fraud
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ZachXBT, an independent investigator who specialises in tracking funds on the blockchain --the system that underpins cryptocurrency transactions -- revealed the fraud on his social media accounts earlier in the week.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
He was also indicted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission on federal fraud charges, but they were later dismissed.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“The real threats from AI products today include cybersecurity, fraud and reduced productivity,” McNamee observed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The hit movie of the fall is…a three-hour documentary about investor fraud?
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
He’s not without sympathy, but he’s a fraud.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Now they crowdsource questions about when the beds will come and how they will work and argue over which medbed whistleblowers are real and which are frauds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Then, investors grew alarmed by several high-profile defaults caused by alleged frauds, and by loans made to software companies at risk of disruption by artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The cases against Lindberg, 55, centered on what prosecutors called “one of the biggest insurance frauds in history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The idea is to get people meeting in person as quickly as possible because online dating has become a minefield littered with deception and frauds.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Harsnett had been much influenced by Reginald Scot, and had set out to prove that cases of supposed demonic possession were in fact deliberate frauds.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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A Web of Lies
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