A former production manager at an aluminum extrusion manufacturer was charged in an indictment filed April 18, for his alleged participation in a decade-long fraud scheme involving the fraudulent certification of mechanical properties for parts manufactured by his former employer.Source: Justice News - Cyber-crime

Audit by PwC came two years after Facebook learned that a university researcher gave personal data on millions of Facebook users to Cambridge Analytica.Source: Wired - Emerging technologies News

A pair of Walmart patent applications discuss encrypting payment information using a blockchain. Source: Coin Desk - Digital currency

At the Synchronize 2018 conference in New York City, enterprise blockchains heavyweights made it clear they want to build ethereum-like platforms.Source: Coin Desk - Digital currency

A U.S. citizen pleaded guilty today to paying a 14-year-old girl for sex on multiple occasions in 2007.Source: Justice News - Cyber-crime