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Accounting. Operation Avalanche was a major United States investigation of child pornography on the Internet launched in 1999 after the arrest and conviction of Thomas and Janice Reedy, who operated an Internet pornography business called Landslide Productions in Fort Worth, Texas. [1] It was made public in early August 2001, at the end of ...
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
The Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018 (AVAA) (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 115–299 (text) (PDF)) is a United States federal law that changes how federal courts determine the amount of restitution victims of child pornography offenses receive. [ 1 ] The AVAA responds to the United States Supreme ...
The National Child Victim Identification Program (NCVIP) is the world's largest database of child pornography, maintained by the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) of the United States Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) for the purpose of identifying victims of child abuse. [1][2]
An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [ 1 ][ 2 ] If a victim makes the payment, the ...
The FBI's 2023 cryptocurrency fraud report, released earlier this week, found that Americans lost $5.6 billion to crypto scammers last year. The massive figure represents a 45% increase from the ...
The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
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