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22-year-old Ayumu Kuroda was a member of the idol group Junon Superboy Anothers, but now he’s been arrested for alleged fraud. Both he and 26-year-old Ryoya Yatsubayashi (who is not a member of the group) were arrested on January 5 by Aichi Prefectural Police’s Toyokawa Police Station…
Crypto Crime Topped $10 Billion in 2021: Report
According to the latest data from Chainalysis, the total cryptocurrency value received by illicit addresses grew to a new all-time high of $14 billion in 2021. Although the new all-time high is almost twice the $7.8 billion that was recorded in 2020, it represents just 0.15% of the 2021 cryptocurrency transaction volume…
The musician has threatened to name and shame banks aiding fraudsters using his name to scam people. The post Banks are operating accounts for fraudsters using my name: Peter Psquare appeared first on Peoples Gazette…
Enabling data to move more easily between organisations will undoubtedly lead to more crime, says a cybersecurity firm…
On the January 7 episode of TV Chosun’s “Heo Young Man’s Food Travel,” actress Yoon Eun Hye appeared as a guest. The first restaurant that Yoon Eun Hye and host Heo Young Man visited was a barley rice restaurant. Heo Young Man asked her, “You’re not of the age when you grew up eating barley…
Factbox-U.S. financial firms tighten COVID-19 precautions as Omicron spreads
Investment management company Merrill has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle allegations over its handling of accounts used related to fraud in northern Vermont developments that involved foreign investors’ money, the state of Vermont announced Friday.
The National Communications Authority (NCA), has justified the need for citizens to physically present themselves at the various outlets of their mobile network operators to complete the re-registration of their SIM cards. The Director of Consumer and Corporate Affairs at the National Communications Authority, Nana Defie Badu…
Mikel Arteta has welcomed Arsenal’s anti-knife crime campaign ‘No More Red’ as the Gunners prepare to wear an all-white kit in the FA Cup to promote the initiative…
