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Kagan MacTane (he/him)Fraudsters can now do deepfake videos in real time. Just what we needed, another assault on our ability to trust in reality or the evidence of our senses.Especially if you have any elderly relatives, it's worth setting up a code-phrase you can use to verify your identity.<a href="https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here/</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/deepfakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deepfakes</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WhatIsEvenRealAnymore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatIsEvenRealAnymore</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epistemology</a>

Frankie ✅The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here Fraudsters are able to change their race, facial hair, voice, and more during live video calls with very little effort. Scammers are already fooling the elderly and verification systems. <a href="https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/the-age-of-realtime-deepfake-fraud-is-here</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deepfake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deepfake</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a>

RememberUsAlwaysClaiming you made a deal on trade when all evidence points to the opposite is called <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> but I'm sure this is totally normal in a criminal administration. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/premarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#premarket</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/investing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#investing</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inflation</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a>

jbz🔥Backblaze: A Loss-Making Data Storage Business Mired in Lawsuits, Sham Accounting, and Brazen Insider Dumping ｢ 4 months into selling his shares, Backblaze co-founder & CTO Brian Wilson wrote in an internal email, “if BLZE goes straight down to zero, each day I sold was beyond totally justified and I won’t regret it” shortly before resigning amidst continued share sales, according to Backblaze’s former VP of Investor Relations ｣<a href="https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/backblaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backblaze</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fatfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fatfire</a>

smegElon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence <a href="https://futurism.com/elon-musk-wasted-taxpayer-money-incompetence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://futurism.com/elon-musk-wasted-taxpayer-money-incompetence</a><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waste</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/taxpayerfraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxpayerfraud</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a>

Kim PeralesDOGE's verified savings have been <1/10 of 1% of fed spending -embarrassing accting errors -public stmts: false/misleading & actions slapped back by the courts."Rs: celebrated as <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> has slashed wasteful contracts, CXL leases & fired unprod WKRs. But its cuts to the IRS threaten to reverse any progress made on reducing the deficit."The SPENDING SAVINGS ARE SO SMALL that they'll be undoubtedly overwhelmed by the TAX REV LOSSES FROM GUTTING IRS TAX ENF." <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/elon-musk-doge-legacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/elon-musk-doge-legacy</a>

The Japan TimesIn a first for Japan, the Osaka prefectural government will ban people 65 and older from using ATMs while speaking on mobile phones to try to prevent "special fraud" schemes that frequently target older people. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/osaka-elderly-atm-phone-use-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/osaka-elderly-atm-phone-use-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osaka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osaka</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hirofumiyoshimura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hirofumiyoshimura</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elderly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banks</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<a href="https://mas.to/@Barbramon1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Barbramon1</a> <a href="https://beige.party/@ned" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ned</a> not only that, there was a staggering amount of fraud with the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PPP</a> loan program, much of it originating from a tiny handful of community banks that also happened to be incredibly crypto friendly...The best estimates I've seen are that 10-20% of the PPP loans were outright fraud and 8-14% of all covid relief money ended up in the cryptocurrency market. That's hundreds of billions of dollars (at a minimum).<a href="https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1636985549767548931" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/Cryptadamist/status/1636985549767548931</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CrossRiverBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrossRiverBank</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

Frankie ✅AI is enabling cybercriminals to act quickly - and with little technical knowledge, Microsoft warnsFake stores, deepfakes, and chatbots: AI fuels new wave of scams <a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/107641-microsoft-warns-ai-making-faster-easier-create-online.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techspot.com/news/107641-microsoft-warns-ai-making-faster-easier-create-online.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a>

KProfsBlogEasy win for the CFPB over a man who ran a scammy credit-repair business. But nothing is easy these days for the administrative state. Given Jarkesy, is defendant entitled to a jury trial after the CFPB won a default judgment against his business entity?<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contracts</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Agencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Agencies</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Regulation</a> <a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/the-work-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-and-the-fallout-from-jarkesy.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/04/the-work-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-and-the-fallout-from-jarkesy.html</a>

The Japan TimesAmid a growing scourge of online fraud, Japan is looking to allow the police to set up bank accounts under false names to track the movement of funds obtained by fraudsters and apprehend them. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-investigation-fake-bank-accounts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-investigation-fake-bank-accounts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimelegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanesepolice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shigeruishiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shigeruishiba</a>

ProPublicaNew Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes —The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arizona</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Native</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Law</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Addiction</a>

The Japan TimesTokyo police have arrested three individuals on suspicion of fraud, who are also believed to have been involved in laundering money for a burglary group orchestrated by a figure who goes by the name “Luffy.” <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/three-arrest-money-laundering/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/three-arrest-money-laundering/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimelegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanesepolice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organizedcrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organizedcrime</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:The sad part is that some people think so in real life and they actually have influence on their followers and not see this as the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sarcasm</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comedy</a> it's supposed to be.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2_bG1PF1GQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2_bG1PF1GQ</a><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheGrindset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGrindset</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GetToWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetToWork</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RiseAndGrind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RiseAndGrind</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grinding</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChadMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChadMeme</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chaz</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Royce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Royce</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuPont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DuPont</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RoyceDupont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoyceDupont</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeadlyNightshade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeadlyNightshade</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meme</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GrindCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrindCulture</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RiseAndGrind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RiseAndGrind</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechBros</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FinanceBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FinanceBros</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CryptoBros</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechBro</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FinanceBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FinanceBro</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CryptoBro</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToxicMasculinity</a>

The Japan TimesThe Liberal Democratic Party approved a proposal on Thursday that could require telecom companies to retain users’ communication histories in an effort to combat a sharp rise in fraud through social media. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/communication-log-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/communication-log-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimelegal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ldp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ldp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japanesepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanesepolice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a>

John Burns<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@briankrebs</a> Just automating what happened in real life.I usually "lost" 1/4 to 1/3 of class after the financial aid cut off period... about 3 weeks in...Some would show up for part of 1st class, then skipped until those couple of cutoff classes- to get marked as attended.<a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a>

Frankie ✅Inside the Economy of AI Spammers Getting Rich By Exploiting Disasters and Misery <a href="https://www.404media.co/inside-the-economy-of-ai-spammers-getting-rich-by-exploiting-disasters-and-misery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/inside-the-economy-of-ai-spammers-getting-rich-by-exploiting-disasters-and-misery/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spammer</a>

NonilexIt said it had saved exactly $318,310,328.30.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>’s group has now triggered mass <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firings</a> across the government, & sharp cutbacks in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanitarian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> around the world. Musk has justified those disruptions with two promises: that the group would be transparent, & that it would achieve budget cuts that others called impossible.Now, watching the group pare back its aims & puff up its progress, some of its allies have grown doubtful about both.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexOne of the group’s largest claims…involves canceling a contract that did not exist. Although the govt says it had merely asked for proposals in that case, & had not settled on a vendor or a price, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>’s group ignored that uncertainty & assigned itself a large & very specific amount of credit for canceling it.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> Is Far Short of Its Goal, & Still Overstating Its Progress<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> now says his group will produce only 15% of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors & guesswork.…when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>’s group tallies up its savings so far, it inflates its progress by including billion-dollar errors, by counting spending that will not happen in the next fiscal year—& by making guesses about spending that might not happen at all.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/doge-contracts-savings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=237B5D61-6E1F-4762-BF03-F7EDA3223643" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/doge-contracts-savings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=237B5D61-6E1F-4762-BF03-F7EDA3223643</a>

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