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US man jailed for $3m wire fraud

A US man involved in a $2.9 million wire fraud scam targeting Citi has been jailed for eight years.

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Texan who allegedly hired Russian hackers to inflate stock prices arrested

Federal agents have arrested the alleged organiser of an international securities fraud ring that employed hackers, botnet operators and e-mail spam distributors to artificially inflate the value of penny stocks.

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Ex-Goldman programmer jailed for eight years over HFT code theft

Former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov has been sentenced to eight years and one month in jail for stealing the bank's propriety high-frequency trading code.

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LSE admits unfair dismissal of ex-Turquoise chief Lederman

The London Stock Exchange has admitted that it unfairly dismissed former Turquoise chief executive Eli Lederman but is contesting other claims at his employment tribunal.

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Former Turquoise boss Lederman sues LSE - Reuters

The London Stock Exchange is being sued for unfair dismissal by Eli Lederman, the former chief executive of its Turquoise platform, according to Reuters.

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Bank staff arrested over $10m fraud conspiracy

US authorities have charged 12 people - including several bank employees - in relation to a $10 million fraud conspiracy.

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Teenage cybercrime forum founder jailed

A UK teenager who ran a Web site retailing stolen credit card details and cybercrime tools has been jailed for five years.

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HSBC pays $5.5m to settle LML patent case

Banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a patent infringement case with payment processing outfit LML Payment Systems.

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SocGen code thief jailed for three years

Former SocGen trader Samarth Agrawal has been sentenced to three years in jail for stealing the bank's high frequency trading code.

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Rosenthal Collins fined $1m over TT patent case

A Chicago judge has fined Rosenthal Collins Group $1 million for misconduct in a patent infringement case involving Trading Technologies International.

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Man jailed for $80m ATM Ponzi scheme

A US man has been sentenced to eight years and one month in prison for running an $80 million Ponzi scheme involving fake investments in automatic teller machines.

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Dublin ATM skimming gang jailed

Members of an ATM card skimming gang that counted the husband of Irish president Mary McAleese among its victims have been jailed.

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Russian hacker pleads guilty over $9m RBS WorldPay heist

A Russian man has pleaded guilty to his part in a 2008 cyber-attack on RBS WorldPay's computer network, which led to the theft of over $9.4 million, according to press reports.

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AIB claims EUR84m over bungled Flexcube deployment

Allied Irish Bank (AIB) has begun court proceedings against Oracle Financial Services Software, claiming nearly EUR84 million over a bungled Flexcube implementation, according to broadcaster RTE.

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Chinese man gets 10 years for fake ATM scam

A Chinese man has been jailed for 10 years for building a fake cash machine and using it to steal victims' bank card details, according to local press reports.

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UK police arrest five over WikiLeaks-related Anonymous Web attacks

UK police have arrested five people in connection with the recent spate of DDoS attacks on Web sites belonging to Mastercard, Visa and PayPal, among others, in support of the WikiLeaks cause.

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Liquidnet patent suit against ITG dismissed

A US judge has ruled that Investment Technology Group (ITG) did not infringe the patent of rival outfit Liquidnet.

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JPMorgan fires woman for blogging in her spare time

A former JPMorgan Chase business analyst is suing the bank after claiming she was sacked for blogging in her spare time.

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US authorities target PayPal scammers

US authorities have raided the house of two foreign exchange students suspected of involvement in a Vietnam-based crime ring that uses stolen credit card numbers, eBay and PayPal to con retailers out of millions of dollars.

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BofA sues ex-workers for taking client data

Bank of American has won a court order temporarily preventing four former wealth management employees from using client data at their new firm, Dynasty Financial Partners, a provider of technology and services to investment advisors.