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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Bank Insider Allegedly Forges Customers’ Signatures and Documents, Drains at Least $26,000 From Bank Accounts: Federal Reserve

A former bank employee is now banned from working in the financial industry after allegedly falsifying customer signatures to steal…

November 8, 2025

Wells Fargo Customer Loses $98,900 To Bizarre and Elaborate Phone Scam: Report

A Wells Fargo customer has reportedly lost nearly $100,000 after receiving a call from a fraudster posing as a bank…

November 8, 2025

Woman Allegedly Plunders $200,000 in Down Payments for Home She Doesn’t Own in Massive Real Estate Fraud

A woman from Michigan is being charged with numerous felonies for allegedly collecting down payments on a home she doesn't…

November 7, 2025

US Lender Paying Up To $7,500 Per Person After Hack Placed Names, Bank Account Details, Social Security Numbers, Addresses and More at Risk

An US lender has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a class action lawsuit over a data breach…

November 7, 2025

LA Man Orchestrates $36,900,000 Money Laundering Scheme Centered on Global Investment Conspiracy: Report

A Los Angeles County man is heading to federal prison for helping launder over $36.9 million tied to a sprawling…

November 7, 2025

Employees At Major US Bank Accused of Draining Customers’ Accounts, Triggering $363,452 in Losses

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) says employees at a major US bank have been caught draining hundreds of thousands…

November 6, 2025

$20,700,000 in Crypto Recovered After Ethereum-Based Protocol Balancer Suffers $128,640,000 Hack

The liquid staking platform StakeWise has recovered about 16% of the assets that hackers just stole from the decentralized finance…

November 5, 2025

Hackers Hit Android Users, Drain Bank Accounts Remotely Through 760 Apps: Report

Hackers are exploiting wireless technology to access Android users' critical data, steal login credentials and drain bank accounts, according to…

November 3, 2025

Alleged $500,000,000 Fraud Scheme Hits BlackRock – Asset Giant Accuses Little-Known Telecom Companies of Orchestrating Massive Scam

The asset management giant BlackRock says it has lost hundreds of millions of dollars to two little-known telecom companies that…

November 2, 2025

Elderly Couple Swindled out of $1,010,990 by Scammers Posing As Anti-Fraud Officials: Report

An elderly couple has been swindled out of over $1 million by fraudsters posing as government anti-fraud officials, according to…

November 2, 2025