CEO of dozens of companies charged in estimated $1B fraud & counterfeit scheme
CEO of Dozens of Companies and Entities Charged in Scheme to Traffic an Estimated $1 Billion in Fraudulent and Counterfeit Cisco Networking Equipment
A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey returned an indictment last week charging a resident of Florida with running a massive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment...
Synchronoss Technologies and senior employees charged with accounting-related misconduct
SEC Charges New Jersey Software Company and Senior Employees with Accounting-Related Misconduct
Synchronoss Technologies to Pay $12.5 Million to Settle Charges, Former CEO to Reimburse Company
Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Bridgewater, NJ-based Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. and seven senior employees, including the former CFO, in connection with their roles related to long-running accounting improprieties that ran...
Nominan la serie de investigación de Aitana Vargas sobre el presunto entramado fraudulento de Hadari Oshri
Nominan la serie de investigación de Aitana Vargas que destapa el presunto entramado fraudulento de Hadari Oshri
Los Ángeles (CA) – En junio de 2021, la empresaria israelí Hadari Oshri pidió una orden de alejamiento contra la corresponsal española Aitana Vargas. Su objetivo era frenar en seco e impedir cualquier cobertura mediática de la periodista, cuya serie de investigación distribuida...
SCWorx Corp. and former CEO misled investors about COVID-19 test kits
Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged New York-based SCWorx Corp. and its former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Marc S. Schessel, with making false and misleading statements about SCWorx’s plans to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits in April 2020. SCWorx has agreed to settle the SEC’s charges and will pay a $125,000...
Aitana Vargas’s exposé on Hadari Oshri nominated for journalism award
Oshri tried to stop the release of Vargas's series exposing her alleged participation in a $370M PPE scheme
In June 2021, Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas was served with court papers to stop the release of her months-long investigative series exposing entrepreneur Hadari Oshri's participation in an alleged multimillion-dollar PPE scam with conman Marc Lubaszka.
In September 2021, Oshri's meritless legal...
US Leads Seizure of One of the World’s Largest Hacker Forums and Arrests Administrator
The Department of Justice today announced the seizure of the RaidForums website, a popular marketplace for cybercriminals to buy and sell hacked data, and unsealed criminal charges against RaidForums’ founder and chief administrator, Diogo Santos Coelho, 21, of Portugal. Coelho was arrested in the United Kingdom on Jan. 31, at the United States’ request and remains in custody pending the...
Former DHS Employee Convicted of Scheme to Defraud the US
Charges Involved Theft of Proprietary Software and Sensitive Databases from U.S. Government
A former Acting Branch Chief of the Information Technology Division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS-OIG) was convicted today by a jury of multiple federal charges stemming from the theft of proprietary software and sensitive databases from the U.S. government.
Murali Y. Venkata, 56, of Aldie, Virginia,...
Russian government employees charged in historical hacking campaigns targeting critical infrastructure worldwide
Defendants’ Separate Campaigns Both Targeted Software and Hardware for Operational Technology Systems
The Department of Justice has unsealed two indictments charging four defendants –all Russian nationals who worked for the Russian government– with attempting, supporting and conducting computer intrusions that together, in two separate conspiracies, targeted the global energy sector between 2012 and 2018. In total, these hacking campaigns targeted...
SEC proposes rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure by public companies
Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to its rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies.
"Over the years, our disclosure regime has evolved to reflect evolving risks and investor needs," said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. "Today, cybersecurity is an emerging risk with which public...
The US announces increased international cooperation to target Russian assets
Australia, Canada, the European Commission, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, the UK, and U.S., Agree to Increased Cooperation to Target Russian Assets
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen today met virtually with representatives from Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Commission, to launch the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO)...