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The initial reports on the contents of the new book by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa came trickling in this afternoon.
Titled “Peril,” it’s set to be a doozy.
The book is set for release next week. Reports from the Washington Post and CNN offer early highlights
The 5 Biggest Bombshells In The Woodward-Costa Book
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Ghaleb Alaumary, 36, of Mississauga, Ontario, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of his sentence, Alaumary is also required to pay more than $30 million in restitution to victims and serve three years of supervised release after completion of his prison sentence.
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FBI’s IC3 warns romance fraud victims are now being conned into crypto investments
BBB Studies. 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
FTC and CFPB
Business Email compromise fraud (read BBB study)
FBI’s IC3 warns romance fraud victims are now being conned into crypto investments
BBB Studies. 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
- Vermont: three state troopers resign over fake vaccination card scheme
- Price of bogus vaccine cards doubles after Biden mandates shots
- New York: Operators of international investment fraud arrested; took in $155 million
- Interpol urges scam victims to step forward; have online tools to help people with money stolen from their accounts
- Police in Goa, India arrest 13 after bust of call center, which called the US and impersonated Social Security
- Guam: Two Nigerians arrested for inheritance scam
- Anti Fraud programs at UK banks stopped £ 32,000 in fraud in the last six month saysUK Finance; but £700,000 a day is lost to bank transfer fraud
- Nevada: Two Nigerians indicted for house rental scheme that took in $3.3 million
- Maryland: Man gets 66 months prison (5.5 years) for selling $3.4 million of counterfeit goods online
- Ireland sees a 78% increase in those under 21 acting as money mules
FTC and CFPB
- FTC and FDA send warning letters to ten companies over questionable diabetes claims
- Biden nominates privacy expert Bedoya for Chopra commissioner slot
- FTC authorizes 8 new compulsory process resolutions, making it easier to issue subpoenas
- Florida man sentenced to 38 months prison for stolen identity refund fraud
- Kansas man indicted for PPP fraud
- Tennessee: man pleads guilty to PPP and EIDL fraud
- Michigan man gets 32 months prison for PPP fraud
- Massachusetts: Former owners of two massage parlors charged with PPP fraud
- Los Angeles:Man pleads guilty to $9 million PPP fraud
Business Email compromise fraud (read BBB study)
- Canadian with duel citizenship gets more than 11 years prison for laundering money from BEC fraud; handled tens of millions
- BEC scam gets $165,000 from Project Veritas
- West Virginia: Nigerian pleads guilty to laundering BEC and romance scam money