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Thailand conference launches international initiative to fight online scams 12/19/2025 04:56am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand on Thursday helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia estimated to bilk billions of dollars annually from victims around the world. Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Unite Half of $18B in federal funds for Minnesota-run programs may have been defrauded, official says 12/18/2025 05:21pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen, a federal prosecutor said Thursday, describing the massive and multilayered fraud schemes as staggering. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson Inmate connected to Silver Spring gold bar scam found dead 12/18/2025 09:58am • Maryland State Police are investigating after an inmate who was involved in a gold bar scam was found dead at the Maryland Correctional and Training Center in Hagerstown on Tuesday. Officials identified Wenhui Sun, 36, as the man who died, according to a news release. Sun was serving a 6.5-ye Virginia Lottery wants you to be aware of a scam when buying tickets this holiday season 12/18/2025 04:03am • The Powerball jackpot has risen to an��estimated grand prize of $1.25 billion as of Wednesday night. However, if you're planning on playing the lottery to try to win your millions, there's a new scam you should be aware of. Khalid Jones, executive director of the Virginia Lottery, said the newest Protect Your Money From Zelle Scams 12/17/2025 07:00pm • Zelle is an electronic person-to-person payment service offered by many U.S. banks as an alternative to nonbank P2P services, like PayPal or Venmo. Zelle is convenient if you have a bank checking or savings account. Those benefits, combined with Zelle's near-instant and irreversible transactions, ma Takeaways from The Associated Press report on Myanmar's crackdown on cyberscam centers 12/17/2025 11:39am • Myanmar���s military government has announced a new ���zero tolerance��� policy against the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that have taken root in the country. As a sign of commitment, they raided and bombed KK Park ��� a notorious compound that has become a symbol of impunity in the battle agai Myanmar declares a 'zero tolerance' policy for cyberscams. But the fraud goes on 12/17/2025 11:38am • It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar���s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that have taken root in the country. They started by raiding and then bombing KK Park ��� a notorious comp 'Free trials should actually be free': DC, Va., Md. sue Uber alleging manipulative subscription service 12/16/2025 04:10pm • All three attorneys general in the D.C. region are suing Uber, accusing the rideshare app of taking advantage of consumers through its "deceptive" subscription service, Uber One. Nineteen states, including Virginia, Maryland and D.C., filed a joint lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission agains A warning about a new gift card scam called draining 12/16/2025 03:52am • Are gift cards on your holiday shopping list? Beware, there���s a new scam where the balance on cards you buy may disappear before it can be used. It���s called gift card draining. According to a news release from the office of D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, scammers take an unpurchased gif Thailand to hold early election on Feb. 8 after parliament dissolution 12/15/2025 07:31am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand will hold an early election on Feb. 8, the country���s election regulator said Monday, days after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the country's parliament. Anutin, who has been in office for only three months and is seeking another term, disbanded the legislat Myanmar calls on countries to take back citizens held in crackdown on scam centers 12/14/2025 07:28am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Myanmar���s military regime appealed to the international community on Sunday to take back hundreds of foreigners who have been detained in a crackdown on scam centers in the country's eastern Kayin state near the Thai border. In recent months, the authorities have raided two major What to know about Trump's executive order to curtail state AI regulations 12/12/2025 03:35pm • President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday pressuring states not to regulate artificial intelligence. Trump and some Republicans argue that the limited regulations already enacted by states, and others that might follow, will dampen innovation and growth for the technology. Critics f Thailand's parliament is dissolved for a new election early next year 12/12/2025 11:12am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s parliament was dissolved Friday for a new election early next year as the country engaged in deadly fighting with Cambodia. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved the House of Representatives after getting approval from King Maha Vajiralongkorn, whose endorsement Director convicted of scamming $11M from Netflix and going on lavish spending spree 12/11/2025 04:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A Hollywood director was convicted Thursday on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedd Pakistan military court sentences ex-spy chief Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison 12/11/2025 12:11pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� A military court on Thursday sentenced a former spy chief of Pakistan to 14 years in prison, more than a year after court-martial proceedings began against him on multiple charges, including engaging in political activities and violating the Official Secrets Act, the military said