Scams, Hacks & Breaches

A man from California pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $16 million from US taxpayers during a multiyear COVID-19 fraud scheme. In a new press...

A Texas woman is accused of spoofing JPMorgan Chase and ripping thousands of dollars from an elderly couple’s bank account. Audrey Michelle Townsend is...

Hackers have compromised the systems of a US-based life insurer, triggering warnings to more than one million Americans. A filing submitted to the Office...

Wells Fargo is telling a 21-year-old who lost everything to a scam that he's on his own, despite speaking with someone who appeared to...

An insurance consulting and brokerage firm has agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit alleging it failed to adequately protect the...

Someone lost $91 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) earlier this month after falling victim to a social engineering scam, according to an on-chain investigator....

New data from the cybersecurity firm Certik reveals that real-world asset (RWA) protocols were hit with tens of millions of dollars worth of exploits...

US regulators are warning the public of viral advice on social media that could get them in legal trouble. In a new consumer alert,...

Florida law enforcement arrested a Miami man earlier this month who allegedly attempted to deposit a $1 million fraudulent check he claimed was from...

A former California mayor is facing federal charges for allegedly making false representations to secure funds from a business loan program. ABC10 reports that...