Florida couple charged with more than $2M in COVID-19 relief fraud
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A southwest Florida couple has been charged with stealing more than $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds and using the money to buy boats,…
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No prison yet for Elizabeth Holmes following last-ditch appeal
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesDisgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will not go to prison this week,…
DOJ charges 18 people — including doctors — in massive Covid health care fraud…
Eighteen people, some of them doctors, were criminally charged with Covid-19 health-care fraud schemes that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from false billings and theft from…
Liz Weston: Make your credit cards less vulnerable to fraud
Last year, one of my family’s credit cards was used to rack up hundreds of dollars in bogus charges at Apple.com. Another card was compromised four times in a row, as…
U.S. Forced Labor Crackdown Is Tough, But Opaque
The U.S. has mounted an aggressive crackdown on imports over concerns about Chinese forced labor, but the campaign is an opaque one, with little detailed data on which companies or sectors…
New USDA rule boosts “organic” food oversight, targets fraud
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The Agriculture Department on Thursday issued new requirements for foods labeled organic, a move aimed at cracking down on fraud…
Crypto Platform Bitzlato Charged With Laundering More Than $700 Million of Illicit…
U.S. authorities designated cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato Ltd. as a primary money-laundering concern and charged its founder for allegedly facilitating money laundering for criminals.The…
Canada Looks Poised to Pass Law on Forced Labor
Canada could require that companies report on their efforts to stop goods made with forced labor from entering their supply chains, adding to momentum among Western governments to tackle the…
Sam Bankman-Fried Says Law Firm Worked Closely With FTX Before Bankruptcy
Sam Bankman-Fried
said cryptocurrency exchange FTX had a closer relationship than previously disclosed with its bankruptcy law firm…
U.S. Bars Imports From Three Companies, Citing Possible Use of Forced Labor
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has barred imports from three companies, including a supplier to Western apparel companies, that the agency says could be using…