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Money
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Jan 27, 2026
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17 min read
Buy Now, Bleed Later: How $20 Billion in Holiday Debt Just Made You a Fraud Target
While you were financing Christmas, criminals were financing their operations. Inside the BNPL trap where economic desperation meets systematic exploitation, and why embedding debt into your debit card is the fraud industry's dream come true.
Money
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Jan 13, 2026
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21 min read
Two Frauds, Zero Justice: Why California's Billionaire Tax Fails
How "buy, borrow, die" tax avoidance and a $20 billion "solution" both end with working people paying the bill
Money
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Jan 6, 2026
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20 min read
Follow the Money to Nowhere
Two-week pilots become $100 million unicorns, the worst-performing state gets carved out of accountability, and systematic fraud wins when enforcement becomes selective
Fraud
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Dec 30, 2025
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16 min read
When Everyone's a Scammer, Who's Really Stealing?
The psychology of petty theft reveals why 2025 became the year ordinary Americans justified becoming criminals
Fraud
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Dec 23, 2025
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17 min read
Meta Makes $16 Billion From Scam Ads While Hosting Half of All Rental Fraud
Meta earns $16 billion annually from scam advertising while 50% of rental fraud victims found their fake listings on Facebook, plus: Medicare scammers call individual seniors 50-60 times daily during enrollment, and AI hackers now outperform humans at $18 per hour
Fraud
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Dec 16, 2025
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13 min read
The Missing Comma That Cost a Firefighter His Cancer Coverage
How insurance companies exploit legal ambiguity to systematically deny claims, plus: 63% of banks admit underreporting fraud losses, elder fraud hits $81.5 billion as six-figure losses become normal, and why marketplace payment links are draining accounts the moment sellers click
Fraud
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Dec 9, 2025
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13 min read
Your bank's 2025 report card: F
71% of fraud is now automated account takeover, but banks are investing in backend liability management instead of the customer education that would actually stop it.
Fraud
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Dec 2, 2025
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16 min read
Does Your Teenager Know What OPSEC Is? (One Didn't. Cost: $47K)
Teen OPSEC failures, malware hidden in images, athletes targeted for identity theft, and crypto holders attacked at gunpoint.
Fraud
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Nov 25, 2025
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22 min read
The Fraud Vendor Who Cried Wolf: Inside the Business of Fake Safety
Ninety percent of firms feel protected, almost all are getting hit, while pandemic scammers buy Porsches with lunch money.
