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By a Biometrica staffer On Monday, July 26, the United States government said it will not be lifting existing travel restrictions due to concerns over the highly transmissible delta variant of Covid-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country,...

By a Biometrica staffer Last week, a coalition of researchers from organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the UN’s World Health Organization, and the World Bank published a report in the medical journal Lancet, in which it was...

By a Biometrica staffer In what was supposed to be the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, a joint report published by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has sounded an urgent alarm over...

By a Biometrica staffer INTERPOL announced on June 8 that it had succeeded in taking down a “record number” of fraudulent online pharmacies and arresting 277 people worldwide with the help of law enforcement, customs and health regulatory authorities in 92 countries....

By Aara Ramesh As of June 1, downtown Vegas is completely open for the first time in over twelve months and the buzz is almost palpable. Already, live music has returned to the Strip. Casinos are taking down plexiglass dividers and are...

By a Biometrica staffer On Thursday, June 3, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that preliminary data seems to indicate that U.S. traffic deaths shot up by 7.2% in 2020 (as compared to 2019), despite the pandemic and associated lockdowns...

By a Biometrica Staffer The middle of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic is probably not the time to have to worry about another potential virus outbreak, but that’s exactly what the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) agriculture specialists had to deal with in...

By a Biometrica staffer David T Hines of Miami fraudulently obtained $3.9m in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and used part of these funds to buy himself a Lamborghini Huracan sports car worth $318,000. At the time of his arrest, the car...

By a Biometrica staffer If you think scammers also took a break during the Covid-19 pandemic, think again! On Feb. 4, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) said it received more than 2.1 million fraud reports from consumers in 2020. Imposter scams were...

By a Biometrica staffer A Texan woman has been taken into custody on allegations of defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of more than $1.9 million in forgivable loans, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. The Small Business Administration...

By a Biometrica staffer Former New York Jets wide receiver Joshua J Bellamy was arrested in Florida and charged for his role in a scheme that involved defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The National Football League (NFL) player and his associates...

By a Biometrica staffer An attorney from New Jersey was arrested on charges of defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by obtaining about $9 million in loans, the US Department of Justice said in a statement.   Jae H. Choi, a licensed...

A Minnesota man was charged for defrauding the PPP of $841,000 | © Ossi Lehtonen - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer A man from Minnesota was charged for allegedly defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) of about $841,000, the US Department of...

Wynn Resorts Ltd closed its office in Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city by population | © creativecommonsstockphotos - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer Wynn Resorts Ltd closed its office in Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city by population, due to delays in the...

The covid-19 pandemic has amplified the shift to younger visitors and non-gamblers in Atlantic City since gambling parlors re-opened in July | © Martin Allinger - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer Before the covid-19 pandemic, Atlantic City’s casinos were working toward expanding...