us either

Security14 Jun 2023 | 26

Cry-pto: Feds bury Bitcoin exchange giant Binance in 13-count fraud lawsuit

'We are operating as a fking unlicensed securities exchange in the USA bro'

Personal Tech05 Jun 2023 | 25

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund regrets investment in crypto-villain FTX

No fault found, but execs responsible punished with reduced compensation

Software30 May 2023 | 9

New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack

security in brief Also: iSpoof no more, Edmodo fined more than it can pay, UK is #1 (in CC theft), and the week's critical vulns

Security29 May 2023 | 8

Ads for lucrative jobs in Asia fail to mention chance of slavery as crypto-scammer

FBI warns jobseekers to be very skeptical of working holidays in Cambodia

Cyber-crime23 May 2023 | 17

Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison – with a $500m bill

'Liz' learns you don't screw over rich people

Science17 May 2023 | 72

FTC sues VoIP provider over 'billions of illegal robocalls'

XCast knew it was breaking the law and didn't hold back, watchdog says

Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 39

Autonomy founder Mike Lynch flown to US for HPE fraud trial

Loses year-long battle against extradition

Software12 May 2023 | 70

Elizabeth Holmes is not going to prison – for the moment

Yes, launch another appeal, that'll do the trick

Science26 Apr 2023 | 47

DoJ, Treasury accuses 3 men of laundering crypto for North Korea

If the DPRK is named, you know it somehow involves Lazarus Group

Cyber-crime26 Apr 2023 | 3

Autonomy's Mike Lynch loses battle against extradition to the US on fraud charges

Next stop, Euro human rights court?

Software21 Apr 2023 | 25

FBI: How fake Xi cops prey on Chinese nationals in the US

你好 [insert name], 我在 Ministry of Public Security 工作 [insert shakedown]

Cyber-crime12 Apr 2023 | 17

Theranos founder Holmes ordered to jail after appeal snub

Decade or so in the clink begins April 27

Science11 Apr 2023 | 67

Inside FTX: Jokes about misplaced funds, diabolical IT, poor oversight, and worse

How's the saying go? $50m here, $50m there, pretty soon you're talking real money

Cyber-crime10 Apr 2023 | 22

India-based cybergang busted for selling fake KFC franchises

It's finger-licking.... what happened to my $$$?

Legal27 Mar 2023 | 14

Where in the world is Terraform Labs villain Do Kwon? Montenegro, actually

Probably in a jail cell, waiting to be extradited stateside

Legal24 Mar 2023 | 12

Police pounce on 'pompompurin' – alleged mastermind of BreachForums

In Brief Crypto laundering service gets cleaned up by police and SVB mess draws in more criminals

Security20 Mar 2023 | 3

FTX inner circle helped itself to $3.2B, liquidators say

SBF alone pocketed $2.2B, or so this bankruptcy paperwork goes

Cyber-crime16 Mar 2023 | 20

WANdisco suspends shares pending fraud investigation

Revenue guidance cut from $24m to $9m after discovery of 'potentially fraudulent irregularities'

Spotlight on Databases09 Mar 2023 | 14

Aussie tech worker payroll scheme operators found guilty of tax fraud

Contractors left hanging while principals splurged on luxury goods

Cyber-crime08 Mar 2023 | 19

More victims of fake crypto investor scam speak to The Register

Exclusive UK-based Coin Publishers were conned out of $206,000 after meeting in a Barcelona hotel

Cyber-crime16 Feb 2023 | 52

Ex-CEO of logistics startup Slync collared on multimillion fraud, embezzlement charges

Christopher Kirchner alleged to have hyped up biz to investors then siphoned off a slice of cash

Legal15 Feb 2023 | 2

Russian crook made $90M exploiting stolen info on Tesla, Roku, Avnet, Snap, more

Undisclosed earnings reports swiped, exploited

Cyber-crime15 Feb 2023 | 4

Guy accused of wrecking crypto exchange now hauled into court

Mango Markets still offline for now ... but v4 comeback release looms

Cyber-crime03 Feb 2023 | 16

Bankruptcy probe: Celsius cheated investors 'from the start'

If it walks like a Ponzi, quacks like a Ponzi, guess what it is?

Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 20

South Korea makes crypto crackdown a national justice priority

It's listed alongside issues like tackling gang violence, drugs, and sex crimes

Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 2

FTX CTO and Alameda Research CEO admit fraud, pair 'cooperating' with Feds

Samuel Bankman-Fried in FBI custody to face court 'as soon as possible'

Networks22 Dec 2022 | 57

Fraudulent ‘popunder’ Google Ad campaign generated millions of dollars

The scam was lurking behind the content of an adult website

Security22 Dec 2022 | 43

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried charged with fraud by just about everyone

Billions in people's private funds siphoned off to bankroll hedge fund, watchdogs say

Personal Tech13 Dec 2022 | 54

Theranos' Sunny Balwani gets longer sentence than Elizabeth Holmes

Ex-COO of failed blood testing startup will report to prison 6 weeks before fraudster CEO

