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Australian police charge 7 with laundering hundreds of millions for Chinese crime syndicate 10/26/2023 05:22am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have charged seven people with helping launder hundreds of millions of dollars for a Chinese crime syndicate. Police said Thursday the arrests came after a 14-month investigation that involved multiple Australian agencies and the U.S. Department Former Prince George's Co. teacher says her account was hacked after security breach 10/25/2023 08:56pm • Stephani Cherkaoui, who was a former social studies teacher at the CMIT Academy Middle School in Laurel, Maryland, during the 2017-2018 school year, got an email from her credit monitoring service saying her account was compromised. "I go online, and I check it out and it says that my name and em 84-year-old Montgomery Co. woman scammed out of over $100k 10/24/2023 08:21pm • Joy Boone can't believe what happened to her 84-year-old mother. Boone said scammers convinced her mom who lives in Montgomery County, Maryland, to give them $120,000. Montgomery County police confirmed to WTOP that the incident was reported, and said detectives are investigating. "I just f In court faceoff, Michael Cohen testifies against Trump in fraud trial. Trump shrugs: 'Proven liar' 10/24/2023 06:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump's fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president's assets to “whatever number Trump told us to." Trump's lawyers — and outside court, Trump himse City Girls' uninhibited rap made them. On their third album, 'RAW,' the duo evolves their sound 10/24/2023 04:37pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls. They’ve been bringing life-affirming, pretty-girl scam rap to the masses since they were featured on Drake ’s “In My Feelings” and launched into superstardom with their 2018 debut “Girl Code” and its China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact 10/23/2023 11:58pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, a job offer to teach Chinese cooking at a restaurant led him into a cyber scam compound in Myanmar Iowa woman who made fake cancer claims on social media must pay restitution but stays out of prison 10/21/2023 06:10pm • DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who falsely claimed to have cancer and documented her “battle” on social media will stay out of prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence. Madison Russo, 20, never had pancreatic cancer, leukemia nor the football-sized tumor wrapped a Businesses are the biggest targets of financial crimes. Help is being offered in Prince George's Co. 10/21/2023 04:40am • October isn’t even over yet and already fraud and scams have cost Prince George’s County, Maryland, residents and businesses more than $10 million. With the holiday shopping season almost upon us, there’s concern that the number will go up even more. “Because of their large balance she Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website 10/20/2023 04:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 on Friday after his disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud trial lingered on his campaign website for weeks after the judge ordered it deleted. Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in Have you been contacted about a sweepstakes? Be careful, it could be fake 10/20/2023 06:08am • You may have received a call, email or letter saying you've won a sweepstakes, lottery or even a prize. But if they ask you to pay up, it's probably a scam. "Under the laws of most states and Federal Trade Commission guidelines, you can't be made to pay a price for the chance of winning a prize. Avoid Becoming One of These 8 Retirement Horror Stories 10/19/2023 08:00pm • With just a few twists and turns, retirement plans can get spooky -- fast. While many Americans look forward to having more free time after their working years, some find themselves in a gloomy situation they weren't expecting. Overspending, a lack of planning and financial missteps can quickly make Medicare open enrollment season is a target for scammers 10/17/2023 10:53pm • You may have seen ads by mail, email, phone and on TV for the Medicare enrollment period which starts on Oct. 15 and ends on Dec. 7. That means it's open season for Medicare and for Medicare scammers. So how can you know if what you're hearing is legit? "If somebody they're from the governmen Elon Musk’s X is testing an annual fee for unverified accounts 10/17/2023 08:48pm • New York (CNN) — After Elon Musk hinted last month that X could start charging all users, the company (formerly known as Twitter) announced a test of such a system. X said in a post on Tuesday that it is testing a new program called “Not a Bot” in which new users in New Zealand and the Phil Donald Trump is going back to court. Here’s what he's missed since his last visit to NYC fraud trial 10/16/2023 05:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will be back in court Tuesday for his New York civil fraud trial, but a face-to-face showdown with former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will have to wait. Cohen, a key witness in the state’s case against the former president, postponed his testimony, saying he neede Donald Trump returning to civil trial next week with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen set to testify 10/12/2023 05:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will be back in court next week for his New York civil fraud trial, a person familiar with the former president’s plans told The Associated Press on Thursday, setting up a potential face-to-face showdown with fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen, who is expected to testify