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5 years in prison for credit card fraud 04.06.13
A man accused of using credit cards and checks belonging to a woman whose purse was stolen from an Oro Valley Walmart was sentenced to five years in prison Monday. Troy McGuire, 42, pleaded guilty in April to one count each of credit card forgery, fraudulent schemes and artifices, and attempted possession of a dangerous […]
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FBI experts enlighten community about cyber crime protection
FRANKFORD — Cyber Crimes, IC3, an online crime report center created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center, ranked New Jersey number six in the country for most reported cyber crimes. On Monday at the Sussex County Fire Academy, Statewide Insurance Fund, a group that provides all lines of […]
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Forget pills, tattoos will be the password of the future 03.06.13
Senior Vice President of Motorola Mobility’s Advanced Technology and Projects group Regina Dugan exhibited two ‘wearable computing’ technologies that might be able to help us avoid the hassles associated with passwords at AllThingsD’s D11 conference. The first, was a pill. The next was a tattoo. Yes, you heard that right. The Proteus Digital Health pill […]
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Bladensburg Police Officer Charged in Credit Card Fraud Case
A Bladensburg police officer has been charged with theft in a credit card fraud case. Authorities say Ridwan Osanyinpeju stole more than $4,000 by illegally billing a woman’s credit card. He was arrested Thursday. Osanyinpeju — who had been on the force for nearly two years — resigned Thursday, Chief of Police Charles Owens told […]
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Seminar on cyber crimes
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JUNE 2: Corporate Relations Institute will conduct a national seminar on ‘combating cyber crimes and maintaining email etiquette @ workplace’ here on June 27. It will educate participants on the need for adherence to an email policy at the organisational level. It will also seek to create awareness on protocol to be observed by […]
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FBI: Fewer fall for Internet scams, but pay dearly 01.06.13
Fewer people are falling for Internet scams, but those who do are losing more money to criminals. That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a recent report issued by the FBI’s Internet Computer Complaint Center, or IC3. Last year, the center fielded fewer complaints for Internet fraud and crime than in 2011. The actual […]