Scammers Are Pushing Auto Loan Fraud to Record Levels March 25, 2025 By Scott Carpenter Scammers who share tricks with one another on social media are pushing auto loan fraud to record levels. The dollar...
Attorney Sentenced to 8 Years for Stealing Insurance Settlement Checks January 10, 2023 By Jim Sams A former Portland, Oregon personal injury attorney was sentenced Monday to eight years, five months in prison and ordered to...
Los Angeles Man Gets 10 years for $25M Cellphone Scheme December 14, 2022 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles cellphone store owner who stole some $25 million from wireless carriers by illegally...
Seattle Jury Convicts Hacker for Massive Capital One Breach June 21, 2022 By Gene Johnson SEATTLE (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Seattle tech worker of several charges related to a...
Massachusetts Health Firm Reports Cyber Attack June 8, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A major medical imaging and outpatient surgery firm in Massachusetts has reported a cyber attack that may have compromised the...
Restaurateur Whose Business Was Raided by Sheriff Gets $5M October 22, 2021 By Jacques Billeaud PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County officials approved a settlement Wednesday with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in...
Identity Theft Stings, but Hard to Pin on Specific Attacks August 5, 2019 By Anick Jesdanun NEW YORK — Equifax 2017. Marriott 2018. Capital One 2019. Data breaches through hacking attacks are distressingly common these days,...
Watchdog Says FEMA Wrongly Released Survivors’ Personal Information March 26, 2019 By Colleen Long WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of...
HSB: A Third of U.S. Consumers Have Been Notified of a Data Breach March 27, 2018 About one-third of U.S. consumers (34 percent) have been notified that their data has been breached, according to a survey...
Car Parts Maker Says Scam Got Tax Info for 2,400 U.S. Workers March 2, 2017 A Swiss company said Wednesday income tax information was stolen for about 2,400 workers in the United States, putting them...