The founder of First Brands, whose bankruptcy rattled Wall Street, charged in multibillion-dollar fraud

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A woman crosses Wall Street
A woman crosses Wall Street

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Head of LA homeless nonprofit charged with pocketing millions, splurging on luxuries including a Hermès jacket and a trip to Vegas

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California governor urges cities to 'take back the streets' from homeless
Alexander Soofer, manager of an LA-based housing program, is being charged with wire fraud and pocketing $10 million in public funds.

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US authorities accuse a Canadian man of posing as airline staff to fly for free hundreds of times on US airlines

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A United Airlines airplane passes by an American Airlines plane at O'Hare Airport in Chicago

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Nearly half of gig workers sell or share accounts for driving and making deliveries — highlighting a big security risk

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A woman wearing glasses holds the steering wheel of a Kia car while smiling. To her right, a smartphone sits in a holder attached to the inside of the windshield and plugged into a charger.
Some gig workers are selling or renting their accounts to others, a new TransUnion survey found.

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Fake records and forged signatures: Marines say recruiting pressure fueled a culture of fraud

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A marine recruiter in a neighborhood.

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Recruiting new Marines can be so challenging in parts of the US that some recruiters have resorted to fraud to meet their monthly goals.

JPMorgan wants out of paying the rest of Charlie Javice's legal bills — $161 seafood towers and all

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Charlie Javice, with brown hair, sunglasses and a white pantsuit, stands in the middle of a group of men and women in suits as she walks down a sunlit Manhattan sidewalk outside of a courthouse. A TV camera is visible behind her.
Charlie Javice outside a Manhattan courthouse.

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Amazon's chief security officer says the tech giant blocked over 1,800 suspected North Korean agents from applying for jobs

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Stephen Schmidt speaking in Las Vegas
Stephen Schmidt is Amazon's chief security officer.

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Brooklyn man, 23, is charged in $15 million Coinbase 'customer-care' scheme

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This is an image of the Coinbase logo, shown on a cellphone.
A 23-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged stealing $15 million by impersonating Coinbase customer service.

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The United States of Fraud

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The statue of liberty dressed like a thief

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Netflix director takes the stand, recounts 5-week scramble to save sci-fi project at heart of his $11 million fraud trial

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Carl RInsch outside of court
Netflix director Carl RInsch outside of court

Lloyd Mitchell

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