crimes Florida man poses as Wu-Tang Clan member to scam fancy hotels out of $300k in free services David Pescovitz
high school Florida school asst. principal and daughter charged with computer crimes to get the girl elected homecoming queen David Pescovitz
securities fraud This white collar dot-com true crime story about Stan Lee's media company is absolutely wild Thom Dunn
scams This researcher learned how "triangulation fraud" works when she bought a used Nespresso machine Mark Frauenfelder
co-founder Technology company co-founder reports car stolen to avoid mechanic's bill Jason Weisberger
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow
crime pays Wells Fargo's ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very, very rich) Cory Doctorow
studio 71 Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow
indifference Carriers ignore studies that show they suck at preventing SIM-swap attacks Cory Doctorow
broken instruments Court case lays bare KPMG's crimes: poaching employees from its own regulators and making them steal government secrets Cory Doctorow
caliban books Newton's Principia Mathematica, George Washington's journal: archivist stole $8m worth of rare books from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library Cory Doctorow
russian academy of sciences More than 800 Russian academic articles retracted after "bombshell" report reveals plagiarism and other misconduct Cory Doctorow
drafts That text informing you that you've been drafted into the US Army? It's fake. For now. David Pescovitz
