1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (541+ words) Although the financial services industry has gotten better at thwarting fraud, it "squeezes the crime balloon," spurring criminal effort and energy to be directed toward harder-to-detect scams, a Navy Federal Credit Union executive said. "The puzzle for fraud is really…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1205+ words) Some government officials said they understand the community’s anger, but warn that many of these contracts fall outside their jurisdiction. HOUSTON — At a 9 a.m. Harris County Commissioners Court meeting Aug. 17, dozens of Houston residents filed into the courtroom. The commissioners…...

10+ hour, 5+ min ago   (332+ words) A 20-year-old Georgia man was booked into the Chatham County Detention Center after police say he used artificial intelligence to create fake accounts designed to make phony delivery orders look legitimate. Store managers at a major national retailer noticed something…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (692+ words) Artificial intelligence’s command of online search results played a role in legitimizing the romance scam allegedly perpetrated by phony financial advisor Taylor Chan and Daejon Love, a 35-year-old who pretended to be a wealthy investor and NFL player for the…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (478+ words) Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the surveillance infrastructure built in their aftermath has merged with a digital world. That world generates vast amounts of data about ordinary Americans. Artificial intelligence is now making it far easier to connect and…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (343+ words) A legal brief that argued for overturning a murder conviction contained fake testimony from fabricated witnesses, including supposed police officers who do not exist, according to New Mexico’s Supreme Court. Stephen D. Aarons, a lawyer representing convicted murderer Oscar Renee…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (501+ words) TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said fraud is up nationwide as scammers find more creative ways to target victims. The PCSD said the scams are different and more complex than in the past, with a lot of…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (313+ words) Officer Michael Klews, with the Eugene Police Department, uses advanced crash-reconstruction tools, including 3D scanning, drones, and vehicle data recorders, to digitally recreate crash scenes and help determine what happened in serious collisions, sometimes years later. EUGENE, Ore. - Eugene Police Officer…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (284+ words) citybuzz - Wrap Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: WRAP) is expanding its public safety platform beyond individual technologies to integrate training, situational awareness, response capabilities, and continuous learning. This strategic move positions the company at the intersection of converging public safety needs, where…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (511+ words) A disturbing incident in which someone dressed in a Cat in the Hat costume chased a teenager in West Kelowna, B.C., occurred amid an online trend that twists the popular children's character into something sinister, leading police in some jurisdictions to…...