Washington state AG joins federal antitrust lawsuit taking on Apple’s smartphone dominance Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants to help take a bite out of Apple’s dominance in the smartphone market,… Read More
Seattle-area tech exec gets 2 years in prison in $5.5M scheme to defraud COVID relief program A Seattle-area tech executive who attempted to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 disaster relief loans through the Paycheck Protection Program was sentenced… Read More
Seattle-area tech exec pleads guilty in scheme to obtain and launder $5.5M in PPP loans A Washington tech executive charged in a scheme to obtain more than $5.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans… Read More
Boeing agrees to pay $2.5B to resolve criminal fraud case in 737 MAX crisis Boeing says it’s entered into a $2.51 billion agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve a criminal charge related… Read More
Dept. of Justice credits Microsoft with identifying tech-support fraud scheme that targeted seniors The perpetrators of an online tech-support fraud scheme, originally brought to the attention of U.S. authorities by Microsoft, have been… Read More
‘This is big,’ Redfin says as Department of Justice moves to make buyer agent commissions public Seattle-based real estate tech company Redfin is applauding action taken by the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday against the… Read More
Justice Department seizes websites used to trick Amazon customers into buying device tech support Federal officials have seized six fraudulent websites that were part of an online scheme to deceive customers who were looking… Read More
Justice Dept. indicts six in scheme to bribe Amazon employees and gain marketplace advantage A grand jury in the Western District of Washington has indicted six people in a multi-million dollar scheme to bribe… Read More
DOJ files lawsuit to block AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to prevent AT&T from gobbling up Time Warner for $85.4 billion,… Read More
For defying no-call lists, Dish faces potential fines totaling $24 billion Dish’s telemarketers allegedly failed to heed no-call lists, and the satellite-TV provider may be fined up to $24 billion, a sum… Read More
Obama administration announces $20M in body cam funding for police departments In a week that seems to be all about putting body cameras on police, the Obama administration has announced $20… Read More
Twitter sues U.S. government, wants to reveal requests for data Twitter has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in a move to expand the amount of data it can share… Read More
Apple points finger at Amazon in DOJ e-book pricing lawsuit Yet more news has developed in the DOJ’s case against Apple and several book publishers over their alleged collusion to… Read More
DOJ: Microsoft antitrust deal worked, just look at the company now As we noted a couple weeks ago, Microsoft’s landmark U.S. antitrust settlement expires today. Much has changed in the decade… Read More
