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Scams, Hacks & Breaches

Alleged Fraudster Orchestrates $12,500,000 Crypto Trading Scheme, Uses Funds for Ponzi-Like Payments and Personal Expenses: SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging a Texas resident in connection with an alleged multi-million-dollar crypto asset…

June 10, 2026

Meta Discloses Instagram Data Breach As Cyberthieves Access up to 20,225 Accounts – Contact Info and Messages at Risk

The social media giant Meta has disclosed a data breach to government regulators, noting that bad actors gained access to…

June 10, 2026

Equity Bull Market ‘Still Intact and in Very Good Shape,’ Says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee – Here’s Why

Fundstrat managing partner Tom Lee says last week's stock market pullback is a "false narrative" about the health of the…

June 9, 2026

Imprisoned FTX Mastermind Sam Bankman-Fried Officially Files for Presidential Pardon

Convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has officially submitted a formal request for a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump, according…

June 9, 2026

IBM Warns of New ‘Man-in-the-Browser’ Campaign That Locks Victims Inside Fake Bank Screens and Empties Accounts in Real Time

Tech giant IBM is warning of a new cyberattack campaign that traps banking customers inside fake browser screens while attackers…

June 8, 2026

Bank Employee Falsely Obtains $240,000 in US Government Loans, Splurges on Personal and Other Unauthorized Expenses: Federal Reserve

A former bank insider is now banned from working in the banking industry after allegedly obtaining hundreds of thousands of…

June 8, 2026

Data of 53,888 People at Risk After Healthcare Firm Breached – Personal, Financial and Health Records Potentially Exposed

The personal, financial and health information of 53,888 people may have been exposed after bad actors breached a Mississippi healthcare…

June 6, 2026

$17,000 Abruptly Disappears From Deceased Woman’s Bank Account – And the Trail Leads to an Insider: Report

A former banker has admitted to draining a huge sum of money from a deceased person’s bank account and the…

June 6, 2026

TD Bank Insider Masterminds $3,433,989 Fraud Scheme, Stealing Customer Information To Drain Accounts: DOJ

A former employee of TD Bank may spend decades behind bars after carrying out a bank fraud scheme that led…

June 4, 2026

DeFi Platform Radiant Capital Shutting Down Following $50,000,000 Hack

Radiant Capital (RDNT), a decentralized finance lending protocol, announced Monday it is shutting down, nearly two years after hackers drained…

June 2, 2026