Legal08 Dec 2022 | 53

Remuneration coming for TrustCor customers impacted by CA revocation

In brief Also, a Capone henchman lands behind bars, while nearly 9/10 DoD contract firms fail security standards

Security05 Dec 2022 |

Instagram star gets 11 years for $300m email scam plot

Hushpuppi swaps private jet, Dubai penthouse for prison duds and $1.7m to victims

Cyber-crime10 Nov 2022 | 34

Wells Fargo, Zelle slammed by Liz Warren over rampant online banking fraud

Customers 'more than twice' as likely to be hit by scams, says Dem Senator

Cyber-crime09 Nov 2022 | 34

Former Apple worker pleads guilty to $17m mail and wire fraud charges

Nefarious schemes included harvesting motherboard components and selling them back to Apple

Cyber-crime02 Nov 2022 | 12

Founder of zero-emissions truck venture Nikola found guilty of $1b fraud

Verdict in for trial where promo vid showed gravity rather than batteries or fuel cells keeping electric truck moving

Science19 Oct 2022 | 26

Interpol busts global 'Black Axe' cyber-fraud suspects

75 collars felt, $1.2m seized in bid to cut off crime network’s financial lifeline

Cyber-crime17 Oct 2022 | 3

China-linked Budworm burrows hole in US legislature systems

In brief Also, Senator Warren says banks need to grow the Zelle up, an AirTag does some good – if you’re a Democrat, and more

Security17 Oct 2022 | 7

Prison inmate accused of orchestrating $11M fraud using cell cellphone

Judge rejects defense effort to toss warrantless device search on privacy grounds

Security13 Oct 2022 | 29

Cambodian authorities crack down on cyber slavery amid international pressure

Lured by fake jobs, victims are isolated abroad and forced to carry out crypto and romance scams, and more

Security22 Sep 2022 | 15

PC store told it can't claim full cyber-crime insurance after social-engineering attack

Two different kinds of fraud, says judge while throwing out lawsuit against insurer

CSO16 Aug 2022 | 4

Four charged with tricking Qualcomm into buying $150m startup

Updated Technically the chip giant already owned the tech due to real inventor’s contract, according to DoJ

Legal11 Aug 2022 | 18

Chinese scammers target kids with promise of extra gaming hours

Cyberspace regulator's fraud report finds all is not well behind the Great Firewall

Cyber-crime09 Aug 2022 | 5

Vietnamese attacker circumvents Facebook security with ‘DUCKTAIL’ malware

Session cookies and 2FA subversion allow takeover of biz and ad accounts, lead to unauthorized ad buys

Research27 Jul 2022 | 8

North Koreans spotted harassing SMBs with malware

In brief Also: Lawyers told to dissuade clients from paying off ransomware crooks, and more

Security16 Jul 2022 | 16

This big phish can swim around MFA, says Microsoft Security

Slippery AiTM attacks targeted more than 10,000 orgs over the past nine months

CSO13 Jul 2022 | 2

Indian tax authorities raid offices of Chinese smartphone maker Vivo

Why does a smartphone maker have 2kg of gold bars in the office? India reckons it smells tax fraud

Legal08 Jul 2022 | 18

China finds and kills 42,000 counterfeit apps – many of them investment scams

Constant crackdowns on bad online behavior don't seem to deter crims

Offbeat04 Jul 2022 | 8

Interpol anti-fraud operation busts call centers behind business email scams

1,770 premises raided, 2,000 arrested, $50m seized

Security17 Jun 2022 | 25

Indian authorities issue conflicting advice about biometric ID card security

Government authority forced to backtrack warning that photocopied Aadhaar cards represent a risk

Security30 May 2022 | 12

US recovers a record $15m from the 3ve ad-fraud crew

Swiss banks cough up around half of the proceeds of crime

Security19 May 2022 | 11

State of internet crime in Q1 2022: Bot traffic on the rise, and more

According to this cybersecurity outfit that wants your business, anyway

Cyber-crime18 May 2022 | 6

China reveals its top five sources of online fraud

'Brushing' tops the list, as quantity of forbidden content continue to rise

Cyber-crime17 May 2022 | 15

IBM deliberately misclassified mainframe sales to enrich execs, lawsuit claims

Special report Lawsuit accuses Big Blue of cheating investors by shifting systems revenue to trendy cloud, mobile tech

SaaS07 Apr 2022 | 84

Yale finance director stole $40m in computers to resell on the sly

Ill-gotten gains bankrolled swish life of flash cars and real estate

Security31 Mar 2022 | 32

Cybercrooks target students with fake job opportunities

Legit employers don't normally send a check before you've started – or ask you to send money to a Bitcoin address

Security29 Mar 2022 | 21

Singapore introduces potent anti-scam measures

Plans to block more scam sites, share liability between banks and customers

Security16 Feb 2022 | 10