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Jules Hotz/CalMattersCalifornia鈥檚 community colleges are reporting a rise in financial aid fraud. In January, suspected bots represented 1 in 4 college applicants. Schools have given away millions to these scams, and college officials say fraudsters are getting smarter with the help of AI. -
Chris LehmanThe local alt-weekly paper in Eugene has been publishing community and regional news since 1982. Many readers consider Eugene Weekly an institution. So when editor Camilla Mortensen wrote a letter explaining that the paper had suffered a huge blow from alleged theft and mismanagement by a longtime employee, the community responded.
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Scammers might claim that they鈥檙e from the government, and you owe taxes; that they鈥檙e with a tech support service, and you need to fix your computer; or that you鈥檝e won a prize, but must send money to receive it. -
Scammers are using stolen identities to create fake claims for Oregon鈥檚 new Paid Leave program. That鈥檚 raising concerns about the safety of personal data. -
Public benefits have long been a target of fraudsters who attempt to illegally gain access to personal data in order to file fraudulent applications. Officials with Paid Leave Oregon said it is experiencing the same type of attempted fraud. -
Workers denied pandemic-era jobless benefits are still struggling with debt and stress 鈥� collateral damage as they fight a state employment agency on edge about fraud and an appeals system facing a 鈥榟istoric鈥� backlog. What happens next with these and other legal battles will help decide who pays for a multi-billion-dollar debacle three years in the making. -
The state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to protect consumers against unscrupulous auto repair shops that sell and install counterfeit airbags that fail to protect and save the lives of passengers in crashes. -
A bill intended to help investigators pursue people suspected of scamming older Californians out of their savings is advancing in the state Legislature.
