fraud This researcher learned how "triangulation fraud" works when she bought a used Nespresso machine Mark Frauenfelder
crime "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow
crime 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
youtube Youtube's Content ID has become the tool of choice for grifty copyfraudsters who steal from artists Cory Doctorow
crime Court case lays bare KPMG's crimes: poaching employees from its own regulators and making them steal government secrets Cory Doctorow
Business Newton's Principia Mathematica, George Washington's journal: archivist stole $8m worth of rare books from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library Cory Doctorow
Science More than 800 Russian academic articles retracted after "bombshell" report reveals plagiarism and other misconduct Cory Doctorow
military That text informing you that you've been drafted into the US Army? It's fake. For now. David Pescovitz
fraud After decades of corporate theft, Spinal Tap is finally getting paid by Universal Cory Doctorow
crime Your phone is a crimewave in your pocket, and it's all the fault of greedy carriers and complicit regulators Cory Doctorow
Business As New York State's shareholder suit against Big Oil for climate denial proceeds, Exxonmobil caught intimidating witnesses Cory Doctorow
trumpism Grifty "Students For Trump" founder pleads guilty to wire fraud for pretending to be a lawyer Cory Doctorow
corruption Facebook's alleged growth is largely coming from countries where Facebook says it has a fake account problem Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Cooperative porno copyright troll gets 5 years in prison, while his co-conspirator got 14 years Cory Doctorow
