NY AG probing ‘massive scheme’ to influence FCC with fake net neutrality comments

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) is investigating what he calls a massive scheme to corrupt the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with fake public comments on net neutrality.

In an open letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, the Schneiderman said the agency hasn't provided him with information "critical" to an investigation his office is conducting.

Schneiderman said in a tweet his office has been investigating a "massive scheme" over the last six months to "corrupt the FCC's comment process on net neutrality by impersonating 100,000s of real Americans." read more »

Uber covered up massive hack that exposed data of 57m users and drivers

Firm reportedly paid hackers $100,000 to delete data and keep breach quiet. Chief security officer Joe Sullivan fired for concealing October 2016 breach. Uber concealed a massive breach of the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers in October 2016, failing to notify the individuals and regulators, the company acknowledged on Tuesday. read more »

U.S. Bribery Case Sheds Light on Mysterious Chinese Company

Patrick Ho flew to New York in fall 2014. His intention, according to the Justice Department, was to bribe African officials on behalf of a private Chinese conglomerate with global ambitions and enormous wealth.

In meetings at the United Nations, Mr. Ho, a former Hong Kong civil servant, laid the groundwork for millions of dollars of payments to the president of Chad and Uganda’s foreign minister in exchange for oil rights in the two countries, federal prosecutors say.

The accusations against Mr. Ho, detailed in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan, became public this week after officials charged him and Cheikh Gadio, a former Senegalese official who acted as a fixer for Mr. Ho, with international money laundering and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mr. Gadio was arrested on Friday and Mr. Ho on Saturday, the Justice Department said. read more »

As FIFA Corruption Trial Continues, An Executive Of Implicated Mexican TV Broadcaster Is Murdered

Adolfo Lagos, the vice president of Mexican media company Televisa, was murdered on Sunday just outside Mexico City. Lagos was apparently the victim of a robbery by a group of armed attackers.

This is the second associated death since the FIFA bribery and corruption trial opened last Monday in New York.

The U.S.-led investigation is exhaustive, with a 236-page complaint detailing 92 separate crimes and 15 corruption schemes. read more »