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Interpol announces Operation First Light in battle against phone and internet scammers
- Global effort
- More than 20,000 arrested
- $153 million seized
- Includes BEC and romance scams
Europol announces major effort against counterfeit medicine
- 27+ countries
- Seize €73 million worth of products
- 667 arrested
- 453 websites taken down
Virus benefit theft
- Maryland: Scammers use names of state governor, other top officials, to apply for unemployment benefits there
- New York: Three salon owners arrested for PPP fraud; tried to get $13 million
- Arkansas: Woman pleads guilty to PPP fraud; got $2 million
- Pasadena, California man arrested for fraud in unemployment benefits; used stolen money to buy a Maserati
