The concept of materiality is critical in criminal fraud and false statement cases, as well as civil fraud cases, because it is what distinguishes harmless misrepresentations from consequential o...

Days after FITSNews’ shocking report that photos of Mallory Beach’s dead body were being used to promote a “tasteless and completely obscene” documentary about the Murdaugh family, Beach’s family...

On November 29, Twitter’s co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced his resignation as chief executive of the company. He was replaced by his former Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal, followi...

Monmouth County, N.J., is using a solution that combines biomechanical data from motion capture cameras with an artificial intelligence-based movement algorithm to detect falsified or exaggerated...

For a while now the Associated Press wire service we subscribe to here at The Business Journal has been running a feature called “Not Real News.” It debunks some of the so-called “fake news” that...

Des Moines, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Revenue has caught fraudulent claims for 200 MILLION dollars in state income tax refunds. A source in the agency says two claims for a total of 200 milli...

The discovery of the new COVID-19 variant, dubbed omicron, gave a new boost to online conspiracy theories and disinformation. False claims that “omicron is a hoax” quickly spread across social me...

(ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Kyle Rittenhouse did not sue LeBron James for defamation CLAIM: Federal magistrate approved Kyle Rittenhouse’s $110 Million defamation suit against LeBron James. THE FACTS: N...

The FBI raided the homes of two hospice company owners in California on fraud and kickback allegations: Oganes Doganyan, 49, of Northridge, and Kristine Arutyunyan, 38, of Glendale. While the U.S...

The world of news is complex - and false stories and images are often widely shared on social media. Blasting News’s editorial team spots the most popular hoaxes and misleading information every ...