Tag: police
Czech Police Detail Methods Used by $9mn Scam Call Center Based in Ukraine
Fraudsters used CLI spoofing and native Czech speakers to aid the impersonation of Czech banks and police.
AT&T Implicated in Trillion CDR Surveillance Program
Senator Ron Wyden believes the White House-funded purchase of call data from AT&T may have broken the law.
Prosecutors Want to Confiscate $8mn of Assets from Publicity-Hungry Owner of Scam Call Center
Kunal Gupta claimed to be a philanthropist but police say his firm made $17.4mn by defrauding victims in the USA, UK and Australia.
A True Story about a Corrupt Fraud Investigator and a Sex Pest
Telcos need to employ trustworthy investigators because crime occurs within companies as well as to them.
Thousands Tricked Into Revealing Banking Details by Smishing IMSI-Catcher Driven around Norway
The IMSI-catcher was used over a 23-day period to send SMS texts with links to websites that impersonated three banks.
Corrupt Police Analyst Warned Criminals about Secret Comms Surveillance
Natalie Mottram used her computer to access investigation files from the home of a man with connections to organized crime.
Notorious Mobile Money SIM Swap Fraudster Arrested in the Act
Emmanuel Kiprono and his gang target Kenyans with large M-PESA balances.
Serious Privacy Flaws Found in Comms System Used by Police and Other Key Services Worldwide
TETRA is an ETSI system for secure comms used in over half of all countries. Dutch researchers identified five vulnerabilities.
250 Simboxes Seized by Ukraine Raids on Bot Farms
But some of the footage of confiscated equipment appears to have been publicized before.
Police Got Crime Intel from 115mn Conversations by Infiltrating EncroChat Comms Network
Spying on the encrypted comms allowed police to subsequently seize or freeze almost a billion dollars' worth of cash and bank accounts.
13 Years in Prison for Head of London Phone Spoofing Fraud Outfit
Tejay Fletcher ran a crime service that earned USD100,000 per week by making it easy for scammers to spoof numbers used by banks.
Why Did UK Police Receive No Punishment for Unlawfully Recording 200,000 Calls?
The double standard in the application of the UK's data protection laws reflects the depth of institutionalized complacency.
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