Deception

What is catfishing? How victims can recover from the shame and trauma it causes

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What is catfishing? How victims can recover from the shame and trauma it causes

Catfishing – when someone creates a fake online persona to befriend and exploit victims – is making some loud pings on the pop-culture radar. Last month, Netflix dropped the documentary Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, the twisted tale of Kirat Assi, who was caught in a catfishing net for almost a decade with a “man” … Read more

Pair convicted in sophisticated $3 million iPhone fraud

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Pair convicted in sophisticated million iPhone fraud

A scam that defrauded Apple out of millions of dollars’ worth of iPhones has led to the convictions of two of the perpetrators, with each facing up to 20 years in jail. Haotian Sun, 33, and Pengfei Xue, 33, both Chinese nationals, were found guilty by a federal jury on Tuesday for participating in what … Read more