fraud

SEC起诉两家私募基金顾问，指控其挪用投资者资金，谎称资金用于购买OpenAI、SpaceX等公司IPO前股份，实际资金被用于夜总会消费和其他个人开支。

A user recounts how a tow truck company listed in Gemini's AI-generated search result turned out to be a fake, leading to credit card fraud — raising concerns about AI agents surfacing unverified links.

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has posted a cryptic message from prison proclaiming her innocence and stating 'the truth will set you free'.

Old-school credit card scams, such as physical mail scams and skimming, continue to be widespread and costly, with AI enabling more personalized and convincing fraud techniques.

X sued individuals for abusing its Creator Revenue Sharing program through coordinated inauthentic behavior and fraud, emphasizing its zero-tolerance policy for such actions.

Polymarket's rapid expansion has left security gaps that fraudsters are exploiting, raising concerns about the platform's integrity and oversight.

A user claims that Google's AI Studio falsely deletes data, providing technical evidence of illegal retention, and is taking legal action against Google.

A dark web service named Nexus is offering access to over 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's licenses, likely from a breach at identity verification company IDScan, raising national security concerns due to potential use in espionage and identity theft.

Viral peptides sold in Brooklyn bodegas were tested and found not to contain the labeled ingredients, raising concerns about mislabeling and safety in the unregulated peptide market.

Anthropic's report details extensive misuse of Claude by foreign spies, hackers, and AI companies for espionage, fraud, and unethical model training, accusing organizations like Alibaba and DeepSeek of stealing and laundering responses.

UC Berkeley researcher Hany Farid states that a ten-second voice clip is enough to compromise voice-based password systems, raising concerns about authentication security and fraud.

Revolut confirmed a customer data breach where sensitive information was disclosed due to fraudulent government impersonation scams, affecting a limited number of users.

A couple, claiming divine guidance, launched and promoted the INDXcoin cryptocurrency, leading to over 500 investors losing more than $3 million in a collapsed project alleged to be fraudulent.

Microsoft Teams is being exploited by scammers in China for romance and investment fraud, causing significant financial losses for victims who are deceived into using the platform for communication and fake investments.

A founder advises not to be surprised by failed payments in B2C web apps, citing Stripe's recent fraud prevention of $300M as an example of the scale of the issue.

A traditionally published sci-fi author details receiving numerous scam book-marketing pitches and sets a trap, exposing predatory services in the publishing industry with the involvement of an AI named Veronica.

In 2025, 52% of 346 major AI incidents involved deepfakes, leading to scams like a $25M transfer and a $1.7M investment loss through AI-generated voices and videos. The article reports on these cases and asks for tips to detect fakes.

TechCrunch investigates how VideoVerse's $250 million acquisition by Minute Media collapsed amid allegations of fraud and forged signatures, with multiple legal cases against founder Vinayak Shrivastav.

An article covering criminal deception and fraudulent behavior within the Silicon Valley tech industry.

OpenAI reports disrupting a Cambodia-based scam operation that used ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and law enforcement impersonation scams, and shared threat signals with industry partners.