An Amnesty International investigation uncovered 53 scamming compounds in Cambodia where people, including children and human trafficking victims, were forced to work and tortured or threatened with violence if they didn’t comply. Those forced into criminal activity in the compounds by gangs carried out “pig butchering” schemes and other online scams, such as using fraudulent…
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House bill seeks better tech to combat financial fraud scams against elderly
A bipartisan trio of House lawmakers is pushing a bill that would give law enforcement more resources to tackle financial fraud, pig butchering and other scams that specifically target older Americans. The Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act from Reps. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., would give state,…
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Asian Scam Farms: ‘Industrial Scale,’ Warns UN Report
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