There seems to be a new wave of "hacker attacks"--aimed at your cell phones and BlackBerrys. But is there any way to protect yourself? On Today’s "Street Signs," Erin Burnett asked Ed English, with internet security firm Trend Micro and Anne Wallace from The Identity Theft Assistance Center. Ed English explained that hackers who break into computers are now targeting cell phones and mobile devices - anywhere that we’re storing personal information.
Two weeks and counting until Christmas, and the shoppers are out in force. But so are the shoplifters, who get more sophisticated all the time. Now, they're facing a new kind of resistance. On this morning’s “Squawk Box” CNBC’s Scott Cohn went behind the scenes to see what business are doing to catch these thieves.
NEW YORK, Nov 28- A New York businessman accused of attempting to defraud Facebook and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, out of billions of dollars pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to fraud charges. Federal prosecutors last month charged Paul Ceglia, 39, with faking a business contract that purported to show that Ceglia owned a large stake in Facebook.
According to the SEC, Parker allegedly tipped off Van Gilder and at least one other friend about the upcoming investment by Tracinda. The SEC also claims Parker told Van Gilder about Delta's confidential third quarter 2007 earnings. All of the various tips helped generate more than $890,000 in illicit profits, the SEC said.
*Adoboli convicted of fraud, acquitted of false accounting. LONDON, Nov 20- UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for the biggest fraud in British history, which cost the Swiss bank $2.3 billion.
*Biggest fraud in UK history. LONDON, Nov 20- Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail on Tuesday for the biggest fraud in British history, which resulted in a loss of $2.3 billion for the Swiss bank.
*Biggest fraud in UK history. LONDON, Nov 20- Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail on Tuesday for the biggest fraud in British history, which resulted in a loss of $2.3 billion for the Swiss bank.
*Biggest fraud in UK history. LONDON, Nov 20- Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail on Tuesday for the biggest fraud in British history, which resulted in a loss of $2.3 billion for the Swiss bank.
LONDON, Nov 20- Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was convicted on Tuesday of the biggest fraud in British history, which resulted in a loss of $2.3 billion for the Swiss bank. He had pleaded not guilty to two charges of fraud by abuse of position covering the period from October 2008 to his arrest on Sept. 15, 2011.
LONDON, Nov 20- Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was convicted on Tuesday of the biggest fraud in British history, which resulted in a loss of $2.3 billion for the Swiss bank. He had pleaded not guilty to two charges of fraud by abuse of position covering the period from October 2008 to his arrest on Sept. 15, 2011.
LONDON, Nov 20- Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was convicted on Tuesday of the biggest fraud in British history, which resulted in a loss of $2.3 billion for the Swiss bank. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty on count six of the indictment, which held him directly responsible for the $2.3 billion loss.
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The SEC said the settlement with the former banker Igor Cornelsen and Bainbridge Group Inc, the firm in which he made his trades, includes a $3.36 million fine, the disgorgement of $1.68 million of illegal profit, and $136,621 of interest.
TOKYO/ SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 30- Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada's Universal Entertainment funnelled at least $30 million to an ex-consultant for the Philippines gaming authority who is now at the center of a bribery investigation, according to sources and company records.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2012-- Gainey& McKenna announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of investors who purchased the shares of Hi-Crush Partners LP in and/or following the Company's initial public offering completed on or about August 16, 2012.
In what they called "the most lucrative" insider-trading scheme ever, prosecutors alleged that Mathew Martoma helped Cohen's firm avoid losses and reap profits totaling $276 million in the summer of 2008 by using insider tips he got from a doctor about Elan Corp and Wyeth LLC.
In what they called "the most lucrative" insider-trading scheme ever, prosecutors alleged that Mathew Martoma helped Cohen's firm avoid losses and reap profits totaling $276 million in the summer of 2008 by using insider tips he got from a doctor about Elan Corp and Wyeth LLC.
In what they called "the most lucrative" insider-trading scheme ever, prosecutors alleged that Mathew Martoma helped Cohen's firm avoid losses and reap profits totaling $276 million in the summer of 2008 by using insider tips he got from a doctor about Elan Corp and Wyeth LLC.
San Francisco entrepreneur Samuel "Mouli" Cohen starts a fake Internet music company and takes in $31 million from celebrities, investors, and a charity dedicated to help the poor. He claims they will make a fortune when his company is sold to Microsoft. But there is no deal. The millions go to fund his opulent mansion, a private jet, and a priceless art collection. When his scam is revealed investors find out the mansion and jet are rented and the artwork is fake. They were all part of his lies.