For instance, more than 50 people employed by a medical assistance agency in Anchorage, Alaska, took part in a conspiracy to bilk Medicaid out of millions of dollars by filing
bogus time sheets for services not provided to elderly Medicaid beneficiaries.
Hackers pummeled the code - sharing site's servers with 1.35 terabytes per second of
bogus Internet traffic — 15 % stronger than the next biggest DDoS attack, which targeted Dyn, an Internet infrastructure company (now owned by Oracle), in late 2016.
The flood of seemingly
bogus comments arrived at the FCC after comedian John Oliver asked viewers of his HBO show Last Week Tonight to write to the FCC in favor of the current net neutrality rules.
In one case, a personal care provider in Vermont submitted
bogus claims for 456 hours of service to an elderly man and then secretly split the payments with the patient's wife in return for access to her husband's prescription pain killers.
These people practice and promote
a bogus brew of pop sociology and psychology and shared «wisdom» that has as much contact with reality as Fox News.
It also provided one more opportunity for Vanguard Group founder and index fund pioneer Jack Bogle to say it's most likely
a bogus argument.
What's cool: Which clicks are real and which are
bogus?
Although Facebook (fb) has downplayed the prevalence of fake news on its service, it's been steadily creating initiatives and debuting new technology to curtail
bogus news stories.
«My lawyers and I want to examine the DNC servers to settle
this bogus claim of Russian hacking once and for all,» Stone added in a follow - up email.
Which clicks are real and which are
bogus?
There are plenty of
bogus life hacks in the world.
«They also shockingly claim that our patents issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office are «
bogus.»
Many health fraud scams include
bogus dietary supplements, arthritis remedies (magnets, copper bracelets and special diets), anti-aging and weight loss products and unapproved treatments for cancer, diabetes and HIV / AIDS, which may be conducted in foreign «clinics.»
Until a few moments ago, it was closely trailed by
a bogus fake sequel app called Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2.
For seven years Volkswagen's advertising campaigns flogged these vehicles»
bogus eco-friendly credentials in print, media, and even Super Bowl commercials.
Or harassing you with
bogus security alerts?
That email from your power company could be
bogus.
Of all
the bogus anecdotes, this one troubles me the most.
Marketers should pay attention — not because
bogus claims boost profits (ask Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes how that turns out) but because it's clear we're in a moment where emotions resonate more than fact.
Madigan charged two companies with deceptive marketing for selling
bogus or worthless services.
His Emmy award - winning reports have exposed everything from quack medications to
bogus investments.
Free users received
bogus messages that appeared to be from interested members, but they had to upgrade their profiles to respond, the suit said.
In early February, $ 81 million had been stolen from Bangladesh's central bank by hackers who issued
bogus instructions via Swift, the global interbank payment system, according to reports by the Philippine Senate committee, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Bangladesh Ministry of Finance.
But it's
a bogus badge of honor.
The Grinches apparently sicced botnets on both services, which inundated them with a crippling number of
bogus access requests.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told CNBC that a recent New York Times article claiming that cold weather cuts the mileage on the Tesla electric car is
bogus.
Republicans dismiss the uninsured estimate as just another of the CBO's
bogus predictions.
Additionally, student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel reports, the new report «found clear evidence that academic counselors from the football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams asked for players to be enrolled in
bogus independent study classes in order for them to be eligible.»
By exploiting a flaw in Apple's Fairplay software that prevents purchased apps from being used on non-authorized devices,
the bogus program scans the App Store for other corrupted apps in the AceDeceiver family and downloads the software to the device.
«They realized it was quickly
bogus so they changed it to, «People who bought Lord of the Rings wear underwear.»
The defendants apparently created fake IDs and credit profiles, bolstered their creditworthiness with
bogus info, and then went on spending sprees without repaying debts, according to prosecutors, who issued a news release on Monday.
Even though Apple (aapl) may have removed
the bogus apps from the App Store, the authors claim that the corrupted Windows app is able to download fraudulent apps no longer hosted on the App Store.
They'd rather continue to focus on building their business; (2) For unreal companies —
the bogus unicorns — there's no upside.
In 2009, the worm automatically could create
bogus accounts complete with pictures and personal information, then befriend strangers, earning access to their details.
During that period, the company sent roughly 6.6 million
bogus messages to more than 2 million individuals.
Fraudulent Charities: Within 48 hours of the September 11 terrorist attacks, reports of
bogus charities claiming to collect for relief efforts began to surface.
In fact, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners estimates that fraud, ranging from
bogus billing and dishonest direct mail to sales scams, costs U.S. businesses more than $ 400 billion annually.
Giving the DAPL the green light with little fuss was the right thing for President Trump to do as the environmental concerns were clearly
bogus.
Last week, Reuters reported that Russia had created
bogus Facebook pages to spy on the Macron campaign.
A quintet of alleged scammers were indicted this week on attempted grand larceny in the third degree for attempting to steal thousands of dollars from a 67 - year - old woman by trying to convince her that she needed their help shedding
the bogus spirits.
«I think this is a kind of
a bogus attack from the left,» he said.
Worse, those helpful companies may list your site with
bogus «search engines» that do nothing more than compile e-mail addresses for use by spammers, says Chris Sherman, associate editor of the industry information site and newsletter Search Engine Watch.
Here are a few of the reasons «cleanses» are totally
bogus.
He also spoke about how the company's improved tools to identify
bogus ads would have helped.
«This is a sham lawsuit about
a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party,» said Brad Parscale, Campaign Manager of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. «With the Democrats» conspiracy theories against the President's campaign evaporating as quickly as the failing DNC's fundraising, they've sunk to a new low to raise money, especially among small donors who have abandoned them.
Credit / Debt: Complaints ranged from billing and fee disputes to
bogus credit repair and mortgage - related fraud.
When Apple users visit the website via their Safari browser, often by clicking on a link in
a bogus email, they inadvertently load malicious code onto their computers.
And she's always on the lookout for
bogus product claims.