Harald Klinke<p>Albert Saniger, ex-CEO of AI shopping app Nate, has been charged with defrauding investors. Despite claiming near-total automation, Nate allegedly used humans in the Philippines for nearly all transactions. The startup raised $50M—now mostly lost.<br /><a href="https://det.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/StartupNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StartupNews</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VC</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/TechScandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechScandal</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/Ecommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ecommerce</span></a> <a href="https://det.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOJ</span></a><br /><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/fintech-founder-charged-with-fraud-after-ai-shopping-app-found-to-be-powered-by-humans-in-the-philippines/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/fint</span><span class="invisible">ech-founder-charged-with-fraud-after-ai-shopping-app-found-to-be-powered-by-humans-in-the-philippines/</span></a></p>
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Hacker News<p>DOGE staffer,'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-staffer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/doge-staf</span><span class="invisible">fer-big-balls-provided-tech-support-cybercrime-ring-records-show-2025-03-26/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybercrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techsupport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBalls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techscandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techscandal</span></a></p>
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