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Fraud fighters targeted by scams

2015-06-30 13:32:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Con-artists are targeting exhibitors at a conference attended by the very people who tackle scams and fraud.

Tech: Video kills the insurance fraud star

2015-06-27 23:10:30| Wireless - Topix.net

Our technology editor reviews the Nextbast In-Car Cam 402G Professional, Sony SRS-X11, Canon Powershot G3X, Withings Home and Wemo Insight Switch. You're in a minor car collision.

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Phoenix-area Realtor gets 5 years in prison as feds hunt for pastor in mortgage fraud

2015-06-25 03:39:22| Real Estate - Topix.net

A local real estate agent was sentenced to five years in a federal prison and was ordered to pay $568,400 in restitution to victims in a mortgage fraud case that went on for 11 years. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix announced the sentencing of Julio Cesar Esquivel Reyes , 41. He lives in Tolleson.

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Electronics firm's securities fraud case reinstated

2015-06-24 19:06:12| Electronics - Topix.net

A federal appeals court has reinstated a securities fraud class action lawsuit against an electronics company and three of its officers, who were charged with "knowingly and recklessly" propping up the company's stock price when it was being considered for an acquisition that eventually fell through. Tuesday's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in In Re: Harman International Industries Inc. Securities Litigation focused on two statements officials of Stamford, Connecticut-based Harman allegedly made during conference calls with analysts in April and September 2007, and a third that was made in its annual report in August 2007.

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