Investigating signature fraud in Arizona's elections
Investigating petition fraud.
Investigating petition fraud.
Digital fraud detection company BioCatch has a new majority shareholder: A U.K.-based private equity firm, Permira, is acquiring shares in the company "primarily" from existing investors, including Bain Capital, Maverick Ventures, and Tech Opportunities, in a secondary market transaction that values BioCatch at $1.3 billion. Existing shareholders Sapphire Ventures and Macquarie Capital are also increasing their stake in BioCatch, though the firms did not mention by how much.
News that the former founder of HeadSpin is headed to prison for fraud was further evidence that the last boom in the paired worlds of startup and venture capital led to more than just a little bit of fraud. Manish Lachwani, founder in question, is getting prison time and a massive fine for lying to investors, lies that allowed his company to raise nine-figures' worth of funding. Fair enough, but the tale of Lachwani — The New York Times reports that Lachwani inflated "HeadSpin’s revenue nearly fourfold, making false claims about its customers and creating fake invoices to cover it up" — is not an isolated case.
Bland pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in 2019.
The former employee was a warehouse coordinator in charge of Masters memorabilia.
Betancourt faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
A few weeks after defeating Elon Musk's attempt to silence it in court, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — an anti-hate research nonprofit — is back with a new piece of research on X (formerly Twitter). The study builds on earlier work investigating Musk's impact on online speech by spotlighting how the policy changes he enacted are actively rewarding hate speech posters with increased reach, engagement and even direct payouts through X's subscriber feature. The CCDH studied the growth rates of 10 influential accounts that pay for X Premium and have posted anti-Jewish and/or anti-Muslim hate speech since October 7, 2023, when Hamas' attack on Israel sparked the Israel-Gaza conflict.
A lot went down before Ippei Mizuhara was charged.
Washington is spending another $61 billion to help Ukraine. But most of the money will flow through the US economy first.
Tuesday's bigger-than-expected increase in wage data for the first quarter is the latest in a string of economic data that has Wall Street cautious about the Fed's next move.
University leaders need to "control" pro-Palestinian protestors, the Senator said.
The president isn't saying so, but the administration's behind-the-scenes actions reveal a fear that rising gas prices could doom his reelection effort.
The former president’s criminal hush money is set to resume in Manhattan Friday when former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returns to the witness stand to face cross-examination by the defense.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a landmark case regarding former President Donald Trump's bid for criminal immunity. Here are the key takeaways.
An appeals court judge rejects former President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay the start of the hush money trial on the grounds that presidential immunity protects him from being prosecuted.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote to restore net neutrality later this month. With the Democrats finally holding an FCC majority in the final year of President Biden’s first term.
Starlink internet terminals are reportedly being widely used in Ukraine by Russian forces. There’s a thriving black market for the devices which stretches beyond Ukraine into Sudan.
Americans are in a gloomy mood, but new research points out that a lot of imortant things are going right.
Congress is finally providing more of the aid Ukraine needs to survive. Here's why this is money well spent.
While it’s expected to pass, the resolution will likely expose a bitter divide between moderate and progressive Democrats over the war in Gaza.
Both candidates have potential liabilities that could be highlighted under the bright lights of the debate stage.