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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Elderly Man Steals $350,634 From Deceased Mother’s Account for 17 Years, Faces Decades in Prison

A Pennsylvania man faces up to 20 years in prison after draining more than $350,000 worth of government benefits sent…

September 30, 2025

Psychotherapist Drains $600,000 From Patient After Falling Prey to Online Romance Scam

A Massachusetts psychologist is potentially facing decades in prison after allegedly defrauding a patient out of $600,000. The U.S. Attorney's…

September 30, 2025

Alleged Fraudsters Run Ponzi-Style Payments After Raising $112,000,000 From Investors

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing three individuals for allegedly conducting fraudulent securities offerings, misusing investor funds…

September 29, 2025

Russian Citizen Allegedly Orchestrates Account Hacking Scheme, Uses Fake Identities To Generate $31,000,000 in Trading Proceeds: SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging a Russian national for allegedly masterminding an account hacking scheme to…

September 29, 2025

Fraudster Steals $56,340 in ATM Skimming Scam, Now Faces Decades in Prison After Guilty Plea

A 46-year-old man from Bacau, Romania may spend decades behind bars for illegally setting up devices on ATMs to capture…

September 28, 2025

Scammer Posing As FDIC Investigator Dupes Wells Fargo Customer Into Handing Over Nearly $60,000: Report

A fraudster posing as an investigator with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) scammed a Wells Fargo customer out of…

September 28, 2025

Wells Fargo Customer Loses $20,000 to Scammer Posing As Bank Employee: Report

An elderly customer of Wells Fargo has reportedly been defrauded out of $20,000 after bad actors posing as employees of…

September 28, 2025

Federal Reserve Slaps Bank Insider With Industry Ban After He Was Convicted for Stealing $26,428 From His Billion-Dollar Employer

The US Federal Reserve Board of Governors is taking action against a former employee at a bank branch in North…

September 27, 2025

Bank Employee Bank Banned From Industry After Stealing Customer Info Used To Drain Accounts

A former bank employee is now banned from working in the banking industry after federal regulators accused him of leaking…

September 27, 2025

Hyperliquid DeFi Project Hypervault Accused of Rug Pull As $3,600,000 Worth of Crypto Disappears Into Tornado Cash: PeckShield

The decentralized finance (DeFi) project HyperVault is facing rug pull accusations after $3.6 million worth of crypto disappeared from its…

September 27, 2025