US, UK, Canadian cops disrupt $45M global crypto scam • The Register

US, UK, and Canadian law enforcement Thursday said that they disrupted a $45 million global cryptocurrency scam, freezing $12 million in stolen funds and identifying more than 20,000 cryptocurrency wallet addresses linked to fraud victims across 30 countries. The week-long effort, dubbed Operation Atlantic, also identified an additional $33 million believed to be linked to…

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Should academic misconduct be catalogued? Proposed US database sparks debate

Research misconduct can include a variety of infractions, including data fraud and manipulation.Credit: Tom Werner/Getty For decades, academic institutions have struggled with how to prevent researchers who have committed misconduct from securing jobs at new universities while hiding the bad behaviour. A proposal published today in the journal Science1 offers a solution, at least in…

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