2 posts and columns on drugs

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Con Artist Starred in Sting That Cost Google Millions

in News on January 25 at 4:30 am PT

Wearing leg irons and guarded by federal agents, David Whitaker posed as an agent for online drug dealers in dozens of recorded phone calls and email exchanges with Google sales executives, spending $200,000 in government money for ads selling narcotics, steroids and other controlled substances.

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Cybercrime Capitalizes on Swine-Flu Fears

in News on November 18, 2009 at 10:48 am PT

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on swine-flu fears by pitching sales of fake Tamiflu, security firm Sophos said. Networks of fraudsters use spam and malware to direct Web traffic to phony pharmaceutical sites, wrote Graham Cluley, a technology consultant for Sophos.