Hackers Stole $635,000 in Taylor Swift Ticket Scheme, Queens D.A. Says
Two people stand accused of taking hundreds of tickets from StubHub to redirect them to others who resold them, prosecutors said.
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Pair charged with stealing Taylor Swift tickets made over $600K selling them, prosecutors say
Two people were arrested and charged in a scheme to steal and resell online tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, making over $600,000 in the process, the Queens, New York, prosecutor’s office said.NBC News - 1d -
Cybercrime crew stole then resold hundreds of tickets to Swift concerts: Prosecutors
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He Stole $400,000 in Diamonds and Swapped Them for Look-Alikes
Manashe Sezanayev, who owned a store in Manhattan’s diamond district, pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing diamonds owned by other merchants and replacing them with cheaper, lab-grown stones.The New York Times - 5d -
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Sels saves Taylor's penalty to send Forest through
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Why this is no time for Zelenskyy to grovel to Trump | Paul Taylor
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Oprah, Whoopi, Queen Latifah honor Quincy Jones at Oscars
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Houston offers fans free ticket with Messi rested
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Mavs raise ticket costs, cite 'investments' in team
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Sources: Arsenal plan to raise fan ticket prices
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Watch live: Los Angeles DA provides update on Menendez brothers case
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L.A. DA does not support overturning Menendez brothers' murder convictions
Los Angeles' top prosecutor rejected a bid by Erik and Lyle Menendez to challenge their murder convictions, telling reporters Friday that evidence cited by the brothers did not meet the standards ...NBC News - Feb. 21 -
Menendez brothers case: DA asks court to deny their petition for new trial
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Los Angeles DA opposes new Menendez brothers trial
The Los Angeles district attorney said he does not support a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 murders of their parents. CBS News reporter Jasmine ...CBS News - Feb. 21 -
Musk calls social security 'greatest Ponzi scheme of all time'
After Elon Musk's DOGE team sent out a second email to millions of workers over the weekend demanding a list of accomplishments or risk getting fired, Democrats warned that Musk may next turn to ...NBC News - 2d -
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Federal workers 'don't deserve' their paychecks
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Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange Bybit in biggest-ever heist
Theft deals blow to an industry that has been reinvigorated by Donald Trump’s re-electionFinancial Times - Feb. 21 -
Federal cybersecurity layoffs could leave U.S. vulnerable to hackers
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Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’
Bybit platform appeals to ‘brightest minds’ in cybersecurity for help after attacker transfers Ethereum currency . The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has called on the “brightest minds” in ...The Guardian - Feb. 23 -
North Korean hackers behind $1.5 billion crypto hack: Security firm
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