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Samsung bid hoax drives Swedish biometrics company shares

A criminal probe is being launched after a fake press release saying Samsung would buy a Swedish company that makes fingerprint scanners.

Fakes. Whether in the art world or in the email world, they can create big problems. So what about in the tech world of startups and acquisitions? The fortune of a small Swedish biometrics company changed dramatically recently all thanks to a single document that wasn’t what it said it was. Marketplace Tech reporter Queena Kim has the latest on the story.

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