fraud
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“Criminals increasingly use AI to make fraud like this more convincing and harder to detect,” said Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
In 2022, an Atlanta court found the “Chrisley Knows Best” couple guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The company is run by a serial entrepreneur with a history of bankruptcy and lawsuits alleging fraud.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
By March this year, police said they had arrested 38 people on allegations of manslaughter and fraud.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Holmes claimed to have secured a cadaver that resembled Ben Pitezel and to have placed it on the second floor of a house rented especially for the fraud.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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A Web of Lies
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