Baker Fraud Report - Ransomware from Russia shuts down world’s largest meat producer in the US and Australia

 

FTC and DOJ now accepting claims from victims who used MoneyGram between 2013 and 2017 to send money to fraudsters; results from $125 million settlement   Rhode Island: Man from India gets three years prison over tech support scam room he operated in India; to be deported afterwards            North Carolina AG proposes mandatory scam training for retail clerks   47 State AG’s support federal legislation to help fight fraud against seniors   WashPost: FTC looking at ways to address problems with free trial offer/subscription traps   National Consumers League says scams getting victim money through Cash App tripled in last half of 2020   West Virginia: Nine arrested for romance and other frauds; six of them Nigerian, two from Ghana; took in $2.5 million; at least 200 victims   Ransomware from Russia shuts down world’s largest meat producer in the US and Australia Australia nabs five for laundering money for BEC and romance frauds   Studies I’ve done for BBB can all be found here. Here are links to some of the study topics: puppy fraud, tech support fraud, romance fraud money mules, apartment rental, crooked movers, government imposters, online vehicle sale scams, rental fraud and gift cards. Coronavirus Australia fines luxury cosmetics company $630,000 over virus claims US Customs seizes necklaces from China at Mexican border filled with dangerous chemicals; supposedly protects against virus DOJ hosts first meeting of Covid-19 fraud task force aimed to fight benefit fraud as well as other virus related scams UK jails man who sent bogus text messages supposedly from NHS about vaccinations; part of phishing scam Fraud News From Around the world Customs in Cincinnati seizes counterfeit virus drugs; cancer drugs; liposuction machines Australia arrests man who received money from puppy fraud victims; handled at least $91,000 Consumer group Which? in the UK says banks are not refunding fraud victims roughly half the time like they are supposed to Hong Kong arrests 34 for investment and loan frauds over the telephone EFCC in Nigeria arrests eight in Lagos for internet fraud Over 100 Nigerians have been arrested around the world for cyber fraud since 2016 Interpol and Asian partners seize $83 million of victim cyber crime money in joint operation EFCC in Nigeria arrests 34 for computer-related fraud Australia fines two cell carriers $2.5 million for misleading claims of data speed Five scams that tend to hit teenagers New Hampshire indicts man for grandparent scam New York: Nigerian man arrested for hacking into HR systems and stealing paychecks; stole at least $800,000 Humor Georgia county asks residents to stop calling 911 about cicadas Iowa man arrested for setting neighbor’s house on fire because they didn’t mow their lawn Man returns lawn flamingo he stole while drunk Drunk man breaks into AirBnB unit while it was rented to three cops FTC and CFPB   FTC Chair spars with Chamber of Commerce over what a legislative fix for Section 13b fraud authority should contain CFPB settles with loan company over deceptive deposit and loan products; to pay $1 million Leaked emails suggest that the FTC is pressing Amazon to deal with fake reviews Virus Benefit Theft Boston: Nigerian charged with fraud in seeking unemployment benefits and romance fraud; used romance victims to launder money Seattle: Nigerian man nabbed at airport indicted for fraud in getting state unemployment benefits Oregon man indicted for EIDL and PPP fraud Kentucky woman indicted over PPP and other virus fraud Oklahoma: Man gets a year in prison for PPP fraud Florida couple get prison over PPP and EIDL fraud; got $1.1 million for nonexistent farm North Carolina woman pleads guilty to EIDL loan fraud Wisconsin man gets over four years (57 months) prison for PPP fraud California admits as much as $31 billion lost to false unemployment claims; Bank of America must look at individual claims of those denied money Business Email compromise fraud (read BBB study) Atlanta man sentenced to 21/2 years prison for laundering funds from BEC fraud Ireland: Computer expert arrested over work with Black Axe gang on BEC fraud; group stole at least €14 million Ransomware Shuts down computer systems of North Carolina school system NYT reports chats among Russian-speaking members of Darkside ransomware gang Attack cost Irish healthcare system over $120 million Hits school system in Clover Park, Washington Attack on police department in Azusa, California New Yorker: How to negotiate with ransomware scammers Data Breaches Solar Winds hackers hit US again; target 150 US agencies, think tanks Bitcoin and cryptocurrency SEC sues five over crypto Ponzi investment scam Crypto currency scams expanding dramatically Court in Spain flooded with cases from crypto currency investment scams ATM skimming Massachusetts: Bulgarian gets 30 months prison for ATM skimming Mexico: Romanian accused of massive ATM skimming fraud in Cancun arrested Jamaica and Lottery Fraud (read BBB lottery fraud study) Montego Bay: Teen charged with lottery fraud; having illegal gun Jamaican extradited to North Dakota over lottery fraud Romance Fraud and Sextortion (read BBB romance fraud study) Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to romance fraud New York: Six plead guilty to laundering money from romance fraud victims; handled $3.5 million; Nigerians?; three nabbed at the airport trying to leave the US People: Nomination of Chopra to head the CFPB still held up in Washington