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iPhone search for how to set your car on fire leads to arson charges
A Pennsylvania man who reported that his car had been stolen was later arrested after police got a warrant for his iPhone, and found something damning in his search history.
According to
CBS 10, police were suspicious of the man s claims about the theft. Upon searching the iPhone, they found a search he had performed for the phrase how to set your car on fire and make it look like an accident.
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A man leaves an Apple store in Beijing, Jan. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
(CN) A federal judge tossed a case against Apple Thursday where several plaintiffs argued the company aided scammers in ripping them off by using the company’s gift cards.
U.S. District Judge Ed Davila said the plaintiffs failed to establish that Apple gave support to the scammers in any degree that would warrant holding the company responsible for the fraudulent schemes perpetrated on the seven named plaintiffs who were attempting to establish a nationwide class of plaintiffs.
“Plaintiffs failed to establish that Apple gave “substantial assistance or encouragement” to the alleged perpetrators of the gift card scam,” Davila wrote in a 40-page ruling granting Apple’s motion to dismiss.