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Tesla Sues, Claiming Engineer Stole Autopilot Source Code

Tesla Inc filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a former engineer at the company, claiming he copied the source code for its Autopilot technology before joining a Chinese self-driving car startup in January. The engineer, Guangzhi Cao, copied more than …

University of Massachusetts Worker Who Died in Crash Stole $3.4M

Officials at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have discovered a $3.4 million theft by an employee who died in a December car accident. School leaders told The Boston Globe an internal investigation found that for five years financial analyst …

IT Monitoring Effective in Deterring Restaurant Fraud: Study

For many firms, losing significant revenue and profit to employee theft has been a cost of doing business. But a new study from Washington University in St. Louis finds that information technology monitoring is strikingly effective in reducing theft and …

University of Kansas Recovers Nearly $500K Lost in Ticket Scandal

The University of Kansas athletics department has collected nearly $500,000 so far of the estimated $2 million lost in a ticket scandal involving seven employees. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that $250,000 comes from the department’s insurance policy against employee theft. …