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Facebook-Google Scammer Pleads Guilty in $100 Million Theft

Prosecutors allege a man helped orchestrate a scheme in which fake emails were sent to employees and agents of the two tech giants.

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A Lithuanian man admitted he helped trick Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google into sending more than $100 million through a phishing scheme.

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