US Supreme Court case Securities and Exchange Commission v Jarkesy threatens the role of adminstrative law judges ~finance Article 661 words 14 votes
US lawyers insist Nikola founder shouldn't face prison time for fraud — unlike Elizabeth Holmes ~transport Article 527 words 5 votes
Payments app Zelle begins refunds for imposter scams after Washington pressure ~finance banking Article 1032 words 13 votes
Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did ~comp Article 2249 words 58 votes
The great Zelle pool scam - All I wanted was a status symbol. What I got was a $31,000 lesson in the downside of payment apps. ~finance Article 6041 words 43 votes
There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit ~science Article 1076 words, published Aug 9 2023 28 votes
Spaceship of fools: Behind every conspiracy theory lies a golden opportunity for companies and hucksters to make money. UFOs are no exception. ~life Article 7886 words, published Jul 20 2023 21 votes
Over $200 billion potentially stolen from COVID-19 relief programs in US ~finance Article 1072 words 12 votes
Independent journalist uncovers a ring dedicated to publishing low quality articles and increasing publishing credits ~science Article 3688 words 35 votes
The great grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted ~health Article 2380 words 21 votes
In addition to fake music, artificial intelligence has created a big new problem for Spotify – fake listeners ~music Article 668 words 9 votes
Once praised for its generous social safety net, Denmark now collects troves of data on welfare claimants ~tech Article 2339 words, published Mar 7 2023 10 votes
Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies ~transport Article 659 words 9 votes
Donald Trump's company sentenced to pay $1.61 million penalty for tax fraud ~finance business Article 567 words 11 votes
At least $1 billion of client funds missing at failed crypto firm FTX, sources say ~finance cryptocurrency business Article 778 words 23 votes
I built an artificial intelligence that not only calls scammers to waste their time, but can steal their account information to help get them shut down (and it's working) ~tech Video 16:22 8 votes
Counterfeits, fraud, and theft: Why Silca changed its return policy ~finance Article 7579 words, published Jul 26 2022 8 votes
US Securities and Exchange Commission charges eleven people in alleged $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme ~finance cryptocurrency Article 10 votes
Mexican scam loan apps will edit your face onto X-rated photos and send them to your family ~tech Article 1290 words, published Jul 21 2022 8 votes
Two decades of Alzheimer's research may be based on deliberate fraud ~health medicine Article 1134 words 31 votes
Tin Chin and Mo Lin were inseparable at the Brooklyn homeless shelter. But one of the men wasn’t who he seemed to be. ~life family Article 3168 words 11 votes
‘Zombie papers’ just won’t die. Retracted papers by notorious fraudster still cited years later. ~science Article 890 words 9 votes
Federal Trade Commission sues Walmart for facilitating money transfer fraud that fleeced US customers out of hundreds of millions ~finance business Article 112 words 9 votes
The elaborate con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency ~life work.remote Article 3459 words 11 votes
It's not just the Internal Revenue Service—the US government wants your selfies ~tech Article 693 words 7 votes
Bitcoin pyramid schemes wreak havoc on Brazil’s ‘New Egypt’ ~finance cryptocurrency Article 1777 words 8 votes
Tens of millions of filthy, used medical gloves imported into the US ~health medicine Article 7 votes
Fraudsters cloned company director’s voice in $35 million bank heist, police find ~tech security.cyber Article 821 words 8 votes
Thirty-three non-existent businesses tied to one Denver office got millions in COVID-19 relief money ~finance business Article 1134 words 16 votes
Evidence of fraud in an influential field experiment about dishonesty ~science Article 2882 words 6 votes
Nikola founder Trevor Milton charged with securities fraud and wire fraud for making false and misleading claims about the status of the US company's electric trucks and technology ~transport Article 2402 words 12 votes