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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Fraudster Launders $36,900,000 in Proceeds of Crypto Scam That Preyed on American Investors, Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison

A California man was sentenced to 51 years in prison for helping launder more than $36.9 million conned from victims…

September 10, 2025

Ledger CTO Warns Crypto Wallets at Risk From Malicious Payload Swapping Addresses To Steal Funds

A large-scale supply chain attack exposed numerous crypto wallets to risk this week, according to an executive at the hardware…

September 10, 2025

163,440 Americans Now at Risk of Fraud – Names, Social Security Numbers, Financial Account Numbers and More Potentially Exposed

The personal information of 163,440 Americans is at risk after a hacker hit a Georgia-based hospital with a ransomware attack.…

September 9, 2025

Woman Loses $663,440 After Scammers Trick Her Into Thinking Police Had Seized Drug Parcel: Report

A wave of "digital arrest" scams has been siphoning money from victims across India, including one woman who reportedly lost…

September 9, 2025

U.S. Treasury Department Slaps Sanctions on 19 Southeast Asian Entities for Defrauding Americans of Billions of Dollars

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on a large network of Southeast Asian scam…

September 9, 2025

Woman Steals $881,324 by Obtaining and Altering Check From the Mail, Now Faces 30 Years Behind Bars

A woman from Kansas City, Missouri, is pleading guilty to committing bank fraud after altering the name of a stolen…

September 7, 2025

SEC Launches Cross-Border Pump-and-Dump Prevention Task Force in New Effort To Combat Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the formation of a task force dedicated to policing fraud targeting…

September 7, 2025

Four Men Exploit Security Weakness in Credit Union for Nearly $500,000 Heist Before Being Indicted by US Government: Report

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is indicting four men linked with a scheme that exploited weaknesses in a credit…

September 7, 2025

Americans Lose $8,900,000,000 To Scams in One Year, Says Federal Reserve – Here’s the Top Five Fraudulent Attacks Now Underway

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is warning about a surge in new financial scams targeting Americans in the…

September 6, 2025

Insurance Administration Data Breach Impacts 22,300 People – Names, Addresses, Social Security Numbers and Medical Info Exposed

A Louisiana-based claims administration firm was hit with a data breach that impacted 22,300 people and exposed a wide range…

September 6, 2025