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Wednesday
Apr032013

Gave With One Hand; Took Back With the Other

2 admit roles in 12-state school sports fraud

San Francisco Chronicle

Two former executives of a sports gear company admitted in federal court Tuesday that they routinely overbilled schools by forging fake price quotes from competitors in a decade-long fraud scheme that extended to 12 states.

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Thursday
Mar282013

Historical DDoS Attack

Inside the biggest cyberattack in history

Mashable

A cyberattack originally targeting a single company is now being described by experts as one of the biggest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Internet history.

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Monday
Mar252013

Fraud at the Movies

The $30m movie that turned into a $4m tax fraud

Bloomberg

The plot: Convince the government you spent $30 million to make a movie. Then collect a check for $4.2 million in tax relief. When the tax man asks to see the movie, get filming on the cheap.

Watch the video here.

Tuesday
Mar192013

An Algorithm to Detect Cheating

What gamers can teach us about fraud

HBR Blog Network

Like it or not, gamification is on the rise. Since 2010, big consumer brands such as NBC, Walgreens and Southwest Airlines have all launched major projects that center around gaming. Why? Because games make previously dry subjects, such as corporate training, more fun and engaging.

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Friday
Mar152013

Warning: Read on an Empty Stomach

10 nasty cases of food fraud

care2.com

Thanks to the rapidly-expanding scope of the horse meat scandal in Europe, many of us have food fraud on the brain and are starting to pick suspiciously at the contents of our plates; what did you really have for dinner last night?

Read the full article here.