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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Buffalo man sentenced for purchasing stolen Paypal, Venmo, Amazon account information
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to over three years in prison for purchasing stolen account information from Paypal, Venmo, and other companies, in addition to a drug charge, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Between March 2020 and May 2021, 43-year-old Corey Robert Dodge allegedly purchased 14 packages on an illicit online marketplace known as Genesis Market. The market works by retrieving account information from malware-infected computers around the world and selling it for bitcoin. Stolen credentials purchased by Dodge included accounts for Paypal, Venmo, Chase, eTrade, eBay, Amazon, FedEx, Walmart, Etsy, and Tracfone. During a search at his residence for evidence related to the Genesis Market, Dodge was found to be in possession of fentanyl and other drugs. He was sentenced to three years and five months in prison and was also ordered to forfeit $27,000 related to the crimes. He was originally convicted of possessing 15 or more unauthorized access devices with intent to defraud and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Kayleigh Hunter-Gasperini joined the News 4 team in 2024 as a Digital Video Producer. She is a graduate of Chatham University. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Is Paypal (PYPL) Up 8.5% Since Last Earnings Report?
A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Paypal (PYPL). Shares have added about 8.5% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500. Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Paypal due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers. It turns out, fresh estimates have trended upward during the past month. The consensus estimate has shifted 8.3% due to these changes. Currently, Paypal has a nice Growth Score of B, a grade with the same score on the momentum front. Following the exact same course, the stock was allocated a grade of B on the value side, putting it in the second quintile for this investment strategy. Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of A. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in. Estimates have been broadly trending upward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions looks promising. Notably, Paypal has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
DW
22-05-2025
- Sport
- DW
Enhanced Games world record claim: What does it mean? – DW – 05/22/2025
An event dubbed "Olympics on Drugs" and backed by the Trump family has moved a step closer to reality. The Enhanced Games claim one of its doped athletes has already broken a world record and now has a venue and date. Whatever its legitimacy, the organizers of the Enhanced Games know how to grab attention. A launch on Wednesday was accompanied by a glossy one-hour film, a sales platform for prescription performance enhancers and the claim of a new 50-meters freestyle world record by Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev. "He should be retired, but in fact, he's swimming faster than any human being has ever done so. Why? Because he used technology and science to enhance his performance," boasted founder Aron D'Souza. "Once the world realizes that, I think everyone is going to want it. Every middle-aged guy who once played competitive sport and is now suffering from back pain is going to say, 'What is he on and how do I get it?'" Gkolomeev, who has failed to reach the podium in his four Olympic performances, will not be credited by any official body for a number of reasons; there is no independent adjudication, he was wearing an inline full-body open water suit that falls outside World Aquatics standards and, most pertinently, there was no doping control. In fact, performance-enhancing drugs are demanded by organizers who also claim Gkolomeev broke another world record in jammers, shorts which are allowed in the Olympics. Has a world record really been broken? Not in any meaningful sense. World Aquatics, who govern swimming, have been as dismissive of the Enhanced Games as most of their fellow sporting bodies. "The Enhanced Games are not a sporting competition built on universal values like honesty, fairness and equity: they are a circus, built on shortcuts," read a statement from swimming's global governing body. While it's apparent that Gkolomeev was doped, it is not clear what with. The Enhanced Games have not revealed what substances the 31-year-old took, citing personal confidentiality, despite consistently promising transparency. What is the point of the Enhanced Games? Much of the promotion has been around two things – money and drugs. At Wednesday's launch, D'Souza revealed that the first event would feature four swimming races, four athletics sprints and a weightlifting competition. Each event winner is to receive $500,000 (€440,000) with a $1 million bonus for world records in the 50-meters freestyle and 100-meter sprint and $250,000 for other world records. The Trump family, in the shape of Donald Trump Jr. have invested in the Enhanced Games Image: Alex Brandon/AP/picture alliance Investors including Donald Trump Jr., Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, German tech investor Christian Angermayer and former Coinbase Chief Technology Officer Balaji Srinivasan will hope to profit from the organization's "Telehealth Platform" it says will launch in August in a number of US states. The website currently offers "priority access" to a "fully tailored enhancement plan' for a fee of $99. The Enhanced Games say this is all legal with most banned substances in high-level sport available on prescription in the United States. They also insist they will go by the book. When will the Enhanced Games take place? While the drug-selling aspect of the Enhanced Games will be operational soon, the actual event will not take place until next May 21-24 in Las Vegas. This will be less than a month before the United States co-hosts the football World Cup and two years before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics. Only four athletes, all swimmers, have so far confirmed their participation. They are: Andriy Govorov, the Ukrainian 50-meters butterfly world record holder and bronze medallst at the 2017 World Championships, 21-year-old Bulgarian swimmer Josif Miladinov, a silver medalist at the 2019 European Championships and retired Australian world champion James Magnussen. What do the critics say about the Enhanced Games? The worlds of sports and medicine have been near-universal in their condemnation of the concept. "Thinking that because you do medical checks on the spot is going to give you a good idea