Scams, Hacks & Breaches

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

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

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

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

A 46-year-old man from Bacau, Romania may spend decades behind bars for illegally setting up devices on ATMs to capture people’s sensitive banking information...

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

An elderly customer of Wells Fargo has reportedly been defrauded out of $20,000 after bad actors posing as employees of the banking giant scammed...

The US Federal Reserve Board of Governors is taking action against a former employee at a bank branch in North Dakota who stole tens...

A former bank employee is now banned from working in the banking industry after federal regulators accused him of leaking customer data to fuel...

The decentralized finance (DeFi) project HyperVault is facing rug pull accusations after $3.6 million worth of crypto disappeared from its platform. HyperVault, built on...