All news on the topic: Cyber Fraud

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Scam factories in Myanmar used American AI to target 50,000 victims in a single month
The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, impersonated a 28-year-old Singaporean woman named Ella.
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Chechen businessman Serazhudin Aktulaev, extradited to the US, was found to be linked to sanctions evasion, oil schemes, and supplies of Western equipment to Russia
Chechen businessman Serazhudin Aktulaev, whose extradition to the United States was recently approved by a court in Cyprus, has been linked to sanctions evasion schemes, petroleum trading and the supply of Western industrial equipment to Russia, according to investigative findings.
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Senior Prince Group figure tied to sanctioned firms snapped up luxury Tokyo home before crackdown
Chen Bo was listed as an officer in nine sanctioned Prince Group companies. He purchased a Tokyo property just before the U.S. and U.K. imposed sanctions.
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How AI deepfakes of doctor Taylor-Robinson racked up over 365,000 views
AI deepfake videos of doctors and academics are being used to push fake health claims and promote supplement products, an investigation has found.
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Global scam industry rivaling drug trade grows as Southeast Asian states turn a blind eye
When the bombs detonated, they destroyed vacant office buildings and ruined echoing, multi-cuisine food courts. Dynamite brought down a four-story hospital, silent karaoke venues, empty gyms, and dorm rooms.
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192 foreign nationals deported after Nigeria cracks down on cyber fraud
Nigeria has deported 192 foreign nationals among the 759 suspects arrested during a December crackdown on a major cybercrime ring, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement.
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Hundreds of suspects have been arrested, and £7.5 million has been seized in the UK as part of an operation against fraud
The outcomes of the February operation were released a week after the U.K. started implementing significant sections of the Online Safety Act, which seeks to combat fraud.