Federal Bureau of Investigation its annual report on internet crime, and the numbers on internet fraud were both predictable and disturbing.WIRED OPINIONABOUT is an attorney and former federal prosecutor specializing in financial fraud.It was another record year. The bureau received 791,790 complaints of “internet-enabled crime” in 2020 (a 69 percent increase over the prior year), representing over $4.1 billion in reported losses (a 20 percent increase). These complaints included a wide array of crimes, such as phishing, spoofing, extortion, data breaches, and identity theft. Collectively,...…Federal Bureau of Investigation its annual report on internet crime, and the numbers on internet fraud were both predictable and disturbing.WIRED OPINIONABOUT is an attorney and former federal prosecutor specializing in financial fraud.It was another record year. The bureau received 791,790 complaints of “internet-enabled crime” in 2020 (a 69 percent increase over the prior year), representing over $4.1 billion in reported losses (a 20 percent increase). These complaints included a wide array of crimes, such as phishing, spoofing, extortion, data breaches, and identity theft. Collectively,...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.In the dwindling weeks of , the Justice Department that it had reached a settlement with Boeing to resolve a years-long criminal investigation after two crashed and killed 346 people. The headlines predictably focused on the top-line figure that the government had advertised — a $2.5 billion payment from the company — but this was about as accurate as a Trump University marketing flyer. In fact, this may have been one of the most unusual and ill-conceived corporate criminal settlements in American history.Until last year, I...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.In the dwindling weeks of , the Justice Department that it had reached a settlement with Boeing to resolve a years-long criminal investigation after two crashed and killed 346 people. The headlines predictably focused on the top-line figure that the government had advertised — a $2.5 billion payment from the company — but this was about as accurate as a Trump University marketing flyer. In fact, this may have been one of the most unusual and ill-conceived corporate criminal settlements in American history.Until last year, I...WW…

AdvertisementAdvertisementOn Monday, President Donald Trump once again challenged the legitimacy of the upcoming presidential election, saying on Twitter that November’s ballots “cannot be accurately counted.” The legal wrangling over that count has already begun, but Trump in recent days has escalated his unfounded claims of fraud and challenges to the legality of the vote. Fortunately for the president, Attorney General William Barr is working overtime to feed that false narrative—and also to offer potential future support, should the vote count be litigated in the...…AdvertisementAdvertisementOn Monday, President Donald Trump once again challenged the legitimacy of the upcoming presidential election, saying on Twitter that November’s ballots “cannot be accurately counted.” The legal wrangling over that count has already begun, but Trump in recent days has escalated his unfounded claims of fraud and challenges to the legality of the vote. Fortunately for the president, Attorney General William Barr is working overtime to feed that false narrative—and also to offer potential future support, should the vote count be litigated in the...WW…