Reported by Matt Levine Last August, Ryan Cohen did a very funny joke. Cohen — founder of online pet-food retailer Chewy, chairman of the board at GameStop Corp. and general meme-stock influencer and activist — had spent about $121 million to buy about 9.8% of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s stock in early 2022, and […]
Reported by DAVID J. NEAL CEO Carl Ruderman’s part in the 1 Global Capital fraud already has cost him money — a $15 million civil penalty, another $750,000 cash dunning — and real estate, as in 50% of the equity in a five-bedroom, 12-bathroom Aventura condominum. But, Wednesday, the Justice Department came for something else […]
Reported by Peter Kasperowicz and Brooke Singman | Fox News The FBI warned Friday that artificial intelligence is becoming the tool of choice for domestic and foreign criminals, and said the bureau is working to build up a capacity to fight this new threat. “AI has demonstrated that it will likely have far-reaching implications on […]
Reported by Joseph Winters Across the United States, more and more companies are pledging to zero out their greenhouse gas emissions using “voluntary carbon offsets” — credits that represent some amount of climate pollution that’s either prevented or removed from the atmosphere. These credits, bought and sold on unregulated markets that are expected to be […]
Reported by Lukas I. Alpert A European tax advisor to a global set of star DJs and supermodels has been arrested on charges that he created a network of illegal tax shelters to help his clients avoid paying U.S taxes on over $100 million of earnings. Frank Butselaar, 63, of the Netherlands, is accused of […]
Reported by SEAN WOODS In late March 2020, Haywood Talcove, a CEO at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, was packing up his office, having sent his employees home. He was worrying about laying off his staff, his family’s health, and how he was going to manage two young kids at home during the pandemic. But when President […]
Reported by Matt Binder Is OpenAI responsible for what its popular AIchatbot, ChatGPT, says? A new lawsuit against the company filed by a Georgia-based radio host argues that the company is. Armed America Radio host Mark Walters filed against OpenAI for defamation earlier this week, marking the first such case in AI, according to Bloomberg. So, what happened? According […]
Reported by Jesus Jiménez In her role as an operations manager at an Amazon warehouse in Georgia, Kayricka Wortham had the authority to approve new vendors and their invoices. But during her time there, federal prosecutors said, she used that power in another endeavor: Running a scheme by which $9.4 million was stolen from the […]
Reported by André Beganski Anti-money laundering (AML) rules are not a panacea for dealing with tax cheats and criminals who try to cover their tracks with crypto—but they’re a logical place to start, according to a paper published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday. The paper was authored by members of the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs […]
Reported by Joseph Wilkins A Susan B. Anthony dollar coin. Wikimedia The vault where precious metals dealer Robert Higgins claimed to be storing over half a million of his clients’ silver coins was found by investigators to be empty – except for little boxes of paper IOUs. Now, the 68-year old has been ordered by […]
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