of the health risks of abuse of doping substances, again, is medical and scientific nonsense," said World Anti-Doping Agency science director Olivier Rabin. "It's like the Roman circus, you know, you sacrifice the lives of people purely for entertainment. What's the value of this? I don't think any responsible society should move in that direction." WADA have consistently announced their opposition to the Enhanced Games Image: picture-alliance/dpa/EPA/J. C. Bott Speaking to DW earlier this year, Chris Raynor, a sports medicine doctor at Cornwall Community Hospital in Canada, told DW the dangers are dramatic. "There are always effects associated with these medications. It can lead to cardiac arrhythmias, a heart attack, sudden cardiac death," he explained . Former US swimmer and Olympic medalist Allison Wagner, who was beaten at major events by many swimmers who were either proven or suspected dopers, said that sport itself is at stake. "For me and for so many athletes, sport has been about learning and incorporating values such as integrity and fair play, and these Enhanced Games make a mockery of that." What do the Enhanced Games athletes and organizers say? D'Souza argues that doping in professional and amateur sport is inherent and his proposal is a safer method that "makes sport a fair, level, transparent field so that innovation can be illustrated in a very public way to support technological progress." The organizers and athletes invloved in the Enhanced Games insist they are safe, but others disagree Image: Arafat Barbakh/REUTERS Speaking to DW earlier this year, he added that "individuals should be able to take risks for themselves with free and informed consent." Magnussen said the Enhanced Games have reinvigorated his passion for the sport but sees them as separate from clean competition. "I was waking up each day with an enthusiasm to train, to compete. I felt so healthy, so motivated. It's honestly the happiest I've been in seven years," he said. "As athletes we have a greater risk appetite than the general population and see an event like the Enhanced Games as an opportunity." Edited by: Chuck Penfold
Epoch Times
19-05-2025
- Epoch Times
8 Chinese Charged in Fraud Ring Targeting Elderly
Eight Chinese citizens living in New York and Canada were indicted by a grand jury on May 13 as part of an international fraud and money laundering conspiracy. According to court documents, the alleged conspirators primarily targeted the elderly across the United States and Canada, generally through computer popups that would allege the victim's computer was compromised, directing them to call a telephone number. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York allege the defendants perpetrated fraud on 'at least hundreds of elderly persons.' The investigation is ongoing, and victims have been identified in 37 states and multiple provinces in Canada. According to the indictment, the alleged conspirators would tell the victims they were under investigation for criminal activity, that their banks had detected fraud, their personal information had been compromised, and/or the government was garnishing their bank accounts or assets. After telling victims their accounts were not safe, the alleged conspirators would advise victims to pull their funds for safekeeping by a government agency or through cryptocurrency, and pose 'as employees and representatives of banking institutions, government agencies, and other companies, including Apple, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, and Paypal.' Alleged conspirators also traveled to the homes of victims to collect cash or gold. Grand jurors viewed evidence including texts between alleged conspirators about coordinating cash and gold pickups in the United States and Canada, and transferring the money to an alleged coconspirator's bank account. Related Stories 5/9/2025 4/29/2025 A resident of Cumming, Georgia, was advised by an alleged conspirator between April and May 2024 to purchase gold to protect his assets from fraud, and told that a courier would take it to the Federal Reserve Bank for safekeeping. Around May 22, 2024, one of the alleged conspirators picked up $99,504.61 worth of gold from the victim, according to the indictment. Texts revealed alleged conspirators picked up $30,000 in cash from a victim in Palm Desert, California, on May 31, 2024; a bag of gold coins from a victim in Chestertown, Maryland, on July 26, 2024; $19,500 in cash from a victim in Bristol, Rhode Island, on or about July 26, 2024; $25,000 cash from a victim in Corona, California, on or about Aug. 5, 2024; $75,000 cash from a victim in Spring Hill, Tennessee, on or about Aug. 27, 2024; two kilograms of gold bars from a victim in Narragansett, Rhode Island, after several texts advising the victim to withdraw $30,000 in cash and later to purchase $130,000 and $160,000 in gold bars in August and September 2024; and two gold bars from a victim in Kailua, Hawaii, around Sept. 14, 2024. The cash was allegedly deposited into bank accounts and cryptocurrency accounts, and the gold was allegedly sold with proceeds transferred into bank and cryptocurrency accounts. Prosecutors said that at one point, $16 million was transferred into an account that did not have any known, legitimate source of income. The alleged conspirators were charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Prosecutors allege Xiang Li, a Chinese citizen residing in New York, organized the network. He was arrested on May 13, and prosecutors have requested that he be denied bail, arguing Li is a flight risk and has a criminal record. 'Telegram messages between Li and other co-conspirators show that Li was responsible for updating the conspiracy members on the status of his couriers' illicit activities; that he discussed counter-surveillance and means to avoid law enforcement detection; and that Li and his co-conspirators discussed the false names and passwords that the couriers should use when retrieving cash and gold from victims,' federal prosecutors wrote to U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York Robert Levy. 'Li also was responsible for converting fraud proceeds into cryptocurrency and sending fraud proceeds, including via cryptocurrency transactions, to at least one of his co-conspirators.' Prosecutors added that Li has been arrested previously, in New York in 2016 for promoting prostitution, to which he pleaded guilty to a lowered offense, and on Jan. 18 in New York for criminal possession of stolen property. As a Chinese citizen, Li would not be subject to extradition should he flee to his home country, prosecutors argued, and faces substantial penalties, such as 20 years imprisonment and a fine that is double the amount defrauded if convicted.
