fraud

12Jan

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IN OTHER NEWS, POLITICS

5 Essential Reads – The Battles Over Voting Rights, Preventing Fraud And Access To Ballots

President Joe Biden chose Atlanta – the historic home of the 20th century’s battle for civil and voting rights – to make a strong argument on Jan. 11, 2021, that the Senate must ditch the filibuster and pass legislation soon to protect voting rights. Biden told his audience, “I will defend your right to vote and our democracy against all enemies foreign and domestic.” After Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump’s false assertions of election fraud sparked Republican-dominated state legislatures to pass bills that Democrats say restrict voting rights and place election administration in the hands of rank partisans. GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell says those charges are just “scary stories … about how democracy is at death’s door.” As part of our focus on how democracy...

Why Steve Bannon faces fraud charges: 4 questions answered

4Apr

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IMPACT

Why Steve Bannon faces fraud charges: 4 questions answered

Federal prosecutors in New York have arrested former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon and three other men, and charged them with allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to an online fundraising campaign to build portions of wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a University of Notre Dame law professor who researches nonprofits, explains what’s going on and what the consequences could be. 1. Who is accused of what, exactly? Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has accused Bannon and the founder of the “We Build the Wall” crowdfunding campaign, Brian Kolfage, of lying to donors about how their gifts would be used. Two other men, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, are also accused of participating in this alleged s...

Research on voting by mail says it’s safe – from fraud and disease

3Apr

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POLITICS

Research on voting by mail says it’s safe – from fraud and disease

As millions of Americans prepare to vote in November – and in many cases, primaries and state and local elections through the summer as well – lots of people are talking about voting by mail. It is a way to protect the integrity of the country’s voting system and to limit potential exposure to the coronavirus, which continues to spread widely in the U.S. I am a political scientist and part of a National Academy of Public Administration working group offering recommendations to ensure voter participation as well as public confidence in the election process and the outcome during this coronavirus pandemic. To meet that goal, our work has found that state and local governments will need to make significant adjustments to their voting systems this year – changes that will likely require new f...

AI algorithms intended to root out welfare fraud often end up punishing the poor instead

3Apr

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AI, TECHNOLOGY

AI algorithms intended to root out welfare fraud often end up punishing the poor instead

President Donald Trump recently suggested there is “tremendous fraud” in government welfare programs. Although there’s very little evidence to back up his claim, he’s hardly the first politician – conservative or liberal – to vow to crack down on fraud and waste in America’s social safety net. States – which are charged with distributing and overseeing many federally funded benefits – are taking these fraud accusations seriously. They are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence and other automated systems to determine benefits eligibility and ferret out fraud in a variety of benefits programs, from food stamps and Medicaid to unemployment insurance. Of course, government agencies should ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent effectively. The problem is these automated decision...

2May

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LAW ENFORCEMENT

Texas Man Sentenced to 58 Months for Darknet Fraud Scheme

A man from Texas was sentenced to 58 months in prison for stealing over 1,200 credit and debit card numbers. Odis Edwards, 40, used financial data obtained from the dark web to book hotel rooms around the Dallas area. Hotel staff first reached out to police after observing suspicious behavior from Edwards and his co-conspirators. More than $250,000 was spent for booking the rooms, some of which were sub-rented to pimps and drug dealers at a fraction of the original cost. The Police Raid Hotel staff noticed notified police that several large service bills were piling up, all charged to Edwards’ account. Police then raided the booked rooms, where they found notebooks with what appeared to be numbers from credit cards, altered credit cards and URLs of credit card generators. The raid res...

2Apr

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Journalism, VIDEO REELS

Detroit Rapper Arrested for Alleged Darknet Fraud Activities

Rap verses are frequently brought in as “proof” in U.S. courts, with artists confronting discipline for their public portrayal and choice of lyrics. In the case of a rapper from Detroit, his online presence shows that the fraudulent activity he was depicting appears very genuine, at least according to prosecutors. Reports from Detroit News claim that the 25-year-old rapper known by the name Selfmade Kash, whose real name is Jonathan Woods, has been indicted on charges of identity theft, wire fraud and possession of unauthorized devices. He allegedly shared his fraud expertise with others, teaching them how to use the dark web to search for stolen BINs (bank identification numbers). Selfmade Kash alluded to himself as the “Swipe God,” and has every now and again gloated about credit car...