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#fraud

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Nishant Kaushik

And they didn't even have to use AI to do this!
Seriously though, the ability to discern authentic from fraud is going to hit everyone, no matter where they are on the digital literacy scale. #Fraud
the420.in/monk-duped-digital-a

The420.in · Monk Trapped in Fake Police Call, Loses Rs 2.5 Crore During 26-Day Virtual Arrest - The420.inGwalior/Bhopal: Swami Supradiptananda, the secretary of the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram in Gwalior, has fallen prey to what authorities are calling Madhya Pradesh’s largest-known “digital arrest” fraud. The monk was virtually held hostage via video calls for nearly a month and manipulated into transferring Rs 2.52 crore to accounts spread across India. 26 Days of Coercion […]
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John Burns

@briankrebs

Just automating what happened in real life.

I usually "lost" 1/4 to 1/3 of class after the financial aid cut off period... about 3 weeks in...

Some would show up for part of 1st class, then skipped until those couple of cutoff classes- to get marked as attended.

#Fraud
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Joseph Lim :mastodon:

Time to start tracking a new hashtag #LawlessnessInAmerica

More on #DOGE’s #Fraud & #Destruction
"Musk has reduced the claims abt what DOGE is saving fr $1-2tril to $150bil. NYT reports he’s still getting the numbers wrong thru things like accounting errors & cancelling contracts tt don’t exist. What a fraud fr start to finish.. #Justice Dept is fighting vigorously to shield DOGE fr hv'g to divulge tt info, despite #Trump & #Musk’s repeated assurances abt #transparency"
nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/mo

naked capitalism · More on DOGE's Fraud and Destruction | naked capitalismAn update on DOGE's rampage through government operations.
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beSpacific

When nation’s biggest #law firms agreed 2 deals w #Trump terms appeared straightforward. In return 4 escaping full force of retribution firms would dofree legal work on behalf of uncontroversial causes. Over last week he suggested firms will be drafted into helping him negotiate #trade deals. He has mused about having them help w reviving #coal industry. He see promises of nearly $1B in pro bono legal services as #legal war chest 2 be used as he wishes nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/poli #corruption #fraud

President Trump has generally hinted that he sees the promises of nearly $1 billion in pro bono legal services that he has extracted from elite law firms as a legal war chest to be used as he wishes.
The New York Times · Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.By Michael S. Schmidt
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Soh Kam Yung

"The longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert has been published, revealing forgery and tax fraud in from the Roman empire.
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“This papyrus is extraordinary because it provides direct insight into trial preparations in this part of the Roman Empire,” says researcher Anna Dolganov from the Austrian Academy of Sciences."

cosmosmagazine.com/history/arc

torn ancient papyrus with greek writing
Cosmos · Ancient papyrus from Judaean Desert shows tax fraud from the Roman empireThe longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert has been published, revealing forgery and tax fraud in from the Roman empire.
#History#Roman#Taxes
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Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:

Former employees of British Columbia :flagbc:’s Interior Health authority (2003 to 2009) had their information and identity stolen.

cbc.ca/news/canada/interior-he
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D’anciens employés (2003 à 2009) de l’autorité en santé de l’Intérieur de la Colombie-Britannique :flagbc: ont vu leur information et identité volés.

// Article en anglais //

CBCCRA accounts hacked after 28,000 social insurance numbers stolen in data breach | CBC NewsImposters hacked into B.C. health-care workers’ CRA accounts after a massive breach of employees’ private identification from the B.C. government’s Interior Health authority, which runs hospitals and medical facilities in the southeastern part of the province, The Fifth Estate has learned.
#BC#CB#BritishColumbia
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Niklas Pivic

OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-sy

'It's also important to note that absolutely nobody other than NVIDIA is making any money from generative AI. CoreWeave loses billions of dollars, OpenAI loses billions of dollars, Anthropic loses billions of dollars, and I can't find a single company providing generative AI-powered software that's making a profit. The only companies even close to doing so are consultancies providing services to train and create data for models like Turing and Scale AI — and Scale isn't even profitable.'

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech IndustryBefore we go any further: I hate to ask you to do this, but I need your help — I'm up for this year's Webbys for the best business podcast award. I know it's a pain in the ass, but can you sign up and vote for Better Offline? I have
#ArtificialIntelligence#EdZitron#AI
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Bryce Kunz

Sometimes the "AI magic" is just... people working really hard behind the curtain. 😅 A fintech founder allegedly raised $50M+ claiming their shopping app used advanced AI for universal checkout. The reality according to the DOJ? A call center in the Philippines doing the work manually. Yikes.

techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/fint
#AIwashing #Tech #Startuplife #Fraud

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