Narrowing the Member States’s Discretion under Directive 2004/80/EC On 7 November 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) provided essential clarifications for building a cohesive and protective EU-wide framework for compensating crime victims. This is not the first instance in which the Court has been called upon to address the legislative ambiguities … Read more
An emerging and little-known cybercrime operation that deploys LockBit-based ransomware has claimed 22 victims so far, according to a report by Huntress published last week. Huntress discovered that an obscure operation known as SafePay was behind two incidents targeting its customers in October 2024. Huntress was able to investigate the group and reverse engineer its … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, talk to relatives of victims of the Argentine dictatorship during a ceremony at the Santa Cruz church in Buenos Aires, on November 17, 2024. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP On Sunday, November 17, the Santa Cruz church in Buenos Aires resounded with a collective “presente!” (“present!”), the … Read more
But Freeman ruled that “May suffered economic harm because of third-party scammers’ fraudulent inducement, not Google’s omission or misrepresentation.” Additionally, May failed to show that Google had any duty to refund customers, after Google cited Target and Walmart policies to show that it’s common to refuse refunds. Scam victims did not use gift card “as … Read more
Vivian says her job as a financial analyst performing forensic accounting is like piecing together a puzzle. Typically, the pieces are bank statements, business records, and other official documents. It’s Vivian’s challenge to make the pieces fit. Recently, Vivian helped TDI’s Fraud Unit stop two doctors – Desi and Deno Barroga of Dallas – who … Read more
