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3 employees suspended in $4M Puerto Rico online scam

By DÁNICA COTO | February 14, 2020

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government said Friday that it suspended three employees as federal agents investigate an online scam that attempted to steal more than $4 million from the U.S. territory.Manuel Laboy, executive director...

Puerto Rico online scam targeted more than $4M amid crisis

By DÁNICA COTO | February 13, 2020

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An online scam that targeted Puerto Rican agencies attempted to steal more than $4 million, police said Thursday, deepening concerns about the management of local government finances during an economic crisis.Authorities...

Poland charges 10 with embezzlement, including ex-officials

February 12, 2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland say they have indicted 10 people with embezzling over 3 million zlotys ($780,000) in money and goods from a regional chapter of the Polish Red Cross.Polish media identify four of them as former officials of...

China denies cybertheft following Equifax accusations

February 11, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — China denied involvement in any hacking activities on Tuesday after the United States indicted four members of the Chinese military for allegedly breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing...

US says Chinese military stole masses of Americans’ data

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO | February 10, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the computer networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said...

Secret Service may leave Homeland Security, rejoin Treasury

By COLLEEN LONG | February 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is throwing its support behind a plan to transfer the U.S. Secret Service back to the Treasury Department to better focus on the growing threat of online financial crimes.Shifting the agency from within the Department...