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Attackers exploited malicious USDG approvals to drain users' wallets via Revenue's crypto bridge service.
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (253+ words) Attackers exploited malicious USDG permit signatures on Revenue's crypto bridge platform, gaining unlimited spending permissions to drain users' wallets in a single transaction. The stolen funds were split 20% and 80% between two attacker-controlled addresses, resembling the revenue-sharing model of the Inferno…...
Florida man jailed over $2.4k bill at luxury Keys resort charged to someone else
19+ hour, 12+ min ago (193+ words) A man was arrested Saturday for charging more than $2,400 in hotel services plus goods — “drinks, food, shirts, hats and other sundries” — to another person’s room at an Islamorada resort, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. Last year, deputies were called…...
Woman speaking to 'Pope' stopped from being conned of £500k
20+ hour, 7+ min ago (287+ words) A woman who thought she was chatting to the 'Pope' has been stopped from potentially being conned of £500k. File image(Image: Kinga Krzeminska via Getty Images) A woman who thought she was talking to the 'Pope' has been stopped from…...
An Enraged Woman Claims She Was Conned Out of $1,100 in a Cruise Scam
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1099+ words) Vanessa Phillips thought she’d paid nearly $1,100 toward a Caribbean cruise with an acquaintance. Then, according to Phillips, the man stopped communicating with her, her place on the reservation disappeared and her dream vacation began looking suspiciously like a scam. A…...
Couple steals $74,000 from friend, state police say
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (249+ words) BENTON TWP., LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A couple allegedly took advantage of their access to a friend's home and computer to steal a total of $74,000 over two years. Dianna Varady, 33, and Ryan Nyitray, 31, both of Whiteville, North Carolina, face several…...
Yonkers tax preparer in $6 million tax fraud scheme enters plea
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (234+ words) (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect) – A Yonkers tax preparer has admitted falsifying tax returns over a five-year period that gave clients unearned tax deductions and cost the U.S. and New York nearly $6 million in unpaid taxes. Joseph Clay, 52, of…...
Temporary Help Agency Owner Hid $6M in Payroll to Skirt Taxes, Workers' Comp
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (264+ words) Temporary Help Agency Owner Hid $6M in Payroll to Skirt Taxes, Workers’ Comp Insurance Journal A Lowell, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his involvement in payroll tax avoidance and workers’ compensation insurance fraud, according to U....
Yonkers Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to $6M Tax Fraud
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (266+ words) A Yonkers tax preparer has pleaded guilty after causing nearly $6 million in tax loss, according to federal prosecutors, in a case that highlights how far some preparers will go to manufacture bigger refunds for their clients. The guilty plea was…...
46% of Commercial Real Estate Firms Can Be Impersonated by Email, Scan Finds
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (127+ words) EIN Presswire There were 2,402 press releases posted in the last 24 hours and 493,628 in the last 365 days. 46% of Commercial Real Estate Firms Can Be Impersonated by Email, Scan Finds Scan of 398 CRE firms finds brokerages (60%) twice as exposed as developers (29%). No…...
IRS Losing Up to $304 billion annually to fraudsters, but Agency has no anti-fraud strategy, GAO finds
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (419+ words) Federal tax fraudsters are getting away with as much as $304 billion in unpaid and underpaid taxes and by filing false claims for tax refunds, yet the IRS “doesn’t have an antifraud strategy,” according to a new analysis by the Government…...