Senator proposes new bill to curb financial elder abuse. Alice Lin 80-year-old Alice Lin was tricked into wiring her life savings of $720,000 to an online scammer in August 2022. The grave situation made the Southern California widow contemplate suicide. However, Lin, who also takes care of her disabled son, decided to fight back for … Read more
National Public Data (NPD) sources personally identifiable data from public and court records as well as other repositories to provide online background checks and fraud prevention services. The company confirmed several weeks ago that it suffered a data breach involving 2.9 billion records dating back at least three decades. According to a class action lawsuit … Read more
Under the proposed legislation, which was scrutinized at a Cabinet meeting in Rome on Friday and is set to be approved next week, search-and-rescue aircraft departing or landing in Italy must inform the authorities of any emergency immediately and follow their instructions. Failure to comply could lead to fines, seizure or confiscation of the aircraft. … Read more
JEMPOL: A retired teacher lost nearly RM140,000 in a phone scam after being accused of tampering with electricity meters. Jempol police chief Supt Hoo Chang Hook said the 68-year-old woman’s ordeal started on Aug 28 when she received a call from a woman claiming to be a Tenaga Nasional employee. “The caller accused the victim … Read more
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Wednesday said that its Sanchar Saathi portal has disconnected ‘one crore fraud numbers’. DoT’s Sanchar Saathi portal is a citizen-centric web portal created to fight cyber fraud, enabling citizens to report suspicious calls and messages. “Huge 1 crore fraud numbers disconnected via Sanchar Saathi,” DoT posted on … Read more
Tensions flared between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during a raucous Thursday question period, with Singh at one point walking into the aisle to yell at the Conservative leader. Poilievre used his first round of questions to criticize the Bloc Québécois and NDP after both parties announced they wouldn’t support a … Read more
A woman recently shared her ordeal with MarketWatch on how her ex-husband drained her life savings when they were married. He hacked her email, forged documents, and impersonated her to take over their joint account and silently transfer her business savings into his separate accounts using a PayPal account. The husband created the PayPal account … Read more
Bollywood actor Salman Khan has issued a statement through his team, warning fans about fraudulent claims regarding his supposed upcoming US tour. The actor made it clear that he has no plans to perform or travel to the United States in 2024. Salman Khan DENIES US tour in 2024, issues official statement: “Completely false. Please … Read more
The jury that convicted Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange only saw “half the picture” because the judge did not allow in critical evidence, his lawyer argued in their appeal on Friday. In a 102-page brief filed with the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer wrote that … Read more
Such a large embezzlement from a junior employee raises further questions about corporate governance at the firm. (Representative Image) Based on review of the facts discovered during the investigation, “the Group has recorded an expense for the aforementioned amount during the year ended March 31, 2024″ IPO-bound food delivery platform Swiggy has disclosed that a … Read more
