Elizabeth Holmes has gone to prison. Will she ever pay victims too?
Experts say victims often never get their money back from those who defrauded them......»»
Nikola founder Trevor Milton seeks probation after fraud conviction
Trevor Milton, the convicted founder of electric- and hydrogen-powered truck maker Nikola, is seeking to avoid prison, with his lawyers saying his case differed from that of Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes, another startup founder convicted of fraud......»»
The influence of social media on revenge tourism
Research in the International Journal of Tourism Policy has shown how social media platforms can influence holidaymakers and travelers in seeking out destinations that have been the victims of adverse events, natural disasters or conflicts. The collo.....»»
Teens with “digital bazookas” are winning the ransomware war, researcher laments
LockBit victims, among the world's most powerful firms, can't be bothered to patch, it seems. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) What do Boeing, an Australian shipping company, the world’s largest bank, and one of the worl.....»»
Zelle finally caves after years of refusing to refund scam victims
Zelle now shielding users from the most reported scam in payments. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) After scammers spent years swiping hundreds of millions from Zelle users by inducing people to author.....»»
Study: Bullying victims who feel targeted due to social characteristics may experience effects more intensely
Students who feel they have been victimized because of social characteristics such as their ethnicity or their sexuality are at additional risk of trauma, a new national US study has revealed......»»
Former Okla. Kia, Mitsubishi dealer gets nearly 11 years for fraud, tampering
U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot sentenced Bobby Mayes to 130 months in prison for defrauding car lenders at his Big Red Dealerships Group and a concurrent 65 months for tampering with his case after his conviction. He must also forfeit $1 million i.....»»
Meta"s moderation failures incite hate and human rights abuses, according to Amnesty International
A new report from Amnesty International accuses Meta of having an inciting role in an ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, pressuring the company to compensate victims and reform its content moderation. Meta, and its platform Facebook,.....»»
N.C. prosecutors dismiss more than 400 charges against Nissan dealership employees
Following the store's corrective action, prosecutors dismissed the charges because of a lack of criminal intent and victims......»»
AI helps 3D printers “write” with coiling fluid ropes like Jackson Pollock
Reinforcement learning lets 3D printers exploit, not suppress, coiling instabilities. Enlarge / Jackson Pollock working in his Long Island studio adjacent to his home in 1949. (credit: Martha Holmes/The LIFE Picture Collection v.....»»
Could technology help reduce pretrial incarceration?
Right now, thousands of people across the U.S. are in prison awaiting trial for a misdemeanor charge. A growing body of research indicates that if someone had sent each of them a text message at just the right time, with just the right message, a sig.....»»
Sam Bankman-Fried to testify in hopes of avoiding life in prison
After lots of damaging testimony, former FTX boss will take the stand. Enlarge / Sam Bankman-Fried’s former flatmates (from top) Caroline Ellison, NIshad Singh, and Gary Wang have given evidence against him. (credit: FT montage.....»»
Research highlights gender diversity problems in Australian prisons
Trans and gender diverse people housed in male or female prison facilities face dangerous and stressful daily hazards that Australia's prison systems are trying to address to raise standards......»»
Sam Bankman-Fried may testify in hopes of avoiding life in prison
After lots of damaging testimony, reports say former FTX boss will take the stand. Enlarge / Sam Bankman-Fried’s former flatmates (from top) Caroline Ellison, NIshad Singh, and Gary Wang have given evidence against him. (credit.....»»
UK screen industry failing to tackle sexual harassment, according to new report
The UK film and screen industry is failing to tackle sexual harassment, with some victims punished or victimized if they do speak out, according to a new report looking at the experiences of staff in a range of roles across the television and film in.....»»
GIY – Growing Fungi for Biofabrication
Elizabeth Marley is a design instructor, architect and artist who enjoys making participatory public art, collaborative biodesign adventures, and creative citizen science…just to name a few things at the top of her list. She is a lecturer at U.....»»
COVID-19-related jail decarceration did not affect crime in California, study suggests
Since 2011, California has significantly reformed its criminal justice system, reducing the size of its prison population, with no effect on violent crime and only marginal impacts on property crime statewide. The COVID-19 pandemic furthered decarcer.....»»
New "healing" prison in Ireland points to long history of progressive penal reform
Ireland has formally opened the new women's wing of the Limerick prison......»»
Patch WinRAR now - it"s got a major security flaw
Chinese and Russians criminals are using WinRAR to target victims and deliver infostealers, so patch now......»»
Sexual harassment victims in Nigerian universities are being blamed—cyberspace study
Sexual harassment encompasses a wide range of inappropriate behavior, from ogling, touching and commenting about body parts, to sexual proposition, coercion, assault and rape. In other words, it is any form of unsolicited and unwanted sexual attentio.....»»
Pirate IPTV Owners Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison & $18m Damages
Two men who operated a pirate IPTV service have been handed 36-month prison sentences by a specialist IP court in Sweden. Anonymous tips led to an investigation, police surveillance including wiretapping, and subsequent raids which netted 47 gold bar.....»»