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Ellington Bookkeeper Admits Stealing $750K From CT Law Firm, Could Serve Decades In Prison
A Connecticut bookkeeper admitted stealing more than $750,000 from her employer, a Hartford law firm, through two embezzlement schemes, federal authorities said. Now, she must repay the victim and the IRS nearly $1 million, plus penalties and interest.
Heather Murdock, 58, of Ellington, faces up to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion on Tuesday, Sept 1, the US Attorney for the District of Connecticut said.
Murdock worked as the firm’s bookkeeper and office manager at the unidentified Hartford law firm. From about 2010 through 2022, prosecutors s…
AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages
If your favorite AI chatbot suddenly stopped answering Thursday morning, Sept. 3, you weren't alone.
Tens of thousands of users reported problems with some of the world's biggest artificial intelligence platforms as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all saw spikes in outage complaints, according to Downdetector.
OpenAI's ChatGPT appeared to take the biggest hit.
More than 37,000 outage reports had been filed for the service by around 11 a.m. ET, Forbes reported, citing Downdetector. Reports began surging after 9 a.m. and climbed sharply around 11 a.m.
OpenAI confirmed it was investigating…