by stefanie | Oct 6, 2020 | Around the Industry
Austin Public Library (APL) found evidence that one of its former employees stole at least $1.3 million (€1.1 million) in printer toner cartridges and resold them online. In an investigative report entitled Austin Public Library: Fraud and Waste, the Library has...
by stefanie | Oct 5, 2020 | Around the Industry
Apple alleges that the electronics recycler GEEP Canada has stolen and resold devices which were meant to be destroyed and recycled. According to a report by AppleInsider, the electronics recycler GEEP Canada has been on the receiving end of a lawsuit brought to them...
by stefanie | Sep 24, 2020 | World Focus
US Judge sentenced Nigerian national Olumide Ogunremi, a/k/a “Tony Williams,” to 36 months in prison for defrauding vendors of nearly $1 million (€0.85 million) of typically printer toner cartridges. Ogunremi and his conspirators used stolen credentials to access the...
by stefanie | Sep 22, 2020 | World Focus
A new INTERPOL strategic report on global plastic waste management has found an alarming increase in illegal plastic pollution trade across the world since 2018. The report, entitled INTERPOL’s strategical analysis on emerging criminal trends in the global plastic...
by stefanie | Aug 7, 2020 | Around the Industry
Only last month Xerox was reportedly a victim of a ransomware attack, now Canon seems to have been a victim of a similar attack. Bleeping Computer reports that is was told by Maze about the attack. Stolen were 10TB of data as part of Maze’s attack according to the...