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Submission + - DOJ needs to increase prosecution of Online Scams (wired.com)

Submitted by puddingebola
puddingebola writes: The FBI reports that 2020 saw a 69% increase in reports of online scams. Ankush Khardori, a lawyer and former federal prosecutor who specialized in financial fraud, writes in Wired for the need to increase enforcement on internet fraud. "Since the start of the pandemic, the scope and frequency of this criminal activity has become noticeably worse. Online fraudsters have stolen government relief checks, sold fake test kits and vaccines, and exploited the altruistic impulses of the American public through fake charities. But the broader failure has wreaked incalculable harm on the American public for years, including those in our most vulnerable and less tech-savvy populations, like senior citizens. The FBI’s most recent report makes it clear that the government needs to dramatically step up and rethink its approach to combating internet-based fraud—including how it tracks this problem, as well as how it can punish and deter these crimes more effectively going forward."

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