“5Dimes and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a $46.8 million settlement of an investigation into illegal US sports betting operations, as well as money laundering and wire fraud,” reports Matthew Waters in Legal Sports Report.

“The company announced an intent to enter the US sports betting market following the deal, although state regulators likely will balk at the long list of criminal activity detailed in the settlement.”

“5D Holdings and owner Laura Varela will forfeit the illegally obtained gambling proceeds as part of a settlement with the US Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Pennsylvania into the criminal investigation of 5Dimes’ offshore operations in Costa Rica.”

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Facebook brought suit against two marketing analytics firms alleging the defendants developed and distributed malicious Chrome browser extensions that were essentially designed to scrape users’ data from various social media platforms … “(including Facebook and Instagram), all in contravention of Facebook and Instagram’s terms of service and commercial terms,” reports Jeffrey Neuburger in Proskauer.

“According to the Complaint, the defendants coaxed users to install their UpVoice and Ads Feed extensions by, among other things, offering gift cards in exchange for downloading and suggesting that users would become ‘panelists’ impacting marketing strategies of large companies.”

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“Kentucky will receive more than $1.9 million as its share of a settlement with a company over a data security breach that compromised the personal information of 78.8 million Americans,” reports Steve Rogers in WTVQ’s Local News.

“Anthem, Inc. agreed to pay $39.5 million to 43 states and the District of Columbia. Kentucky will receive $1,929,942.02. In addition to the payment, Anthem has also agreed to a series of data security and adequate governance provisions designed to strengthen its practices going forward, according to Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who announced the settlement.”

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