News tagged with fraud scheme
US curbs on online poker compared to Prohibition
A former US senator who now represents poker players compared US efforts to curb online gambling to Prohibition on Tuesday as he argued for legislation that would allow Internet gaming.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Feds: Full Tilt Poker site was Ponzi scheme
(AP) -- An Internet poker company that was blocked from operating in the U.S. in the spring as part of an online gambling crackdown was "not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme," federal prosecutors said ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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3 indicted in $100 million Internet 'scareware' scheme
Three men have been indicted in connection with a Ukraine-based fraud scheme which tricked Internet users into believing their computers were infected and collected some 100 million dollars, officials said ...
May 27, 2010 |
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State govs saying 'No thanks' to mystery laptops
(AP) -- Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Probing Question: How do Ponzi Schemes work?
Imagine the shock, the horror, and the sheer panic that would come with learning that the financial plan you’d sunk your life savings into was a sham, the financial experts you trusted were crooks, and all your money was ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Ponzi scheme theme in 'Made Off' videogame
Is there a bit of Bernie in you? Mobile phone users worldwide will soon be able to play Ponzi scheme scammers in a new videogame based on the financial ruin wreaked by jailed US fraudster Bernard Madoff.
May 06, 2009 |
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