Scottish Sun
16-05-2025
- Health
- Scottish Sun
I bought fat jab on Facebook for £150 then blacked out & almost died – when docs told me what was in it I was horrified
Michelle issued a stark warning for anyone tempted to use so-called skinny jabs WEIGHTY WARNING I bought fat jab on Facebook for £150 then blacked out & almost died – when docs told me what was in it I was horrified Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TEARS prick Michelle Sword's eyes as she scrolls through photos of herself in hospital, tubes snaking in and out of her body. The 45-year-old wasn't there for a routine operation - she was fighting for her life after unknowingly injecting herself with fake Ozempic bought from a Facebook seller. 6 Michelle Sword was left fighting for her life in hospital after unknowingly injecting herself with fake Ozempic Credit: Supplied 6 The mum-of-two bought the skinny jabs from a Facebook seller Credit: Supplied 6 Michelle collapsed on her living room floor after taking the injection Credit: Supplied Now, two years on, the mum from Carterton, Oxon, wants to warn others about the dangers of "skinny jabs". She tells Sun Club: 'I'd never go anywhere near skinny jabs again - fake or otherwise. Being skinny isn't worth dying for.' Michelle bought an £150 Ozempic pen through an online pharmacy site three years ago after she put on two stone following the breakdown of her marriage. 'I'd always been a size 8-10 but the weight had been slowly creeping on as I turned to comfort eating,' she explains. 'I no longer recognised myself when I looked in the mirror. I was in a bad place and had been gorging on lots of greasy takeaways and drinking far too much alcohol.' Michelle said much of the instructions were in a foreign language but it said to inject once a week. 'The jabs really worked – my appetite simply disappeared,' she recalls. 'Within three months I'd dropped two stone, going down to my regular weight of eight stone and a dress size 8.' Michelle tells how she managed to maintain her weight loss until she gave up vaping in the summer of 2022. 'I began to replace vaping with food,' she explains. Weight Loss Jabs - Pros vs Cons 'The weight started to creep back on. I'm a petite 5ft2 so a few extra pounds really show on me. 'I panicked and looked online for the same Ozempic pens. But this time I couldn't find any pharmacies with any in stock.' Desperate, in September 2023, she searched on Facebook and saw a company selling them. 'I paid £150 through Paypal, and two days later got a month's supply,' she recalls. 'I could have died' "They looked exactly the same, apart from the needles being separate. I injected around 16 clicks, but the vial barely went down. I put it back in the fridge - then everything went black.' Luckily, her daughter Cadie, 13, unexpectedly came home from her dad's house, and spotted her mum sweating and confused. 6 Michelle's daughter Cadie, 13, called a friend when she saw her mum sweating and confused Credit: Supplied 6 Michelle reveals doctors later tested the pen and said it was full of insulin Credit: Supplied 6 Today she warns of the dangers of the jabs and says there is no healthy and quick fix to being skinny Credit: Supplied 'Everything went black and I collapsed on the living room floor,' she continues. 'She called my friend Victoria, who dialled 999. Paramedics battled for 90 minutes to stabilise me, eventually reviving me in hospital. 'My blood sugar level was 0.2 – near death! Healthy blood sugar should be between 4 and 7.' Terrifyingly, doctors later tested the pen and it was full of insulin, Michelle says. 'I could have died,' she adds, choking back tears. 'My daughter could've found me dead on the floor. That thought haunts me to this day.' There's no quick fix to losing weight, it's all about making sensible decisions and regularly going to the gym and eating a balanced diet Today, Michelle is a healthy size 8-10, fluctuating between 9st and 9.5st. 'I'm much healthier,' she explains. 'There's no quick fix to losing weight, it's all about making sensible decisions and regularly going to the gym and eating a balanced diet. 'I'd never touch skinny jabs again - fake or otherwise - and want people to know the dangers. "If I can stop one person from using them, then sharing my story is worth it.'
